Irish Books

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 ...

Manchán Magan, along with a lot of us it would seem, is fascinated by words, particularly Irish words, and their connections to the natural world. ...

This book is a fascination look at modern folk lore. All around Ireland there are frankly weird pheomenons: singing walls, fairy rings, holy wells,...

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 an...

They say money makes the world go around, but just exactly why is that? Where did it come from, why was it invented and why do we let it have so mu...

Contiuning the excellent Blasta series we have Agak-agak (pronounced aga-aga, with a silent k) is a Malaysian saying that means ‘guess-guess’ or ‘u...

Pickles make everything better. Cooking is all about balancing basic flavour profiles- sweet, sour, salty, bitter, umami and adding contrast, turni...

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...

New from Nine Bean Rows and chef Graham Herterich comes this beautiful new book Cook: Traditional Irish Cooking with Modern Twists. Graham grew up ...

The Dictionary wishes she could tell a story just like the other books do. One day she decides to bring her words to life. While she's delighted th...

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,...

The Irish explores the lives of over forty men and women who traveled from Irish shores all over the world and played a profound role in world hist...

A collection of 36 curious stories about overlooked aspects of Irish history told in a very entertaining style, you'll definitely learn a thing or ...

When regular words just won't do it sometimes the best way to connect is through poetry, and that's exactly what this lovingly assembled book of ...

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...

This book is a loving exploration of the culture, customs and craic in going for a pint. Its the slightly bolder version of sharing a cup of tea, t...

A life long hiker, Roz Purcell grew up at the foot of Sliabh Na mBan in Tipperary, which was her childhood playground and escape from the jobs on t...

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

There are few writers like Blindboy, and this book is one that is hard to describe. Absorbing and hard to put down, it is packed full of stories an...

A delightfully fun little book, Irish Kitchen Cocktails is packed tot he brim of recipes that are colourful, testy and very accessible.  There's no...

 Paradiso is a celebration of the unique cuisine of the internationally renowned Cork restaurant. This exquisitly presented book reflects on the pa...

This beautifully compiled and illustrated cookbook contains a tasty array of recipes that aim to show you how to get the very most out of your vege...

The Late Night Writers Club sees a talented, but rather annoying, writer struggle through writer's block to complete his first novel. Tortured by h...