The Boy Who Never Came Home: Philip Cairns
The inside story of missing teenager Philip Cairns.
Emma McMenamy
Published: October /
2021
Mirror Books
9781913406752
€16.24
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Lily’s Dream: A Lissadell Story
The further adventures of Lily: life as a maid in Lissadell House is always interesting, but with her friendship with Maeve under strain, a war in Europe starting and uncertainty about her future, she needs all her wits about her!
Judi Curtin; Rachel Corcoran
Published: October /
2021
O'Brien Press Ltd
9781788492805
272 Pages
€12.99
£11.99
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Children’s fiction
Aisling and the City
With BallyGoBrunch flying and the door firmly closed on her relationship with John, Aisling accepts an unexpected job offer and boards a business-class flight to New York in her best wrap dress and heels. As she finds her feet in the Big Apple, she throws herself into the dating game, grapples with ‘always-on’ work culture, forges and fights for new friendships and brings her good wedges to a party in the Hamptons, much to Sadhbh’s dismay. But catching up with family and friends on WhatsApp and email is not the same as sitting in Maguire’s putting the world to rights over mini bottles of Pinot Greej and a shared bag of Taytos. And yet New York has so much to offer, not least in the ridey fireman department.
Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen
Published: October /
2021
Gill Books
9780717182688
288 Pages
€13.99
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Fiction
Get What They Deserve (The Fowl Twins, Book 3)
Twins Myles and Beckett, Artemis Fowl’s younger brothers, return in their third and most outrageous adventure yet.
Eoin Colfer
Published: October /
2021
HarperCollins
9780008475260
400 Pages
€16.24
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Children’s fiction
Dublin: Medieval Heritage
The City and County of Dublin possesses a rich body of buildings that emerged during the Irish medieval period. These buildings fall into three historical phases: the early medieval or pre-Norman period between the ninth and twelfth centuries, the Norman colonial period of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; and the late medieval period of the fiftieth century. This descriptive and highly illustrated work celebrates and explores the history and significance of a selected group of these buildings and their fascinating medieval heritage.
Pat Dargan
Published: October /
2021
Eastwood Books
978183041670
112 Pages
€16.99
£16.99
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Irish history
You Will Die at Midnight: Victorian Threatening Letters
Victorian Ireland was global champion of threatening letters. This book reveals the murky world where tens of thousands of these letters and notices were nailed to barn doors or sent by penny post, intimidating, giving ‘fair warning’ and terrorising the recipients. These victims were sometimes landlords, land agents and land grabbers. Equally, they could be small farmers disputing land occupancy with neighbours. This book examines the nature, extent and context of this unusual trend. It investigates who sent threatening letters and why they sent them. It also delves into who received such unwelcome correspondence and what action they took, giving new insights particularly into 19th-century rural Ireland.
Donal McCracken
Published: October /
2021
Eastwood Books
9781913934163
336 Pages
€20
£18.99
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Irish history
The Split: From Treaty to Civil War 1921-23
The Treaty, Civil War and partition profoundly shaped the Ireland in which we live. To mark the centenary of the Treaty and Civil War, History Ireland has produced a special supplement featuring historians and writers. The Split introduces ground-breaking articles on women and the Treaty, the role of Eamon de Valera, the establishment of the Gardaí, the dead of the Civil War, the global reaction to Ireland’s independence, and the violence inside the new Northern Ireland state and along the border. It discusses controversial questions regarding Michael Collins and military dictatorship, why the Free State won the Civil War and how Northern Ireland came into being. It looks at how the war has been remembered and asks whether the era of Civil War politics has ended.
Tommy Graham, Brian Hanley, Darragh Gannon and Grace O’Keeffe
Published: October /
2021
Wordwell Books
9781913934644
100 Pages
€12
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Politics & government
Midnight in London: The Anglo-Irish Treaty Crisis 1921
On the dramatic night of 5-6 December 1921, Irish Delegates at Downing Street signed an agreement for a treaty to end the War of Independence and to create a new Irish state. This is the story of that fraught midnight deal, and of the events and people that lay behind it. The story is told from original sources and eyewitness accounts, and brings to life the Treaty that sparked a Civil War but made modern Ireland.
Colum Kenny
Published: October /
2021
Eastwood Books
9781913934194
128 Pages
€9.99
£8.49
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Irish history
It’s Marty!
Marty Morrissey - GAA broadcaster extraordinaire and one of the hardest-working people in show business - has been to every corner of Ireland (and a few interesting ones further afield) in his illustrious career. Everywhere he goes, he makes friends and hears terrific stories - and sometimes he becomes a character in them. Now he's sharing them with us, in a book full of his trademark warmth, wit and energy.
Marty Morrissey
Published: October /
2021
Sandycove
9781844885671
528 Pages
£20
Hardback
United Kingdom
Memoirs
A State of Emergency: The Story of Ireland’s Covid Crisis
The electrifying behind-the-scenes account of a year that brought Ireland to the brink and back.
Richard Chambers
Published: October /
2021
HarperCollins
9780008502829
336 Pages
€17.39
£14.99
Paperback/softback
Ireland
Politics & government