Quick view Memoir of an Irish Jew by Lionel Cohen Now: €20.00 MSRP: Was: Memoir Of An Irish Jew is the story of Lionel Cohen, who was born in 1922 into a Jewish family in Cork. Lionel served in the Irish Army, the British Merchant Navy, the Israeli Army and in the fledgling Israeli Merchant Navy. He re… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Liberty Terrace by Madeleine D'Arcy Now: €15.00 MSRP: Was: Liberty Terrace features a bevy of characters who reside in a fictional area of Cork City in the period 2016 to 2020. The inhabitants of Liberty Terrace come and go, and their lives occasionally intersect in stories that are somet… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Hegarty's Boatyard: Building Conor O'Brien's Saoirse by Kevin O'Farrell Now: €30.00 MSRP: Was: Kevin O'Farrell presents a photographic essay detailing the history and life of one of the last traditional wooden boat building boatyards in Ireland and this time follows the Building of Conor O Brien's Saoirse Introductory Essay… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view My Uncle Dennie by Linda Keohane Now: €10.00 MSRP: Was: "This book is my attempt to get to know my Uncle Dennie, born in the Mealagh Valley, Bantry in 1901, died in Dublin 1967. The child raised by his grandparents. The older brother who was a sort of uncle to his 16 younger siblings. … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Queer Republic of Cork by Orla Egan Now: €11.99 MSRP: Was: In 2015 the Irish people voted in favour of Marriage Equality for same-sex couples, and the Irish government enacted the Gender Recognition Act - two important steps towards equality and rights for LGBT people in Ireland. These de… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Ellen Hutchins (1785-1815): Botanist of Bantry Bay by Madeline Hutchins Now: €15.00 MSRP: Was: The story of Ireland's first female botanist, told in words and pictures, with letters, specimens and drawings. Discover the life and times of a remarkable young woman from Ballylickey, Bantry Bay, West Cork. In just eight years o… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view ‘Don’t Forget Me Now’ – Stories from the Irish War of Independence in Kinsale by Shannon Forde Now: €25.00 MSRP: Was: During the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921), Cork earned for itself a reputation as one of the most violent counties in the country. Kinsale, however, was typically identified as a pro-British town, with a population hostile … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Overload: A brother, a wake, and a secret by Lydia Little Now: €17.50 MSRP: Was: Lydia Little tells the story of her extraordinary brother, Fergus O’Farrell, by bringing the reader through an intimate, raw account of his wake and funeral – all the while carrying the secret of how he really died. Fergus was the… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Lonely Boy: Musings on Death, Mental Health and Relationships by Daragh Fleming Now: €15.00 MSRP: Was: Daragh Fleming’s honest portrayal of mental health, wellbeing and recovery opens with a quote from Seneca, Moral Letters that states: ‘I will keep constant watch over myself.’ Throughout Fleming’s ‘Lonely Boy’, loss, friendship an… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Diary of an Activist by Orla Egan & Megan Luddy O'Leary Now: €20.00 MSRP: Was: Diary of An Activist is a social activism memoir journeying through vegetarianism, anti-nuclear and CND protests, feminist and queer activism, lesbian parties, coming out and becoming a parent. It features quirky Cork locations li… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Murder Most Local: Historic Murders of Mid Cork by Peter O'Shea Now: €14.99 MSRP: Was: From near Bantry to Inchigeelagh, on to Macroom, Dripsey and Coachford, all the way north to Millstreet and almost as far as Mallow. Like anywhere else in Cork and Ireland for that matter it’s dotted with murder. Some murders are … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Kinsale to Kabul by Declan Greenway Now: €25.00 MSRP: Was: Kinsale to Kabul is a fascinating memoir in which Declan Greenway recounts his conflict management role in some of the world's most intractable conflicts, in the Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia and how these hostilities continu… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Faeries, Felons and Fine Gentlemen: History of the Glen, Cork 1700 to 1980 by Gerard Martin O'Brien Now: €20.00 MSRP: Was: This is the history of what is now Cork’s Glen River Park. It traces the area’s progression from a proto-industrial zone in the early eighteenth century to the public amenity space it is today. Six mills once punctuated the valley… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Fastnet: The Final Challenge by Stephen Redmond & Mary O'Donovan Now: €20.00 MSRP: Was: Stephen Redmond was the first swimmer ever to complete the Oceans Seven, a series of grueling cross-channel swims in different parts of the world, and yethis greatest challenge has been right on his doorstep - a 44-kilometre swim … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Birds of County Cork by Patrick Smiddy & Mark Shorten & Russ Heselden Now: €39.00 MSRP: Was: This is book is a history of the birds of County Cork from the earliest times to the present. It provides a comprehensive account of the ecology of all species known to have occurred in the county, with an emphasis on distribution… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Celebrating Cork by Kieran McCarthy Now: €19.99 MSRP: Was: Situated in the south-west of Ireland, the port city of Cork is right on the very edge of Western Europe and has always been open to influences from Europe and the wider world. The amalgamation of these influences has created a vi… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Cork in 50 Buildings by Kieran McCarthy Now: €19.99 MSRP: Was: The city of Cork is a place of tradition, continuity, change and legacy. It is a place of direction and experiment by people of ambition and determination, experiences and learning, of ingenuity and innovation, and of nostalgia an… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Cork Folk Tales by Kate Corkery Now: €12.99 MSRP: Was: As the home of the famous Blarney Stone it is perhaps not surprising that the stories of County Cork could fill many libraries. Among its vast archive of myth and legend are tales of the Goddess Cliona, The Hag of Beara and the Gi… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Turning Points: Reflections by some of Ireland's most influential people on pivotal moments in their lives Now: €15.00 MSRP: Was: Turning Points is an anthology of some of Ireland's best known and successful people describing key moments in their lives when the chips were down, and they managed to turn it all around. These are uplifting, inspiring stories fo… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Murder Most Local: Historic Murders of South Cork by Peter O'Shea Now: €14.99 MSRP: Was: True crime meets local history. This book contains 39 true historical murders in West Cork. From Clonakilty in the east to the Beara Peninsula and the Kerry border, murder is never more than a few miles away. Each crime is complet… Add to Cart The item has been added