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General catalogue
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Contents All ISBNs listed in this
catalogue are ISBN-13
Architecture 3
Prices are subject to change
Biography/Memoir 3 without notice
Business 8 Many of our books are also available
Celtic 8 as eBooks from www.obrien.ie and
the world’s leading eBook stores.
Crosswords 8
The O’Brien Press Ltd
Fiction 9 12 Terenure Road East
Food & Drink 11 Dublin 6, D06 HD27, Ireland
Tel: +353 1 4923333
Graphic Novels 13 Fax: +353 1 4922777
E-mail: books@obrien.ie
History 15
Website: www.obrien.ie
O’Brien Short Histories 17
16 Lives 18
Humour 19
Photography 22
Reference 24
Heritage Series 25
Sport 26
Travel/Guides 28
The front cover image is from
True Crime 30 Thrills and Spills: Celebrating
Irish Jump Racing
Brandon Books 31 See page 26
Index 37
Trade representation and rights agents 38
About The O’Brien Press
Founded in 1974, The O’Brien Press is Ireland’s leading indepen-
dent publisher of books for readers big and small. Based in Rathgar
(a stone’s throw from where James Joyce grew up), we are fami-
ly-owned and committed to putting the best writing and illustration in
to the hands of readers everywhere. We publish across many catego-
ries, both fiction and non-fiction. Our books have won many awards
and been translated into many languages.
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books are sold.
Architecture NEW
Peter Pearson’s Decorative Dublin Dublin By Design
Architecture and the City Architecture and the City
By Peter Pearson Ed. Sandra O’Connell and Noel J. Brady, The
A feast for the eye, celebrating the city’s Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
decorative surfaces in ironwork, brickwork, An illustrated history of the development of
stone, glass, plaster, its fanlights, doors and Dublin city through the last century. There is a
windows…and more. particular focus on its role as Ireland’s capital
ISBN 978-0-86278-784-4 since independence 100 years ago, as well as
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback on architectural planning.
280x210 mm/160 pages ISBN 978-1-78849-167-9
€29.99/£27.99/Hardback
Biography/Memoir 280x240 mm/240 pages
Joe Cahill Wild Irish Women
A Life in the IRA Extraordinary Lives from History
By Brendan Anderson By Marian Broderick
‘I was born in a united Ireland, I want to die From patriots to pirates, warriors to writers,
in a united Ireland.’ Born in Belfast in 1920, and mistresses to male impersonators, this
Joe Cahill was a lifelong IRA man. Here Cahill book looks at the unorthodox lives of inspiring
gives his full and frank story. Irish women.
ISBN 978-1-84717-101-6 ISBN 978-1-84717-368-3
€14.99/£13.99/Paperback €12.95/£11.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/432 pages 196x130 mm/368 pages
Philomena Begley Bold, Brilliant and Bad
My Life, My Music, My Memories Irish Women from History
By Philomena Begley with Emma Heatherington By Marian Broderick
From her happy beginnings as a bread-man’s From creative craftswomen to singing sensa-
daughter in Pomeroy through the devastating tions, poets to sporting champions, discover
loss of her brother Patsy and the risks of tour- the histories of remarkable Irish Women, who
ing Ireland at the height of the Troubles, right paved the way for women today.
up to her fiftieth anniversary in show business ISBN 978-1-78849-018-4
in 2012 – her ‘gold and silver days’. €16.99/£14.99/Paperback
ISBN 978-1-84717-966-1 226x155 mm/304 pages
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback
226x155 mm/224 pages
Kathleen Clarke
Revolutionary Woman
Insider By Helen Litton
Gerry Bradley’s Life in the IRA A compelling and genuine first hand account
By Gerry Bradley with Brian Feeney of an activist during the most exciting and
Senior IRA man Gerry Bradley speaks out for turbulent period of Irish history – the only first
the first time - without permission from the IRA. person account of 1916 ever published.
“A riveting read” The Sunday Times ISBN 978-1-84717-059-0
ISBN 978-1-84717-258-7 €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
€12.99/£7.99/Paperback 196x130 mm/368 pages
196x130 mm/360 pages
Holy Terrors
Sold into Marriage A Boy, Two Brothers, A Stolen
One Girl’s Living Nightmare Childhood
By Sean Boyne By Michael Clemenger
The terrifying true story of a 16-year-old girl Chilling, passionate and unflinching, the story
sold into marriage by her father: this took place of how one boy survived the terrors of Ireland’s
in 1973 in Ireland. notorious institutions.
ISBN 978-1-84717-502-1 ISBN 978-1-84717-187-0
€2.99/£2.99/eBook €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/424 pages
3
NEW
Paddy Cole Horslips
King of the Swingers Tall Tales – The Official Biography
By Paddy Cole with Tom Gilmore By Mark Cunningham
Starting in Ireland’s 1960s Showbands, Paddy With a timeline, interviews, previously unpub-
has taken his clarinet and saxophone to Las lished pictures and a wealth of memorabilia
Vegas and worldwide playing Jazz, Dixieland including handwritten lyrics.
and Swing to a legion of fans. This book is full ISBN 978-1-84717-586-1
of great stories from the world of music, by €24.99/£22.99/Hardback
turns heart-warming and hilarious. 280x220 mm/288 pages
ISBN 978-1-78849-221-8
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback
All Hell Will Break Loose
By Austin Currie
226x155 mm/256 pages
‘All Hell will break loose,and by God I will lead
Detective it’. The fascinating story of the life and work of
A Life Upholding the Law a man who was a force for change in Irish and
By Tom Connolly Northern Irish politics.
