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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...

In Public Library and Other Stories, Ali Smith invites us to explore what happens when the spaces dedicated to books, the public library, the commu...

This is the seventh edition of Holy Show magazine, covering contemporary life and culture in Ireland as seen through the eyes of Irish artists. Hol...

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

Discover the quirky and hidden gems of Ireland. Take and unforgettable journey off the beaten track, through ancient landscapes with forgotten trad...

If you've ever wanted to know what is it like to run for election: the the almost constant abuse, the cut-throat competition from their rivals – an...

A yoga book for birds of all feathers. Experience the benefits of yoga with bestselling and award-winning artist, Marion Deuchars. She believed yog...

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...

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...

The third book in the series on the Natural world from illustrator Ania Bestaed, Eatopedia is encyclopedia of how animals eat, digest and poo. Food...

Let cult skincare brand UpCircle show you how to make your own zero-waste balms, masks, butters, bath bits, oils, scrubs and ices with everyday nat...

This book is a fascinating look at modern folklore. All around Ireland, there are frankly weird phenomena: singing walls, fairy rings, holy wells, ...

Mushrooms have existed for millennia, and have always fascinated us. We've used them  for food, medicine, and expanding our consciousness. Fungi ha...

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...

This labour of love from author Chris Haughton uses the lens of information to explain why the world is like it is. His beautifully illustrated an...

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...

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

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...

Based on the hilarious Twitter feed @theirishfor, Motherfocloir, by Darach o Seaghdha, is an incredibly funny book about the Irish language. Featur...

365 ways to speak Irish everyday. Each day brings a new word or phrase, wrapped in a little story to help it stick. Start your morning naming your ...

These Paper Animation Kits from Rob Ives are a great project for a rainy day. There's step by step instructions cutting, folding and assembly, and ...