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This first volume of James Liddy's sparkling essays, selected introduced by Eamonn Wall, provides unique insights into the work of American writers and Irish writers overseas and includes first-hand accounts of meeting many of the canonical figure...

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This second volume of James Liddy's essays, selected and introduced by Eamonn Wall, is framed by an intense and enduring attachment to Dublin and love of Irish literature. Meeting Patrick Kavanagh was the singular event that changed James Liddy's ...

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The author explores Brian Merriman's famous poem, The Midnight Court, a classic of Irish literature.

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A legendary animal, the Sasquatch is hunted by many but seen by very few. These philosophical reflections about the disappearance of species, both real and imagined, can also be read as a dirge for a species, culture, or language in irreversible d...

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A new collection of poetry by one of Ireland's leading voices is a cause for celebration, and in this stunning collection Ó Searcaigh demonstrates that he has his finger of the pulse of the modern Gaelic poetic consciousness

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This inspiring collection of essays covers a broad range of topics: the passing of Seamus Heaney, meeting William Trevor, the Bayno (The history of the Iveagh Trust), being crowned Miss Mod in the 1970s in a dance hall in County Offaly, and travel...

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A recent widow seeks the services of a psychic, two children are placed in a witness protection program, a young woman is discovered hiding in a garden shed, and a doctor suddenly disappears. The characters in Taylor's debut collection of short st...

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An Irish language text Set in the early 1920s in County Kerry during the Civil War, this play tells the story of the Dillon family, who give refuge to Republican soldiers. Things get more complicated when a Free State soldier comes to them for ref...

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In this collection, historians and activists pay tribute to Hackett by bringing to light the littleknown history of Irish women's political, militant, and trade union activism.

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In Herbert's collection, twin sisters share an uneasy reunion in a spa hotel, as secrets bubble up between them; an aging farmer wakes to an empty day, filled only with the sour legacy of betrayal; and a young woman makes a startling bid for freed...

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Poet Stephen James Smith's sympathies lie with the addicted and the convicted, often responding to what he finds on life's margins. His sharp-edged forceful language derives from his gifts as a performance poet and his fearlessness in looking into...

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In the author's seventh collection, Rowley explores myths and legends from Irish history concerning women, including the wooing of Etain, the sorrows of Deirdre, the Women Bards of Connaught, Ireland's Fairy Queens, the Mother, and the elopement o...

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Between the Leaves is an anthology of new haiku from Ireland, comprising work from over 60 poets, many of whom have won awards in the USA, Canada and Japan.

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In this, her third collection, Geraldine Mitchell's words spring from a landscape sculpted by harsh Atlantic weather which infiltrates, informs and ultimately illuminates every aspect of her poetry. We embark on a voyage through memory loss, its i...

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The essays in this collection focus on aspects of parenthood and childhood in Ireland from the 1700s to the 1950s. They provide new insights into parent-child relations in the past and pursue new areas of research, including the family life of The...

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Set in a turbulent British empire, these historical stories brim with energy and emotion, taking readers to the remote reaches of early twentieth century Burma to an Ireland in flux. These interconnected stories are filled with humor, insight, and...

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This new collection of poems in the Irish language by Ireland's master poet centers on the life and flight of cranes.

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This debut novel by a fresh and vibrant voice in Irish crime writing explores the seamy underbelly of current-day Dublin, with a strong, gritty, and wry female protagonist. Murder and intrigue, memorable characters, and dear old dirty Dublin are b...

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Boyle's luminous poems are intimate portraits of confined and unsung lives, furnishedwith a sensuous exactness. The outcast Hermione, mourning her lost children, is cheered by the ""blushing crimson tips"" appearing in her winter garden. Birds are...

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Carr's poems explore the lives of two women who lived contemporaneously but never met Dorothy Wordsworth and Mary Ann McCracken. The poems reflect how they lived their lives alongside their more famous brothers, with Mary Ann's political strength ...

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In this complex political thriller set in Galway in 1925, Detective Officer Michael Mackey of the newly-created Special Branch has been sent to the Garda Barracks in Ballinasloe on a mission to root out subversives. Soon he has a murder to solve, ...

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Open-Eyed, Full-Throated introduces forty-four distinct voices, exploring the complexity and nuance of Irish culture, language, and society. Most of these poets share an Irish heritage, and the matter of Ireland - its landscapes, its myths, its li...

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The sixth book of Homer's Odyssey offers Erin Halliday the ideal lens to explore the inner psyche and embodiments of a young woman in the twenty-first century.

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Although Tory Island, a small island off the north coast of Ireland, has been a stronghold of the Irish language for centuries, the island has no literary tradition. Therefore, this recently discovered manuscript, written over 100 years ago, is a ...

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This is the story of two young people whose lives are changing. They are both trying to make their way in the world. Rachel's estranged father has just come back into her life, and Frank is trying to find his feet as a newly qualified barrister. C...

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Marching Season is the fifth short story collection by Belfast author writer and playwright, Rosemary Jenkinson, who is renowned for being one of the sharpest and boldest chroniclers of contemporary life. This latest collection boasts a dazzling c...

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A Lebanese student has had enough of a lecturer's inappropriate advances; a frustrated author takes her revenge on a publisher; a petty dispute over a land boundary escalates wildly; a woman has had enough of her property flooding; a bankrupt deve...

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Known for tense and often troubling stories in her award-winning debut, When Black Dogs Sing, Farrelly enters darker and murkier places in her second collection. In these stories, a girl witnesses her mother's breakdown following the murder of her...

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