Irish Interest Books

Irelandopedia taught us all about Ireland, now the team behind the smash-hit bestselling series helps younger children learn their colours, how to count up to ten and introduces them to the Irish weather. Fans of the design and il…

Irelandopedia taught us all about Ireland, now the team behind the smash-hit bestselling series helps younger children learn their colours, how to count up to ten and introduces them to the Irish weather. Fans of the design and il…

No Irish sportsperson has had more written and said about him. None has had more of substance to say for himself. Across nearly four tumultuous decades, from callow teen prospect to grey bearded influencer, Roy Keane has transcend…

For fans of Sebastian Faulks, Donal Ryan and Anne Tyler comes this beautiful novel following two troubled men, separated by nearly a century, bound by the ghosts of their past When George Allenby is put in charge of building a lak…

In 1985 Dublin, nineteen-year-old Anna Hughes is in thrall to Peter Gallagher, an older, worldly man. Anna is introverted and naïve, and Peter's experience, wide circle of friends and thirst for adventure captivate her. Her obsess…

A story of State betrayal, complicity, cover-up and one man’s quest for justice. In 1985, John Corcoran, a Garda informer within the ranks of the Cork IRA, was exposed and brutally executed by militant republicans. No one has ever…

The first book in a searing new romantasy trilogy, perfect for fans of A LANGUAGE OF DRAGONS and THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE.If he has the ability to wield magical powers, everyone will rejoice – especially the girl who loves hi…

BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2025 - AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDSA shocking true story of heartbreak and survival by Sarah Corbett Lynch, daughter of Jason Corbett - an Irish Times Number 1 bestseller and the subject of NETFLIX documentary A…

Mary Lavin is the great unsung voice of Irish fiction. Here are her very best, most electric stories: illuminating, moving, arrows in flight.Mary Lavin’s stories feature ordinary people in the tight confines of ordinary life. From…

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Room and The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue takes readers on a thrilling ride through a simmering turn-of-the-century Paris on the edge of a dazzling future.A woman determined to make …

The Shortest History of Ireland is based at every step on the latest scholarship, but it’s all brought together, for once, as a fluent story, as captivating as a novel, galloping from the Ice Age to the present, using language, gr…

After hosting a birthday pub crawl across several historic real ale pubs in London, Thomas J. Vosper was inundated with requests from friends to make it a regular occurrence, he compiled handy guides that have taken social media b…

Brought up in a devout household in Ireland, Jay is now living in London with her girlfriend, determined to live day to day and not think too much about either the future or the past. But when she learns that her beloved older bro…

Meet the heroes from Irish history whose stories have stood the test of time! From the giant Fionn Mac Cumhaill who built a causeway to Scotland and tricked his rival Benandonner to bold Grace O’Malley and her pirate crew at sea; …

Embrace all things Irish with these 200 interesting, important, and fun Irish words and phrases—as well as what each teaches us about the history and culture of Ireland. Céad míle fáilte! Dia duit. You don’t need to be fluent to a…

Garry Bannister returns with another user-friendly guide for those of all ages who want to speak Irish with strangers, friends and family. Easy conversations in IrishPrepare for your Leaving Cert oralConversations in Ulster dialec…

In this spellbinding anthology, Ireland's most electrifying female writers breathe new life into ancient Irish myths, reclaiming the stories of women who have too long stood in the shadows of warriors and kings. Editor and journal…

On a windswept peninsula stretching out into the Atlantic, Tomas and his reluctant son, Liam, are working for the great Ordnance Survey project to map the whole of Ireland. The year is 1865, and in a country not long since ravaged…

Whether raising a glass or spinning a yarn, the Irish have long had a way with words - and this delightful volume celebrates that rich tradition. Packed with clever quips, classic one-liners, lyrical blessings and colourful anecdo…

Twenty years ago, Eddie's career as a journalist was destroyed by the Juliet Fox case.Juliet was young and beautiful, born into the privileged world of the Manhattan elite. Pulled into their orbit by her investigation, Eddie disco…

Ethnology draws on the mystical cry for the dead of Cathy Galvin's Irish-speaking ancestors. Within an epic narrative she reclaims place, people and language, creating a bridge between our own times and a Connemara community on th…

An explosive bond. In a time of revolution, their fates will lie in the turn of a card . .. It is the early days of the French Revolution and, on the streets of Paris, terror reigns. Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand is a young woman …

In Ireland, the art of conversation / crua-chaint is highly valued. We like to 'put a skin on a story' / craiceann a chur ar scéal because words are not just words to us. They are alive, carrying echoes of where they’ve been and t…

The first biography of IRA leader Rory O'Connor, close comrade of Michael Collins and Richard Mulcahy and prominent member of the anti-Treaty IRA.The execution of IRA leader Rory O'Connor on 8 December 1922, along with Liam Mellow…

A new book celebrating the achievements of 12 inspirational women who made significant contributions to local government in Cork city was launched recently in Cork City Hall. ‘Leading the Way’ was written by Dr Aodh Quinlivan, Sen…

A writer alone at a retreat is faced with an unwelcome visitor. A priest seeks solace from a romantic memory.A farmhand regrets losing the finest woman in town. In this remarkable collection of stories, Claire Keegan observes an I…

Mothers are not supposed to go on road trips . .But one winter morning in Dublin, an ordinary woman wakes up in her ordinary home, her husband next to her in bed, her teenage children sleeping nearby. And - without thinking much a…

Most people remember the flooding of Cork in 2009 and the tremendous damage that was caused. Less well-known is that this was not the first time this had happened. On 1 November 1853 another flood of immense proportions poured int…

When parts of a human skeleton are discovered, building work on a derelict site in Cork grinds to a halt.An archaeological excavation soon unearths seven bodies. Six are men who died centuries ago. The seventh body is different: f…

When proud mermaid Muireann flees her climate-ravaged ocean in search of hope on land, she confronts human cruelty and body-shaming as she struggles to find her true home and voice. Caught between a dying ocean and a divided world…