Sport and sporting pastimes have always been an important part of life in Cork. What is remarkable about Cork sports men and women is their success across the entire range of sporting disciplines. There can be no true criteria for measuring the quality...

The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), commonly known as the Fenian movement, had a profound impact on modern Irish history. This book examines how Skibbereen town became known as the 'cradle of Fenianism'. It looks at the formation of the Phoenix...

From medieval monks to recent renaissance, From Barley to Blarney: A Whiskey Lover's Guide to Ireland includes everything you need to understand, appreciate, and mix one of the world's fastest-growing (and most delicious!) spirits. An Irish whiskey guru,...

The peninsula or ring of Blackrock has a distinct character and rich history. The village has been renewed and hosts a thriving Sunday market, while locals and visitors enjoy the shoreline and old railway walkways. There is a growing appreciation of the...

First published in 1895, St. Multose Church Kinsale: As it was, and is, and ought to be was the work of the then rector of Kinsale, the Rev. John Lindsey Darling. It used detailed architectural drawings, sketches and photographs to illustrate the history...

Kieron O'Connor's book of unique photography of the 2020 Lockdown in Cork Harbor and Cobh. 

A compelling history of life on Cork City's northside for almost a century. Originally published in 1999 and now reprinted by public demand with added historical material and photographs, this book carries the reader on a journey from the early days of...

George Touchet, 11th Baron Audley and 1st Earl of Castlehaven was a leading English commander in the decisive Battle of Kinsale in which he was wounded. He later became one of Ireland’s largest landowners, possessing 200,000 acres stretching from the...

Clarity in vision, thought and language, distinguishes The Time Being, John FitzGerald's first collection. With poems that explore place and memory, family, relationships and the natural world, John FitzGerald establishes a potent empathy with his reader...

An cnuasach filíochta is déanaí ón bhfile a d’fhás sna Norries. Bailiúchán breá pearsanta ina bhfuil ceithre fórsa domhanda = Talamh, Aer, Tine, Uisce, mar theidil caibidil ar na dánta. A very personal collection containing four world forces = Land, Air,...

One hundred years ago in Ireland marked a time of change. The continuous rise of an Irish revival, debates over Home Rule and the idea of Irish identity were continuously negotiated by all classes of society. In Cork City Reflections, authors Kieran...

Probably the most explosive book to emerge from the decade of centenary commemorations of the Irish revolution, A Most Reliable Man details the career of the most important agent British Intelligence placed in the IRA between 1914 and 1922 and outlines...

Donoughmore Parish in East Muskerry, Co.Cork, is situated on the southerly slopes of the beautiful and picturesque Boggeragh Mountains. Some of the old bridges in Donoughmore are vanishing… if only they could speak… To tell us of their...