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On the Beara peninsula, a picturesque part of West Cork, stands a 73 acre rainforest. It might not have the same plants and animals as the Amazon, ...

Serial winners and glorious losers, heroes and villains, trailblazing women, role models and rogues, all are here; so too are audacious sporting fo...

Scoop is a biannual magazine sharing the inside story on all things Irish Food. The theme of this, the inaugural edition, is the question 'what is ...

The pickle on your burger, the vinegar on your salad. Preserved, fermented and cultured food is the flavour of life. Author and foodie Dearbhla Rey...

Award-winning chef Graham Herterich (who you may know from The Cupcake Bloke) first learned to bake at a young age, taught by his beloved granny. T...

Ireland is a land of magic, with loads of cool places steeped in folklore and mythology. This gorgeous illustrated book is a guide to some of Irela...

 Gardening can be a bit of a fuss. Digging around in the soil, pulling out the weeds. It's a lot of hassle, and sometimes we just can't be bothered...

We all want to be a bit more self-sufficient. Grow vegetables in the garden, bake our own bread, and maybe even build our own furniture. But when y...

Starting with a clear out of his loft, consummate raconteur Jarvis Cocker tells the story of his early life through a consideration of the seemingl...

Harrison Gardner is an Australian eco-builder and designer who finds himself in the west of Ireland, living an enviable sustainable life. He has co...

This beautifully presented book by the Royal Horticultural Society has everything you need to know to get the most from your garden. Filled full of...

The words gathered in these pages, matched with evocative illustrations by Steve Doogan, should leave you with no uncertainty about the poetry, wis...

Is he a shitehawk or a messer? A gombeen or a dope? Take the decision-making out of your trash talk and fire out hilarious one-line insults left, r...

Wabi Sabi is a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth a...

In 1971, Jack Fitzsimons took it upon himself to change the face of affordable housing in Ireland. With help from his wife, he collated 20 simple d...

John Creedon (Creedo to his pals) has a way with words, as any listener of his radio programme can agree with.  Here, he turns his skill to a colle...

Our ancestors who lived here in Ireland centuries ago lived lives we would barely recognise. Their society praised the poets, monks, wise women, an...

This little volume breaks down the construction of the perfect cocktail from the bottom up to show you, in exquisite detail, how to make the perfec...

2022, eh! What a year. We're all wishing it to get in the sea but it's still worth wrinkling some humour out of all the crazy. There's no better fo...