The inside story of a lifetime spent fighting ISBN 978-0-86278-815-5
crime, from local Garda to Detective Superin- €22.99/£19.99/Hardback
tendent: everything from small local crimes to 234 x156mm/464 pages
major national and international investigations. Mother From Hell
ISBN 978-1-84717-772-8
Two Brothers, a Sadistic Mother, a
€14.99/£13.99/Paperback
228x155 mm/336 pages
Childhood Destroyed.
By Kenneth & Patrick Doyle
Arise And Go Starved, beaten and sent out to steal by their
W.B. Yeats and the people and places mother, a tragic story and catalogue of abuse.
that inspired him ISBN 978-1-84717-143-6
By Kevin Connolly €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
The idea of place runs like a river through the 196x130 mm/256 pages
life and works of the poet and playwright W.B. Lady of the Dance
Yeats. This book explores the homes, land-
The Choreographer Who Helped
scapes and people that impacted his life and
stimulated his vast body of work.
Michael Flatley Conquer the World
By Marie Duffy with Eddie Rowley
ISBN 978-1-78849-092-4
A behind-the-scenes view of the amazing
€17.99/£15.99/Hardback
world of professional Irish dancing.
216x135 mm/256 pages
ISBN 978-1-84717-926-5
John Charles McQuaid €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
Ruler of Catholic Ireland 228x155 mm/288 pages
By John Cooney
An in-depth study of the most significant Irish
Freedom of Angels
clergyman in the history of the state.
Surviving Goldenbridge Orphanage
By Bernadette Fahy
ISBN 978-0-86278-811-7
The inside story of one of Ireland’s most noto-
€29.99/£27.99/Paperback
rious orphanages, where children were made
234x156 mm/576 pages
to pay for the ‘sins’ of their parents with pain,
fear, hunger and hard labour.
The Same Age as the State ISBN 978-0-86278-595-6
By Máire Cruise O’Brien €7.99/£6.99/eBook
The autobiography of a unique woman,
spanning most of the 20th century. It is filled
Babyface Goes to Hollywood
with famous people including revolutionaries, Fighters, Mobsters & Film Stars. The
writers, statesmen and many more· A com- Jimmy McLarnin Story
pelling insight into a time of great upheaval in By Andrew Gallimore
Ireland, Europe and Africa. At a time when the Mob ruled the prize ring,
ISBN 978-0-86278-799-8 Jimmy McLarnin and his manager Pop Foster
€24.95/£22.99/Hardback just stayed out of the clutches of the gunmen!
ISBN 978-0-86278-885-8 ISBN 978-1-84717-116-0
€19.99/£17.99/Paperback €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
234x156 mm/376 pages 216x135 mm/336 pages
4
There’s An Egg in my Soup On the Road
... and other adventures of an Irishman From Tara to Tiananmen Square by way
in Poland of Chuck Berry
By Tom Galvin By Shay Healy
An interesting and amusing account of living There are very few people who can claim to
and working abroad, which documents a have sat in Tammy Wynette’s bath and sung
unique period of Polish history. ‘Stand By Your Man’ and had Billy Connolly
ISBN 978-1-84717-048-4 sing one of your songs on Michael Parkinson.
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback Shay Healy can.
196x130 mm/272 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-949-7
€12.95/£11.99/Paperback
Our Lives Out Loud 196x130 mm/304 pages
In Pursuit of Justice and Equality
By Ann Louise Gilligan and Katherine Vet on the Loose
Zappone, Foreword by Desmond Tutu By Gillian Hick
When Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Whether castrating horses or tending to
Gilligan met it was love. But that love had stoned Alsatians, Gillian Hick’s sense of
consequences which brought this couple to humour never deserts her in these engaging
the High Court, and beyond. accounts of her life as a vet.
ISBN 978-1-84717-066-8 All titles €9.99/£8.99/Paperback.196x130 mm
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback Vet on the Loose
234x156 mm/312 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-925-1/256 pages
Tony Gregory Vet Among the Pigeons
By Robbie Gilligan ISBN 978-1-84717-208-2/256 pages
The biography of a true Irish political legend, Vet On A Mission
the first independent TD to achieve significant ISBN 978-1-78849-026-9/272 pages
results for the local community that he loved.
ISBN 978-1-84717-226-6
€19.99/£17.99/Paperback
228x155 mm/264 pages
Big Tom
The King of Irish Country
By Tom Gilmore
A tribute to Big Tom McBride, ‘the Johnny
Cash of Irish country music’. From labourer
to music star, the journey of the singer who
brought so much joy to fans at home and to Trading Paces
emigrants abroad over five decades. From Rat Race to Hen Run
ISBN 978-1-78849-064-1 By Michael Kelly
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback A funny and inspiring account of the ups and
226x155 mm/256 pages downs of letting go of the Tiger.
