The Book Club

The latest book releases from Irish authors

The best in new Irish release

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors

John Grenham

The fifth edition of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors retains its familiar three-part structure, combining a detailed guide for beginners with thorough descriptions of all the useful sources and county-by-county reference lists. Additionally, all of the changes that have been brought about by modern technology – internet records and DNA testing, which make researching your family background easier than ever – are explained in this indispensable guide.

Missing

Barry Cummins

Journalist and author Barry Cummins has closely followed the unsolved cases of Ireland’s vanished women and children for decades. In this new edition of his bestselling book, he provides updates on the cases. Fully updated and revised, including two new chapters, Missing looks at the developments of Ireland’s most famous cases – among them Annie McCarrick, Mary Boyle, Jo Jo Dullard, and Fiona Pender – and considers if a serial killer is responsible.

The Little Book of Rathmines

Maurice Curtis

Rathmines is one of the oldest and most vibrant parts of Dublin. In this compendium of fascinating, obscure, and entertaining facts you will find out about Rathmines' past, its proud sporting heritage, its arts and culture, and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. A reliable reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped into time and again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage and the secrets of this much-loved area.

Enda The Road Nine Days That Toppled A Taoiseach

Gavin Reilly

By many measures Enda Kenny was Fine Gael’s most successful lead of all time, but his position as Taoiseach was thrown into turmoil in February 2017 by an explosive political scandal - one which ultimately cost him his job. Compiled through exhaustive research and dozens of interviews, Enda the Road is the ultimate account of a nine-day political hurricane whirlwind that brought down a Taoiseach.

Knockfane

Homan Potterton

Homan Potterton is the former director of the National Gallery who penned Knockfane, his first novel, aged 73, after two memoirs. Set in the mid-20th century, Knockfane is a "big house" novel that tells the story of Julia and Lydia Esdaile who live with widowed father Willis. After their brother is banished, the trio settle down into a quiet life - until Willis dies and the future of Knockfane is left to his daughters to protect. What will happen to the legacy?

Grace O’Malley

Anne Chambers

Forty years ago, Anne Chambers' groundbreaking biography put Grace O'Malley on the map when it became a milestone in Irish publishing and the catalyst for her restoration to political, social and maritime history and in schools' curricula. This international bestselling biography draws in Ireland's great pirate queen, from the vagueness of myth and legend, and presents the historical reality of one of the world's most extraordinary female leaders.

Ireland’s War of Independence 1919-1921 The IRA’s Guerrilla Campaign

Lorcan Collins

The Irish War of Independence was fought between the IRA and the British Empire, including the notorious and lawless ‘Black and Tans’ and Auxiliaries. The guerrilla war raged for two-and-a-half years, eventually bringing the British Government to the negotiating table. This book is a fresh look at a bitter conflict with lots of interesting facts.

Black ‘47

Damien Goodfellow

A gritty graphic novel about Ireland's Great Hunger. Jack and his family have been evicted by their landlord and given one-way tickets to the USA. They refuse to leave Ireland, unknowingly placing themselves in grave peril. When Jack falls in with a rebel group, his father is killed and Jack and his family are left to fend for themselves during the height of the famine in 1847. This is one family's story of Ireland's great hunger, told in powerful illustration and compelling words bringing live to a slice of Irish history.