Use of Force; Law and Practice
Use of Force: Law and Practice is the first Irish legal textbook dedicated to examining the legal rules regulating the permissible use of force by An Garda Síochána (the Irish police). The use of force by Gardaí on a citizen is one of the most primitive methods to achieve compliance with the law.
Cillian Blake
Published: October /
2024
Clarus Press Ltd
9781917134033
£79.00
Paperback
Ireland
UNDERCOVER: Two Secret Lives
Tony Scotland; Susan Wightman; Stephen Pimbley
Published: October /
2024
Shelf Lives
9780995550377
256 Pages
£25.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
Gay & Lesbian studies
Unbeatable: Dublin’s Incredible Six in a Row
In late August 2014, Donegal's footballers smashed and grabbed an All-Ireland semi-final victory from Jim Gavin's seemingly unstoppable Dublin team. It would be the last Championship game the Boys in Blue would lose for 2,540 days.
Eric Haughan
Published: October /
2024
O'Brien Press Ltd
9781788495202
320 Pages
€19.99
£17.99
Paperback
Ireland
Gaelic football
Twas the Match Before Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through Croke Park It was quiet and peaceful; the great pitch was dark ... But not for long! As the clock strikes midnight, there's a magical surprise: Santa, his elves and reindeer arrive for a night of mischief, mayhem and football.
Julianne McKeigue; Brian Fitzgerald
Published: October /
2024
O'Brien Press Ltd
9781788494656
32 Pages
€12.99
£11.99
Hardback
Ireland
Picture storybooks
Traveller Storytelling in Scotland: Folklore, Ideology and Cultural Identity
Examines traditional oral narratives to uncover function and meaning within the unique folkloric expressions of Scotland's Traveller communities
Robert Fell
Published: October /
2024
Edinburgh University Press
9781399526340
256 Pages
£85.00
Hardback
United Kingdom
Literature: history & criticism
Tir Bheag
Gael Faye; Antain Mac Lochlainn
Published: October /
2024
Barzaz
9781915684158
288 Pages
£13.95
Paperback
Ireland
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
This Boy’s Heart
John Creedon is a renowned storyteller. Following on from the sensational success of An Irish Folklore Treasury, here he seeks to capture the folklore of his own childhood.This Boy’s Heart is set in a city-centre household bursting with humanity, with a cast of a dozen children and another dozen adults, including beloved aunts, an American writer, an African doctor and a Scottish bookie. The streets outside are teeming with brewery horses, Christian Brothers, beat clubs, dance halls, a Turkish Delight shop — and a pub where a child could sit up on a high stool and smoke his cigarette in peace. Summers are spent farmed out to friends and family in the countryside, with hilarious tales of donkey derbies and cow chases.
John Creedon
Published: October /
2024
Gill Books
9781804580486
304 Pages
€24.99
£21.99
Hardback
Ireland
Memoirs
There’s a Monster Behind the Door
Raised in a household of monsters - human and make-believe, during the 1980s on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, the narrator takes refuge in the pages of books. This darkly humorous yet poignant account chronicles the journey of a resilient young woman battling to write her own story, in a community struggling with its colonial past.
Gaelle Belem; Karen Fleetwood; Laetitia Saint-Loubert
Published: October /
2024
Bullaun Press
9781739842369
176 Pages
€14.95
£13.00
Paperback
Ireland
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
The Story of Irish Rugby
From the rules and history of the game to the four provincial teams and legendary players, and more - this lavishly illustrated book includes everything you could possibly want to know about Irish rugby.
Gerard Siggins; Graham Corcoran
Published: October /
2024
O'Brien Press Ltd
9781788494564
48 Pages
€19.99
£17.99
Hardback
Ireland
Rugby Union
The Salmon of Knowledge
Long ago in Ireland, there lived a boy called Fionn, who wanted to know everything ... Fionn goes to live with the wisest man in Ireland, hoping to find answers to his many questions. But Finnegas has a secret. He knows how to get all the knowledge in the world, and it starts with a silver salmon swimming in the River Boyne.
Eithne Massey; Ellen Kane
Published: October /
2024
O'Brien Press Ltd
9781788493895
32 Pages
€14.99
£13.99
Hardback
Ireland
Picture storybooks