Reading the Water ISBN 978-1-84717-070-5
A Life Spent Fishing €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
By Darryl Grimason 196x130 mm/232 pages
A mesmerising account of the author’s lifelong
love affair with fishing that is both deeply Tales From the Home Farm
personal and universally appealing. Live More, Spend Less, Grow Your Own
ISBN 978-0-86278-914-5
Food
€19.95/£16.99/Hardback
By Michael Kelly
216x135 mm/224 pages
The true story of a man who chucked in the
corporate life to try his hand at ‘the good life’.
You could do it too! From the founder of GIY.
ISBN 978-1-84717-168-9
€14.99/£13.99/Paperback
234x156 mm/400 pages
5
Strong Words, Brave Deeds Nobody Will Believe You
The Poetry, Life and Times of Thomas A Story of Unbreakable Courage
O’Brien, Volunteer in the Spanish Civil By Mary Manning with Nicola Pierce
War Edited by Gustav Klaus The truly shocking, harrowing and finally inspi-
Poems and plays by Thomas O’Brien (1914- rational story of a young girl whose stepfather
1974), poet, playwright, publisher, communist, began raping her when she was just twelve
IRA member and founding member of the years old and how she finally broke free.
revolutionary New Theatre Group. ISBN 978-1-84717-668-4
ISBN 978-0-86278-376-1 €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
€20.30/£15.99/Hardback 196x130 mm/320 pages
234x156 mm/272 pages The Most Famous Irish People
The Stars Are Our Only Warmth You’ve Never Heard Of
By Alice Leahy with Catherine Cleary By Colin Murphy
The Stars Are Our Only Warmth tells power- Irish people have left their mark on virtually
ful truths about Irish life and the people who every corner of the globe. The stories of the
taught Alice what it is to be alive in this world. Irish who are justly celebrated in their adopted
ISBN 978-1-78849-025-2 homelands, but virtually unknown in Ireland.
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback ISBN 978-1-84717-163-4
226x155 mm/368 pages €12.99/£11.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/424 pages
History’s Daughter Fierce History
A Memoir from the only child of 5,000 years of startling stories from
Terence MacSwiney Ireland and around the globe
By Maire MacSwiney Brugha By Colin Murphy
The amazing life story of the daughter of Explore the historical figures and events that
Terence MacSwiney. Taken by her mother to have been hidden in the fringes. Full of histor-
Germany after her father’s death on hunger ical stories which will intrigue you, captivate
strike, she was reared as a german girl for you, revolt you and even make you laugh!
years before coming home. ISBN 978-1-78849-029-0
ISBN 978-0-86278-986-2 €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
€14.95/£13.99/Paperback 196x130 mm/320 pages
240x170 mm/320 pages
John Hunt
No Ordinary Women The Man, The Medievalist, The
Irish Female Activists in the Connoisseur
Revolutionary Years 1900-1923 By Brian O’Connell
By Sinead McCoole A biography of the remarkable life of John
Spies, snipers, couriers, gun-runners, medics Hunt, one of the world’s greatest medievalists,
– women played a major role in the fight for brings together a host of information about
Ireland’s freedom. This book vividly recreates one of the most remarkable figures in the 20th
the characters, personalities and courage of century art scene.
Ireland’s revolutionary women. ISBN 978-1-84717-138-2
ISBN 978-1-84717-789-6 €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
€16.99/£14.99/Paperback 234x156 mm/336 pages
240x170 mm/320 pages
Living the Dream
Enemy of the Empire By Daniel O’Donnell with Eddie Rowley
Life as an International Undercover IRA In Ireland, Daniel O’Donnell is more than just
Activist By Eamon McGuire a singing star: he has reached the status of
‘Looking back, my life was like riding on the ‘national treasure’. It has been a long journey
wind with death travelling at speed not far for the boy from Kincasslagh, County Donegal,
behind.’ The exotic, colourful and secretive life and in Living the Dream he tells his story with
of the CIA’s most-wanted IRA man. his customary sense of humour and down-to-
ISBN 978-0-86278-909-1 earth charm.
€11.95/£10.99/Paperback ISBN 978-1-84717-967-8
196x130 mm/312 pages €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
228x155 mm/256 pages
6
Margo: Queen of Country & Irish Napoleon’s Doctor
The Promise and the Dream The St Helena Diary of Barry O’Meara
By Margaret O’Donnell By Hubert O’Connor
For fifty years now the name ‘Margo’ has been The amazing story of the young Dublin doctor
synonymous with everything that is positive who looked after Napoleon Bonaparte in his
and enriching in Country and Irish music. banishment on St Helena. In one of the most
This is the story of her life, the successes and isolated places on earth, doctor and patient
difficult times, in her own words. became intimate friends.
ISBN 978-1-84717-674-5 ISBN 978-1-84717-891-6
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback €16.99/£14.99/Paperback
228x155 mm/192 pages 228x155 mm/224 pages
An Irish Voice Quinntessential Feargal
By Niall O’Dowd A Memoir
How a typical Irish emigrant rose to a position By Feargal Quinn
of influence at the highest levels of US and Feargal set up his first grocery store in compe-
Irish politics. tition with his own family, and built Superquinn
ISBN 978-1-84717-223-5 into a chain employing 5,000 people with an
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback international reputation for customer and staff
196x130 mm/320 pages satisfaction. Elected to Seanad Eireann, he
was a force for change in Ireland all his life.
