Legacies of the Magdalen Laundries: Commemoration, Gender, and the Postcolonial Carceral State
This collection raises incisive questions about the links between the postcolonial carceral system, which thrived in Ireland after 1922, and larger questions of gender, sexuality, identity, class, race and religion.
Miriam Haughton; Mary McAuliffe; Emilie Pine
Published: November /
2021
Manchester University Press
9781526150806
296 Pages
€102
£85
Hardback
United Kingdom
Social & cultural history
Birth and the Irish: A Miscellany
Following the success of Death and the Irish: a Miscellany (2016), and Marriage and the Irish: a Miscellany (2019), this third volume in the series ‘Birth, Marriage and Death among the Irish explores the experiences of birth in Ireland, and among the Irish abroad, from the seventh century to the present day. In almost seventy short articles, scholars and practitioners from a range of academic disciplines and professions including anthropology, Celtic studies, folklore, history, linguistics, literature, medicine, obstetrics, pastoral care and theology, reflect on pregnancy, birthing, and the early period after birth over almost 1,500 years.
Salvador Ryan
Published: November /
2021
Wordwell Books
9781913934613
288 Pages
€25
£22.95
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Evie’s Christmas Wishes
Christmas is coming and Evie is wishing, wishing ...
Siobhan Parkinson; Shannon Bergin
Published: November /
2021
Little Island
9781912417797
32 Pages
€17.99
£13.99
Hardback
Ireland
Picture books
Reindeer Down!: An Irish Christmas Tale
Santa's sleigh is flying over Ireland, delivering presents to all the boys and girls. But then Dancer hurts her leg and can't pull the sleigh. What will Santa do?
Natasha Mac a'Bhaird; Audrey Dowling
Published: November /
2021
O'Brien Press Ltd
9781788492737
32 Pages
€9.99
£8.99
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Picture books
A Hug For You: The heart-warming story of Adam King’s Virtual Hug
This is the story of a new hug's adventure and the boy who shared it with the world.
David King; Rhiannon Archard
Published: November /
2021
Sandycove
9781844885855
32 Pages
£12.99
Hardback
United Kingdom
Picture books: character books
Leeside Legends: 100 Cork Sporting Heroes
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 of a Leeside Legend. In the world of partisan sport, one man’s hero is another man’s villain. Leeside Legends brings together a collection of stories of 100 heroes who have broken as many hearts as they have lifted. This collection is not meant to be definitive, but rather representative of the many thousands who through the clash of the ash or the wearing of the green on an international stage have brought happiness and joy to the sporting capital of Ireland.
John Coughlan
Published: November /
2021
Eastwood Books
9781913934224
216 Pages
€20
£18.99
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Sport history
The Terror War: The Uncomfortable Realities of the War of Independence
During the Irish War of Independence the British and the Irish sides often reflected one another. Both the Irish and the British did well in some areas, and were deficient in others. But both sides used terror – murder – burnings – shearing women’s hair – to intimidate the Irish population. British Field Marshall Henry Wilson said of the Black and Tans: ‘It was the business of the government to govern. If these men ought to be murdered, then the government ought to murder them.’ Michael Collins could equally chillingly say: ‘Careful application of terrorism is also an excellent form of communication.’ The actions of the British and Irish frequently mirrored one another – an uncomfortable reality of the War of Independence. This book examines the trauma of the times – both the exceptional and the ordinary – through a diverse range of topics.
Joseph E.A. Connell Jnr
Published: November /
2021
Eastwood Books
9781913934200
276 Pages
€20
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Irish history
Stand Up, Speak Out: My Life Working for Women’s Rights, Peace and Equality in Northern Ireland and Beyond
Frank, fascinating memoir from Northern Irish peace activist, human rights defender and former politician who has broken the mould in so many ways - in her work on domestic violence; in her co-founding of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition; and in her fight for peace and human rights both at home and globally.
Monica McWilliams
Published: November /
2021
Blackstaff Press Ltd
9781780733227
368 Pages
€21.99
£19.99
Hardback
United Kingdom
Memoirs
Repealed: Ireland’s Unfinished Fight for Reproductive Rights
A celebration and analysis of a 35-year long grassroots movement that successfully overturned the ban on abortion in Ireland
Camilla Fitzsimons; Sinead Kennedy; Ruth Coppinger
Published: November /
2021
Pluto Press
9780745344287
240 Pages
€90
£75
Hardback
United Kingdom
Ethical issues: abortion & birth control
Returning Light
In 1987 Robert L. Harris happened upon an unusual job advert in The Kerryman – a new warden service was being set up on Skellig Michael, and the deadline was imminent. Just weeks later he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland’s most remote locations, unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years. Here he transports us to the otherworldly island, a place that is teeming with natural life, including curious puffins that like to visit his hut. From the precipice he has observed a coastline that is relatively unchanged for the last thousand years – a beacon of equilibrium in an ever- changing world. But the island can be fierce too. Inhabitable only for five months of the year, solitude can quickly become isolation as bad weather rolls in to create a veil between Skellig Michael and the rest of the world, when the dizzying terrain can become a very real threat to life. Returning Light is an extraordinary memoir about the profound effect a place can have on us, and how a remote location can bring with it a great sense of belonging.
Robert L. Harris
Published: October /
2021
HarperCollins
9780008509378
£14.99
Hardback
Ireland
Memoirs