Irish Books

Packed with 25 detailed road trips across Ireland's four provinces, Great Irish Road Trips offers manageable driving distances and scenic routes de...

Harry Clarke was one of Ireland's greatest stained-glass artist and an illustrator of genius, whose works have been collector's items for decades. ...

The history of our country is a long and complex one, so you'd be forgiven for not knowing it all in great detail. Richly illustrated and covering ...

A home-cooked dinner from an Irish mammy feels more like a warm hug than a meal. That's the feeling that this new cookbook from Instagram sensation...

In Good Taste takes a look at the hidden architecture of the food system - from who holds power to the cultural and economic norms that shape what...

Discover Ireland through the eyes of seasoned travellers with this comprehensive DK guide. From the dramatic Causeway Coast to Jameson's whiskey he...

Discover the remarkable richness of Ireland’s native wildflowers in this beautifully updated and expanded guide. Reflecting the latest advances in ...

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...

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

Every family has one. Every WhatsApp group. Every office. You know the type – the lane-hogger, the queue-jumper, the clueless loudmouth who somehow...

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

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...

Meet the néaladóirì (cloud-watchers) and réadóirì (stargazers) from our past who, without the luxury of Met Éireann at their disposal, observed bir...

For centuries, the public house has been an important part of the social and cultural history of Dublin. Beginning with the taverns and ale houses ...

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

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

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...