Hidden Soldier ISBN 978-1-84717-842-8
€24.99/£22.99/Hardback
An Irish Legionnaire’s Wars from
228x155 mm/288 pages
Bosnia to Iraq
By Padraig O’Keeffe with Ralph Riegel Seán Boylan
The amazing story of a young man driven by The Will to Win
adrenalin of the most intense kind, who has By John Quinn
cheated death on more than one occasion. Seán’s own account of his years as manager
ISBN 978-1-84717-032-3 of the Meath football team is an inspiring read
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback and a must for any GAA enthusiast.
216x135 mm/336 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-004-0
€24.95/£22.99/Hardback
Murder, Mutiny & Mayhem 234x156 mm/288 pages
The Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish
History I Was a Boy in Belsen
By Joe O’Shea By Tomi Reichental with Nicola Pierce
Explores the most obscure and unbelievable Tomi Reichental, who lost 35 members of his
stories of the Irish who wreaked havoc from family in the Holocaust and was the subject of
Rio de Janeiro to China – from slaves and the documentary “Till The Tenth Generation”,
mercenaries to drug lords and killers. gives his account of being imprisoned as a
ISBN 978-1-84717-299-0 child at Belsen concentration camp.
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback ISBN 978-1-84717-227-3
196x130 mm/232 pages €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
228x155 mm/304 pages
Looking Under Stones ISBN 9781847177933
Roots, Family & a Dingle Childhood €11.99/£10.00/Paperback
By Joe O’Toole 196x130 mm/368 pages
A witty, engaging and superbly observed
account of family, place and childhood. Its Fear of the Collar
roots lie roots generations earlier in a ruined My Terrifying Childhood in Artane
house by the sixth green of a Connemara golf By Patrick Touher
course, and a complex family tree. Peopled The inside story of eight long years spent in
with earthy, larger-than-life characters from Artane Industrial School under the oppressive
Joe’s childhood. rule of the Christian Brothers.
ISBN 978-0-86278-935-0 ISBN 978-0-86278-727-1
€14.95/£13.99/Paperback €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
234x156 mm/320 pages 196x130 mm/288 pagesGerry Hunt
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Business Celtic
Crowning the Customer Old Ways, Old Secrets
How To Become Customer-Driven Pagan Ireland: Myth * Landscape *
By Feargal Quinn Tradition
Customer service is the competitive business By Jo Kerrigan, Photos Richard Mills
battleground of the twenty-first century. This Today’s Ireland has never lost the link with
book is a hands-on guide for people who run its pagan past, never forgotten the old ways.
businesses or work in them. This book reveals the hidden world of pagan
ISBN 978-0-86278-952-7 Ireland, showing it still exists among the peo-
€16.99/£14.99/Paperback ple and in the landscape where it belongs.
196x135 mm/160 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-281-5
Mind Your Own Business €17.99/£15.99/Hardback
216x135 mm/288 pages
Survive and Thrive in Good Times and
Bad Follow the Old Road
By Feargal Quinn Discover the Ireland of Yesteryear
Author, businessman and Senator Feargal By Jo Kerrigan, Photos Richard Mills
Quinn uses real-life examples from the first By turning off the main highway and discov-
two series of RTÉ TV's hit programme, ering old routes, some of which have been
Feargal Quinn's Retail Therapy, as well as travelled for thousands of years, you will see
valuable experiences gained in his fifty-year Ireland in an entirely different way. Follow
career in business, to explain exactly how to the Old Road will take you on a tour of a
make your business work in good times and variety of pathways from great river roads to
bad. lost railways.
ISBN 978-1-84717-547-2 ISBN 978-1-84717-911-1
€14.99/£13.99/Paperback €17.99/£15.99/Hardback
196x156 mm/248 pages 216x135 mm/304 pages
See page 15 for Brehon Laws: The Ancient
Wisdom of Ireland by Jo Kerrigan and Rich-
ard Mills.
Crosswords The Big Book of Simplex
Crosswords from The Irish
Simplex Crosswords From the
Irish Times: Books 1-6 Times
By Mary O'Brien
from The Irish Times
The first two bestselling titles in the Simplex
By Mary O'Brien
crosswords series combined in a great new
Appearing daily in the Irish Times for over
edition.
forty years, the Simplex crossword has
ISBN 978-1-84717-179-5
attracted a devoted following.
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback
ISBN 978-0-86278-192-7
196x130 mm/288 pages
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback
177x110 mm/144 pages
Sudoku Solved
With Easy to Use Expert Tips
By John Kennedy
Everything you need to become a Sudoku
master! Clear, concise step-by-step to mas-
tering the grid.
ISBN 978-0-86278-959-6
€7.95/£7.50/Paperback
196x130 mm/160 pages
8
Fiction When Love Comes to Town
By Tom Lennon
Ulysses Meet Neil Byrne - try-scorer on the rug-
By James Joyce, Introduction by Bob by field, prizewinning student, one of the
Joyce, Illustrated by Emma Byrne in-crowd at the disco, regular guy, gay.
The Dublin Illustrated Edition of Ulysses, Presenting one face to the world and burying
endorsed by The James Joyce Centre, his true feelings in fantasy, Neil tries to keep
meticulously recreates the 1922 text. his secret.
