Twelve Sheep: Life lessons from a lambing season
A hymn to the rituals of farming life from a bestselling Irish author.
John Connell
Published: April /
2024
Atlantic Books
9781805461906
192 Pages
£12.99
Hardback
United Kingdom
Farm & working animals
Treasured Islands: Journeys round the inhabited islands of Great Britain and Ireland
The British Isles including Ireland are a unique tapestry of islands off the Continental shelf of NW Europe. Though there are thousands of islands making up this archipelago, a modest 221 (excluding Great Britain and Ireland) are permanently inhabited, mostly in the Gaelic, Irish and Welsh or Celtic west.
John Brant Chatterton
Published: April /
2024
Matador
9781805143505
496 Pages
£12.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Travel writing
Tomorrow with Bayonets: Dublin: July 1921 – July 1922
'Tomorrow with Bayonets' is more than a mere historical recount; it is an unflinching journey into the heart of Ireland's struggle for identity, told with a palpable intensity that resonates with the reader long after the final page is turned.
Derek Molyneux; Darren Kelly
Published: April /
2024
The Mercier Press Ltd
9781781178638
384 Pages
€19.99
£18.99
Paperback
Ireland
British & Irish history
Theology and the University
Theology and the University considers how theology has been marginalized in the academy and in public life, arguing that doing so has serious repercussions for the integrity of the academic study of religion.
Fainche Ryan; Dirk Ansorge; Josef Quitterer
Published: April /
2024
Routledge
9781032491073
234 Pages
£130.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
Higher & further education, tertiary education
The Wren, The Wren: The Booker Prize-winning author
A multigenerational novel that traces the inheritance not just of trauma but also of wonder, it is a testament to the glorious resilience of women in the face of promises false and true. Above all, it is an exploration of the love between mother and daughter - sometimes fierce, often painful, but always transcendent.
Anne Enright
Published: April /
2024
Vintage
9781529922905
288 Pages
£9.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
The Ui Chellaig lords of Ui Maine and Tir Maine
The Ó Cellaig (O’Kelly) lordship of Uí Maine and Tír Maine was a substantial political territory and influential cultural power in later medieval Connacht. This book identifies and reconstructs the physical appearance of the major Ó Cellaig lordly centres from their emergence as one of the principal offshoots of the Uí Maine in c.1100, to the demise of the lordship around the year 1600.
Daniel Patrick Curley
Published: April /
2024
Four Courts Press Ltd
9781801510912
272 Pages
€45.00
£40.00
Hardback
Ireland
British & Irish history
The Trial: the new gripping page-turner from the author of THE PERFECT LIE
The unmissable new thriller from the bestselling author of The Perfect Lie and Don't Look Back
Jo Spain
Published: April /
2024
Quercus Publishing
9781529419221
368 Pages
£20.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
Thriller / suspense
The Tower Ghost: A Sycamore Hill Mystery
A ghost lurks in the tower above the first year dormitory at Sycamore Hill. Can Clare, Rose and Molly solve the mystery - before a killer strikes again?
Natasha Mac a'Bhaird; Lauren O'Neill
Published: April /
2024
O'Brien Press Ltd
9781788494601
304 Pages
€9.99
£8.99
Paperback
Ireland
School stories (Children's / Teenage)
The Three Lives of St Ciaran: 2024
Times of darkness, worlds seemingly beyond salvation, people who have never known joy. What do they have in common? Three entirely different versions of Saint Ciaran to restore hope, faith, and brightness for humankind.
Published: April /
2024
Blackwater Press
9798988615866
£13.99
Paperback
United States
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
The South
Colm Toibin's debut novel, The South is a classic story of art, sacrifice, and courage
Colm Toibin
Published: April /
2024
Picador
9781035029518
272 Pages
£9.99
Paperback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)