Secondhand Irish Interest Books

First published in Irish in 1937, this collection of journal and diary entries is a compelling first-hand account of Douglas Hyde's eight-month fundraising odyssey through the United States from 1905...

By turns beautiful, poignant, frightening and funny, Eyewitness is a personal pictorial record of Northern Ireland life over nearly forty years. Brendan Murphy's photographs of sporting events, everyday life, politicians,...

This is an authoritative and topical assessment of Ireland's impressive economic growth record which has seen it dubbed 'the Celtic tiger'. Leading scholars from Ireland and beyond discuss Ireland's spectacular...

'An Irish Woman's Book of Days' is a luxurious collection of some of the world's most appealing paintings. Each page presents a full-colour reproduction of an image of womanhood from...

In a fast-paced, modern Ireland it can be difficult to imagine the daily lives of our nineteenth-century predecessors. However, in this book Olive Sharkey reconciles past and present with evocative...

This guide is designed to be of interest to those who wish to trace their ancestors in Ireland. The first section of the book covers the basic sources, those which...

This title offers information about the hip spots and happening places for a new arrival in the capital city. The aim of the "Culchies Guide to Dublin" is twofold -...

Photos and brief text of 63 contemporary Irish women.

In February of 1970, Thomas Lynch, aged twenty-one, bought a one-way ticket to Ireland. He landed in the townland of Moveen, at the edge of the ocean in West Clare,...