ISBN 978-1-84717-590-8 ISBN 978-0-86278-361-7
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback €9.95/£8.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/1056 pages 196x130 mm/192 pages
Best-loved Joyce
Dubliners By James Joyce, Introduction by Bob
By James Joyce, Introduction by John Boyne Joyce, Edited by Jamie O’Connell
Dubliners is a wonderfully engaging and A beautiful and accessible introduction to the
accessible collection of stories by James writings of James Joyce. Short, entertaining
Joyce, an author famed for being difficult to quotes from his major works, with more
read. This beautiful new edition was chosen from his poetry & letters, and some family
as the One Book, One City title for Dublin in anecdotes handed down to grand-nephew
2012. Bob Joyce.
ISBN 978-1-84717-556-4 ISBN 978-1-84717-839-8
€9.99/£8.99/Hardback €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
196x130 mm/256 pages 196x130 mm/128 pages
James Joyce Best-Loved Oscar Wilde
Portrait of a Dubliner Edited by John Wyse Jackson
By Alfonso Zapico Told through his own words, this essential
The life of James Joyce in the form of a introduction to Oscar Wilde’s extraordinary
graphic novel. This story is dotted with anec- life and work is accompanied by stimulating
dotes, as well as a captivating and beautifully commentary and stylish design and illustra-
drawn journey through the cities of Dublin, tion. For new readers and devotees alike.
Trieste, Paris and Zurich. A stunning one-of- ISBN 978-1-78849-077-1
a-kind publication about Joyce's life. €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
ISBN 978-1-84717-363-8 196x130 mm/128 pages
€18.99/£16.99/Paperback
196x156 mm/240 pages Best-Loved Swift
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Jonathan Swift, Ed. John Wyse Jackson
By Oscar Wilde A fresh view of the life, work and wit of Jon-
Dorian Gray, an extraordinarily beautiful athan Swift, the first of Ireland’s truly great
youth, looks at his newly-painted portrait and writers, presented through his poetry, fiction,
despairs at the thought of how time will alter epigrams, social satires and personal letters.
his looks. If only he could be beautiful forever ISBN 978-1-84717-948-7
- yes, he would give his soul for that! Oscar €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
Wilde’s masterpiece. 196x130 mm/128 pages
ISBN 978-1-84717-214-3
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback Best-Loved Yeats
196x130 mm/320 pages Edited by Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald
An illustrated collection of forty of Yeats'
After The Wake best-loved works, on topics including Love,
By Brendan Behan Politics, Old Age, Myth and Legend includes
This diverse collection is a delightful and en- people, places and events that were impor-
tertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most tant to him.
colourful writers. An essential complement to ISBN 978-1-84717-148-1
Behan's master works. €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
ISBN 978-0-86278-031-9 196x130 mm/96 pages
€11.99/£10.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/160 pages
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Ross O’Carroll-Kelly Brendan O’Carroll
The first four books in the hugely popular
series featuring the legendary RO’CK.
The Mammy
The hilarious and poignant early life of
Illustrated by Alan Clarke
Agnes, star of hit international TV series Mrs
All books €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
Brown’s Boys. Widowed young with a clutch
196x130 mm
of kids and a love of Cliff Richard’s music,
can she find love for herself while caring for
her six children?
ISBN 978-1-84717-322-5
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/176 pages
The Chisellers
Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups and
downs, minor scrapes and major run-ins of
the seven children of Agnes Browne. Full of
joy, humour, pathos and Dublinese.
With a new introduction by the author,
Brendan O’Carroll.
ISBN 978-1-84717-323-2
The Miseducation Years €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
'So there I was, roysh, putting the ‘in’ in ‘in 196x130 mm/192 pages
crowd’ ... But being a schools rugby legend
has its downsides.' This is where it all began: The Granny
the formation of the phenomenon that is Becoming a grandmother is a terrible shock
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. to her system, especially as Agnes suffers
With a new introduction by Paul Howard, every one of her daughter-in-law’s labour
Ross's representative on, loike, earth? pains! And as the family expands so do the
ISBN 978-1-84717-840-4/256 pages problems. But Agnes Browne is nothing if not
a fighter, and she squares her shoulders and
The Teenage Dirtbag Years sets about getting things back on an even
So there I was, roysh, class legend, schools keel - or as even as things ever get in the
rugby legend, basically all-round legend, Brown household!
when someone decides you can’t, like, sit ISBN 978-1-84717-324-9
the Leaving Cert four times. Well that put a €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
focking spanner in the works. 196x130 mm/192 pages
ISBN 978-0-86278-849-0/272 pages
The Scrapper
Dublin boxer Sparrow McCabe has the
World Featherweight title for the taking: but
The Orange Mocha-Chip he can’t throw that final punch and suddenly
Frappuccino Years it’s all over. Fast forward fifteen years and
'So there I was, roysh, enjoying college Sparrow is working as a driver for gangsters.
life, college birds and, like, a major amount But when murder enters the picture, there’s a
of socialising.' Can Ross survive outside new fight he can’t afford to lose.
