As anyone can see from the talent arrayed at this year’s An Post Irish Book awards, Irish publishing is in a VERY healthy state.
With Christmas just around the corner, we’re hoping that our list will help you pick the perfect titles for your little readers, and remember; we offer FREE SHIPPING on all orders over €20!!!
On the Beara peninsula in West Cork, a temperate rainforest flourishes. It is the life work of Eoghan Daltun, who had a vision to rewild a 73-acre farm he bought, moving there from Dublin with his family in 2009.
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest charts that remarkable journey. Part memoir, part environmental treatise, as a wild forest bursts into life before our eyes, we’re invited to consider the burning issues of our time: climate breakdown, ecological collapse, and why our very survival as a species requires that we urgently and radically transform our relationship with nature.
A beautiful piece of nature writing, hopeful and thoughtful in equal measure. Get your copy here.
Explore Dun Laoghaire and its coastal surroundings with local painter, historian and writer Peter Pearson as he reveals the story behind its transformation from rocky granite shoreline to grand Victorian ‘watering place’.
With over 250 illustrations, including early maps and many previously unseen photographs and images, this is a fascinating journey through the history and heritage of Dun Laoghaire, Sandycove and Dalkey.
You can grab your copy (and free shipping!!!) from LitVox today.
Here is the story of Ireland’s Civil War in colour – a defining moment in Irish history brought to life for the first time in hand-coloured photographs. The events of 1922-1923 are revealed using photographs painstakingly hand-coloured by John O’Byrne. His attention to detail gives a vivid authenticity that brings the events alive. Many of these photographs, carefully selected from archives and private collections, have never been published before. They carry informative captions by Michael B. Barry, based on extensive historical research.
This richly illustrated book gives a fresh perspective to the conflict. If you want a better understanding of the story of the Irish Civil War, this is the book for you. Get your copy here.
We all have that place in Ireland that we love, a place that maintains a hold over us throughout our lives. Whether it’s your favourite spot for a summer holiday or a home-away-from-home, there are locations around this country that are filled with history, character and natural beauty.
In this goegeously illustrated book, some of Ireland’s most beloved personalities share their stories of the places they love above all others. Just some of teh contributors are Dara O Briain, Marian Keyes, Marty Morrissey, Daniel O’Donnell, Ardal O’Hanlon and Orla Kiely. You can get your copy of this brilliant gift book here (with free shipping!!)
In this people’s history of Ireland, John Creedon introduces a fascinating collection of stories from the Schools’ Collection. This treasure trove of old stories, ways and wisdom, which could have been lost for ever, was collected by schoolchildren as part of a nationwide project set up in the 1930s to preserve Irish folklore.
Published here for the first time, this ‘best of’ selection includes chapters on ghost stories, agriculture, forgotten trades, schooling and pastimes. The result is an incredible arc of folk history that tells us about ourselves and how we lived long ago.
For almost fifty years, Michael Harding has been crafting words in a bid to express himself and to explore truths about the human condition. But even still he found himself unable to say certain things he really wanted to.
Then, while in recovery from surgery, he travelled to a cottage on the Atlantic coast and thought again about life and the people who had profoundly affected him over the years: mentors, loves and old friends.
There at the ocean he wrote letters, with an intimacy not previously risked. Letters that would never be posted but that appear now in All the Things Left Unsaid – a vulnerable and beautifully wrought collection of insights into life, death, friendship and love.
For anyone familiar with Fallon’s incredible podcast of the same name, Three Castles Burning will be a brilliant stsocking filler this Christmas. Strecthing across the broad scope of our capital’s history, Fallon analyses the rich and varied character of this city by analysing twelve of it’s streets. Some chapters deal with streets that almost every Dub will be familiar with, like Henrietta Street; once a shining example of the professional Dublin middle class at their best, later a slum of such squalor as to become notorious throughout Europe.
Others, like Watling Street beside Guinness’ brewery heading towards James’ gate, will be far less widely known.
Fallon writes with the passion of a historian who loves his city and yearns to tell it’s story, and this book is a small triumph. Get your copy here.
With astounding aerial photographs from Denis Horgan, stories from Gerald Butler and compiled by Tim McCarthy, this collaboration is a stunning presentation for anyone with an appreciation for the maritime marvels.
Ireland has a rich maritime heritage and lighthouses have played a significant part in our history. These unique structures ring our coast, providing safe passage for all those who sail our coastal waters, from mammoth ocean-going tankers to leisure craft and fishing vessels. Despite the advances in GPS technology, our lighthouses provide a permanent guiding presence by day and night.
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