Irish Books

The Winter issue of The Dublin Review brings together a collection of essays and stories that explore how we make meaning of history, creativity an...

Award winning writer and host of BBC Radio 4’s All in the Mind, Claudia Hammond offers a liberating, science-led guide to easing the pressures of m...

In Fascist Yoga, Stewart Home delivers a provocative and darkly entertaining reappraisal of the origins of one of the Western world’s most popular ...

We are only beginning to understand the profound healing power of music. Recent scientific discoveries have transformed our understanding of how so...

Ireland’s leading online Irish teacher and the voice behind the much loved platform, Irish With Mollie, brings a practical approach to learning Gae...

In the late 1980s, Horslips lyricist and drummer Eamon Carr embarked on a journalistic journey that brought him face to face with an extraordinary ...

The greatest short story in an exquisite hardback gift edition. With a new introduction by the award-winning and bestselling Irish author Nuala O’C...

Celebrate the darker season with new stories and essays from the best and most exciting Irish writers. When shadows grow longer, when expectation w...

Take a language road trip across the island of Ireland, from Cork to Connemara, uncovering the sayings, slaggings and the side-eye humour that shap...

Ah, the Irish weather, our favourite icebreaker, daily obsession, and eternal mystery. We talk about it, plan around it, and love to complain about...

Journalist Matt Cooper digs into the world of Dunnes Stores. The clashes, loyalties, and power plays that shaped this iconic Irish retail dynasty a...

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

Written by the award winning owners of Izz Café in Cork Izzeddeen Alkarajeh and Eman Aburabi this lovely book gives you a brilliant insight into Pa...

In this vividly illustrated exploration, Manchán Magan uncovers the overlooked influence of the Irish in Iceland—monks, settlers, storytellers, and...

Specially commissioned for this year's One Dublin One book - Dublin Written in Our Hearts is an Anthology of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry about...

Ireland and India seem worlds apart, with apparently little in common in terms of culture, language, and tradition. Yet there are, in fact, remarka...

Banshees are supernatural Irish harbingers of doom, but where do they come from? The answer: they grow in pods on the prickly gorse bush. The sole ...

Broadcaster and talking head Hector's thesis is that when you speak in Irish, every word is a tiny poem. This very loving look at the intricacies a...

Seed to Supper takes you through every stage of food’s journey from its start as a seed in the soil to the table via the kitchen and everything – a...

Maidin! (MA-din) - morning. This delightful book takes you along on a sunny (then rainy!) day in Ireland. You can count sheep on the farm, practice...

Hey, ho, the rattlin’ bog, the bog down in the valley-o!This illustrated version of the traditional song is an ode to a rattlin', or splendid, bog,...

Full of inspiration for the amazing adventures you can have in Ireland, the Great Irish Bucket List gives you 101 choices of things to do around Ir...

In 1814, the Richmond Lunatic Asylum at Grangegorman in Dublin started an extraordinary programme of asylum building across Ireland, aimed at allev...

This captivating book follows the Myths, Monsters, and Magic of Ireland. Manchan Magan encourages us to approach the Island with a curious heart to...