Castlerock College? ISBN 978-0-86278-538-3
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10Food & Drink Trevis Gleason
The Guinness Story: The Family, Burren Dinners: From the Chefs and
The Business and The Black Stuff Artisan Food Producers of North Clare
Influenced by their rugged surroundings,
By Edward J. Bourke
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Illustrated story of a remarkable family of brew-
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75 Years of Cathal Brugha Street
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A celebration of contemporary Irish cooking By Josephine B. Marnell, Nora M.
from Cathal Brugha Street, where most of our Breathnach, Ann A. Martin, Mor Murnaghan
top chefs learned their craft. With recipes from For many decades, Ireland’s go-to book for an-
top chefs, including Darina Allen, Michel Roux yone studying Home Economics in secondary
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Food for Friends Traditional Irish Cooking for
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11The Whiskeys of Ireland Irish Cooking
By Peter Mulryan By Biddy White Lennon
Everything you always wanted to know about At last a definitive, entertaining and easy to use
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216x135 mm/192 pages Best of Irish Cookery
Valerie O’Connor Best of Irish Potato Recipes
By Biddy White Lennon
Val's Kitchen The potato has long been a staple of the Irish
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Wild Food reveals the secrets of how to identi-
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12Graphic Novels Big Jim
Jim Larkin and the 1913 Lockout
Damien Goodfellow By Rory McConville and Paddy Lynch
Over four months from August 1913,
Brian Boru James Larkin would lead the workers of
Ireland's Warrior King Dublin against William Martin Murphy and
The stirring tale of the rise of a local chieftain the Employers Federation in a conflict that
to become High King of Ireland, fighting native would change the face of Irish society.
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Granuaile
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Queen of Storms
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The astounding and sometimes tragic tale
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Celtic Warrior
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The Legend of Cú Chulainn
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By Will Sliney
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Portrait of a Dubliner on page 9. who has worked with some of the biggest
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mythological hero.
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259x168 mm/128 pages
Gerry Hunt
Blood Upon the Rose 1913
Easter 1916: The Rebellion That Set Larkin's Labour War
Ireland Free Low-paid workers – under the leadership of
An unlikely band of freedom fighters – Big Jim Larkin – organised themselves into
teachers, poets, writers, patriots, trade Unions to insist on better conditions. The
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297x210 mm/64 pages
At War With the Empire
Ireland's Fight for Independence Bobby Sands
From the author of Blood Upon the Rose Freedom Fighter
comes a graphic novel depicting the War of ‘Bobby’ Sands was a member of the
Independence, a gruelling guerilla war against Provisional Irish Republican Army who
British rule in Ireland that pitted brother against died on hunger strike while imprisoned at
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13History 1916: The Rising Handbook
By Lorcan Collins
Saint Patrick A handbook to the events and locations of the
Life, Legend and Legacy Easter 1916 Rising. This ‘1916 bible’ will be
By Marian Broderick invaluable to anyone with an interest in recent
Drawing from recorded histories, ‘tall tales’ Irish history who wants to separate the facts
from all four provinces and beautiful illustra- from the fiction.
tions, this is a light-hearted look at the global ISBN 978-1-84717-599-1
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ISBN 978-1-84717-928-9
1919-21 The IRA’s Guerrilla Campaign
€17.99/£15.99/Hardback
By Lorcan Collins
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An accessible overview from the first shoot-
NEW
Best-Loved Irish Ballads ing of RIC constables in Soloheadbeg, Co
By Emma Byrne & Eoin O’Brien Tipperary, on 21 January 1919 to the truce in
A collection of Ireland’s greatest and best- July 1921, the IRA carried out a huge range of
loved ballads, including the lyrics, music and attacks on all levels of British rule in Ireland.
chords, along with an introductory piece on ISBN 978-1-84717-950-0
each song. Illustrated with photographs and €16.99/£14.99/Hardback
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ISBN 978-1-78849-220-1
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196x130 mm/160 pages The Stolen Village
Dublin and the Viking World Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates
By Howard Clarke, Ruth Johnston, Sheila In 1631 Barbary pirates kidnapped almost all
Dooley of the inhabitants of Baltimore, West Cork in a
A unique blend of the familiar and the unfamil- daring night time raid: only two ever returned.
iar, the broad generalisation and the rarefied The acclaimed story of their kidnap, sale in the
detail, the well-known historical character and slave markets of Algiers and the political fallout
the ordinary Dubliner. from the attack.
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Dublin Ireland's Pirate Trail
The Making of a Medieval City A Quest to Uncover Our Swashbuckling
By Howard Clarke, Sarah Dent, Ruth Johnston Past
Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City is the A roadtrip around the entire coast of Ireland, in
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passion, imagination and accuracy. amazing history of swashbuckling bandits, both
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226x155 mm/368 pages
Lansdowne Road
The Stadium; the matches; the greatest Hell or Some Worse Place
days Kinsale 1601
By Malachy Clerkin & Gerard Siggins A fascinating new insight into the epic conflicts
The Lansdowne Road stadium was at the between Spain’s Philip III and Elizabeth I of
heart of so much of Irish sport for over a cen- England, culminating in the Spanish invasion
tury -- from athletics to rugby and soccer. This of Ireland, the fateful Battle of Kinsale and
lavishly-illustrated history covers it all, right up the downfall of the Gaelic insurgent chieftains
to the new Aviva stadium. O’Neill and O’Donnell.
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14Sinn Féin The Invincibles
A Hundred Turbulent Years The Phoenix Park Assassinations and
By Brian Feeney the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire
The fascinating story of one of the oldest and By Shane Kenna
most controversial parties in Irish politics over In an Ireland still reeling from years of famine,
the last hundred years. with tenant farmers being evicted and left to
ISBN 978-0-86278-770-7 starve, revolutionary fervour was growing. An
€19.99/£17.99/Paperback inner circle of the IRB was formed, a secret
234x156 mm/488 pages assassination squad within a secret society –
the Irish National Invincibles.
ION ISBN 978-1-78849-060-3
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Croke Park. Sunday 21 November 1920 228x155 mm/336 pages
By Michael Foley
Bloody Sunday. A gaelic football match in Brehon Laws
Dublin’s Croke Park became the scene of a The Ancient Wisdom of Ireland
massacre of 14 people by the Royal Irish Con- By Jo Kerrigan, Photographs by Richard Mills
stabulary, following the IRA assassination of Celtic Ireland was a land of tribes and warriors;
British military agents. Updated edition of this but a sophisticated & enlightened legal system
exceptional and prizewinning book. was widely accepted. The brehons kept these
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Inside the GPO 1916 216x135 mm/176 pages
A First-hand Account
By Joe Good, Edited by Maurice The Easter Rising
Good, Introduction by Robert Ballagh A Guide to Dublin in 1916
A gripping personal account of the revolu- By Conor Kostick & Lorcan Collins
tionary years 1916 to 1921. This captivating Defying all the odds 1600 men, women and
journal is written with wry, down-to-earth children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday,
humour and gives the reader a real insight into 1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. Vividly
Ireland's fight for freedom, from the inside. illustrated, this book takes you through the
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Dublin 1913
Lockout & Legacy Strongbow
By Gary Granville The Norman Invasion of Ireland
An examination of the events of 1913, the By Conor Kostick
biggest labour dispute in Ireland’s history. Ambitious, skilled and ruthless, the arrival of
ISBN 978-1-84717-361-4 Strongbow and the Normans changed the
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De Valera in America 234x153 mm/256 pages
The Rebel President’s 1919 Campaign.
By Dave Hannigan Irish Rebellions
Reveals an intriguing and largely unknown 1798-1921
episode in the career of Ireland’s most famous By Helen Litton
politician – the incredible journey that would With eyewitness accounts, speeches and illus-
resonate through Irish history for a century. trative material, Helen Litton describes these
ISBN 978-1-84717-086-6 most important Irish rebellions.
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15ION
1014: Brian Boru & the Battle for NEW EDIT A Coward if I Return, A Hero if I
Ireland Fall
By Morgan Llywelyn Stories of Irishmen in World War I
On Good Friday, April 23rd 1014 the most By Neil Richardson
ferocious battle ever fought in Ireland was IRELAND’S FORGOTTEN LEGACY In 1914-
about to begin...Read about the e battle that 1918, two hundred thousand Irishmen from
changed the course of Irish history. all religions and backgrounds went to war. At
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Winner Irish Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of
Exploring the Majestic Passage Tombs
the Year
of Ancient Ireland ‘a moving collection of stories about Irishmen
By Liam Mac Uistin
who fought in that war, backed up by photos,
Older than the Egyptian pyramids, older than
diaries and documents that bring us closer to
Stonehenge, the ancient megalithic tomb at
these men than any book I have read before’
Newgrange in County Meath has housed the
Sunday Independent
remains of Stone Age ‘aristocracy’.
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220x155 mm/368 pages
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Dark Times, Decent Men
The Priest Hunters The True Story of Stories of Irishmen in World War II
Ireland's Bounty Hunters By Neil Richardson
By Colin Murphy
At least 130,000 Irish – from north and south
In Ireland after Cromwell Catholicism and
– served during the Second World War. 7,000
nationalism became linked and priests were
never returned. This poignant yet detailed book
outlawed. Shines a light on four of the men
documents veterans’ stories with personal
who hunted them: Sean na Sagart, Edward
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Tyrrell, Barry Lowe and John Garzia, the most
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€12.99/£11.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/368 pages Taney Progress of a Parish
By Carol Robinson Tweed
The Long War A social and historical profile of the Parish of
The IRA and Sinn Féin from Armed Taney in Dublin and how it has developed over
Struggle to Peace Talks the years. Explores the origins and culture of
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ISBN 978-0-86278-606-9
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Titanic: True Stories of her An entertaining and detailed account of the
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ISBN 978-1-84717-947-0
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196x130 mm/240 pages
16Exploring the Book of Kells On The Banks of the Dodder
By George Otto Simms Rathgar & Churchtown: An Illustrated
A beautiful and simple introduction to the History
Book of Kells. George Otto Simms, a world-re- By Ged Walsh, Introduction by Peter
nowned authority on the Book of Kells, reveals Pearson, Illustrated by Michael O’Brien
the mysteries hidden in this magnificent manu- Take a trip along the Dodder and see the two
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ISBN 978-1-84717-796-4 view on the development of Dublin and Ireland
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Heroic Journeys in Ireland ISBN 978-1-84717-133-7
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Stories of heroic and historic travels from the 246x189 mm/208 pages
mythic legends of prehistory to the dawn of The Great Atlantic Air Race
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255x190 mm/232 pages
O’Brien Short Histories
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A Short History of the Troubles A Short History of Irish Traditional
By Brian Feeney Music
From the first symptoms of serious unrest to By Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin
the tortuous political manoeuvrings culminating The history of Irish traditional music, song and
in the 2003 Assembly elections, the book trac- dance from the mythological harp of the Dagda
es the reality of life in Northern Ireland during to Riverdance, Lord of the Dance and beyond.
the Troubles. Featuring the tradition’s finest musicians and
ISBN 978-1-84717-644-8/168 pages international names.
ISBN 978-1-84717-873-2/208 pages
A Short History of Ireland’s A Short History of Ireland’s
Rebels Famine
By Morgan Llywelyn By Ruán O’Donnell
The stirring story of eighteen of Ireland’s great- A comprehensive and accessible history of the
est rebels, from the sixteenth century to today. events that led up to the famine, the politics
Includes Grace O’Malley, Theobald Wolfe and mistakes made, and the horrors endured
Tone, Daniel O’Connell, Countess Markievicz, by the people of Ireland.
Patrick Pearse and Michael Collins. ISBN 978-1-84717-371-3/144 pages
ISBN 978-1-84717-370-6/128 pages
A Short History of the IRA A Short History of Ireland
By Brendan O’Brien By Breandán Ó hEithir, Revised by Brendan
an accessible, clearly-written account of the O’Brien
IRA from its beginnings to today. It covers the A short and entertaining history from earliest
origins and history of the organisation, its aims, times to the present by one of Ireland’s best-
the political and military thinking which has loved writers. It clearly shows the development
driven its activities. of Ireland to the present time.
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1716 Lives The Easter Rising of 1916 was an attempt by armed revolutionaries to overthrow British rule in
Ireland. A small group of Irishmen and Irishwomen seized key buildings in Dublin and fought a
All titles 196x130mm pitched battle with British soldiers for one week. The execution of sixteen men awakened a gener-
paperback/€14.99/£12.99 ation to the cause of Irish freedom. 16Lives records the full stories of those executed leaders.
James Connolly Sean Heuston Thomas Clarke Joseph Plunkett
By Lorcan Collins By John Gibney By Helen Litton By Honor O Brolchain
ISBN 978-1-84717-160-3 ISBN 978-1-84717-268-6 ISBN 978-1-84717-261-7 ISBN 978-1-84717-269-3
368 pages 240 pages 272 pages 448 pages
John MacBride Michael Mallin Edward Daly
By Helen Litton
Con Colbert
By Donal Fallon By Brian Hughes By John O'Callaghan
ISBN 978-1-84717-270-9 ISBN 978-1-84717-266-2 ISBN 978-1-84717-272-3
ISBN 978-1-84717-334-8
320 pages 272 pages 240 pages
256 pages
Seán MacDiarmada Thomas MacDonagh Roger Casement
By Shane Kenna By Angus Mitchell Patrick Pearse
By Brian Feeney By Ruán O'Donnell
ISBN 978-1-84717-263-1 ISBN 978-1-84717-336-2 ISBN 978-1-84717-264-8
320 pages 432 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-262-4
352 pages 336 pages
Eamonn Ceannt Michael O'Hanrahan Willie Pearse
By Conor Kostick By Róisín Ní Ghairbhí Thomas Kent
By Mary Gallagher By Meda Ryan
ISBN 978-1-84717-271-6 ISBN 978-1-84717-335-5 ISBN 978-1-84717-267-9
272 pages 320 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-265-5
416 pages 400 pages
18Humour Gift of the Gab
The Irish Conversation Guide
By Tadhg Hayes, Illustrated by Terry Willers
Sarah Cassidy & Kunak McGann For the unprepared visitor Irish conversation
can be a minefield. ‘How’s the craic?’ is not
NEW The A-Z of an Irish Christmas an assumption that you are well versed in the
Everything you don’t want foreigners to know properties of narcotics substances, merely an
about how we celebrate Christmas in Ireland. If enquiry after your health and general well-be-
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132x99 mm/80 pages Essential Norn Irish: Yer Man’s
F A to Z Guide to Everyday Banter
F family row
/fam-il-ee row/
By Owen Kelly
Fairytale of New York
noun. Christmas tradition
Spending hours on end trapped indoors with your
Self-proclaimed Norn Irish expert Owen Kelly
has compiled the definitive introduction to
/feyr-ee-tayl uv nyoo yawrk/
family, overtired from an early start with the kids and
song. controversial carol
possibly feeling a little the worse for wear are the ideal
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New York’ has been voted Ireland’s favourite Christmas
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everywhere to tell the difference between an
Stevens, there is no other song that unites a crowd in there’s a good chance it’s because someone forgot to
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‘Absolutely!’ and a ‘Wise’: square crack!
and all!
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The A to Z of Being Irish
From the Angelus to Zig & Zag Irish Wit: From Behan and Wilde to Yer
This handy A to Z is packed with insider Man in the Pub
knowledge and quirky Irishisms for locals and By Sean McCann, Illustrated by Tom Mathews
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World–renowned for her unique look at life
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The Little Book of Irish Beards
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Malarkey
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