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Biography
Paperback. Gives us an insight into the workings of the most professional team the GAA has ever known as they sought hurling immortality. The author also takes us through one of the lengthy careers of modern times and the personalities, highs, trials and tribulations he encountered along the way. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 x 8pp colour and b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGS; WSJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 422. 8vo .Illustrated.r. r.First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0307867
- ISBN
- 9781845962005
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. Born in Listowel, County Kerry, Tadhg Kennelly is the son of a Kerry football star and grew up playing GAA both for local and county teams. He debuted for the Sydney Swans in 2001 and went on to become one of their star players. In 2005 he won an AFL Premiership medal with the Swans, the first Irishman to do so. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0307919
- ISBN
- 9781856356398
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover. In an era when Kilkenny established itself as the dominant force in hurling, one man stood out from a remarkable group of players: Henry Shefflin. Now widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, Shefflin has more All-Stars, Hurler of the Year awards and All-Ireland medals than any other hurler. This is autobiography. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin Ireland
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0307942
- ISBN
- 9781844882885
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Tipperary native Paddy Russell has been one of the leading referees in the GAA. This title presents his rise from humble beginnings to the pinnacle of two All-Ireland finals. It shows his eventful journey, including various controversial matches, and describes the stresses and strains of refereeing modern-day Gaelic games. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGSA; WSJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 398. 8vo .Illustrated. First edition.The Gaelic Athletic Association is an Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation.It promotes traditional Irish sports including hurling ,gaelic football camogie and handball.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0307955
- ISBN
- 9781845963910
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.00
€ 12.00
Paperback. 8vo.Illustrated. Very good copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Blackwater Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0308828
- ISBN
- 9780861219230
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Kevin Heffernan was a giant amongst GAA men. A giant with a brilliant mind. An unforgiving giant. A giant who repeatedly warned everybody that he would not let his own mother get in the way of him winning one more game of football. Heffo was deeply admired and absolutely feared like no other. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations, some colour. BIC Classification: BGS; WSJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 539. 8vo.Illustrated. Very good copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0308829
- ISBN
- 9781848271852
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. For Tipperary hurling, defeat in the 2012 All-Ireland semi-final was heartbreaking. For the author, it was devastating. Then again it has never been a straight road for the three-time All-star and 2010 'Player of the Year'. This title offers an insight into what happened on that day and over the turbulent year leading up to it. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246. 8vo.Illustrated.Very good copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0308850
- ISBN
- 9781848271470
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardcover. Clean copy. Fine in dustwrapper. DW has minor wear to edges but remains very good. Price clipped
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Queen Anne Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KOC0027440
- ISBN
- 9780356121796
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 10.00
€ 10.00
Paperback. While blessed with a successful broadcasting career and a loving husband, Emily Buchanan also endured bitter disappointment in her attempts at motherhood. After suffering three miscarriages, Buchanan began to look overseas to adopt a child. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; VFVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 188 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470093443
- ISBN
- 9780470093443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.62
€ 11.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. Few English monarchs have a worse reputation than Mary Tudor. She has been seen both as a religious fanatic who tried against the will of her people to reverse the course of the Reformation and as the pawn of her husband, Philip II of Spain -- her infatuation with whom led her to betray Englanda s vital interests. Num Pages: 352 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631184492
- ISBN
- 9780631184492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.82
€ 48.82
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819569257
- ISBN
- 9780819569257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.87
€ 35.87
Paperback. Controversial biography of this ruthless Republican activist. Num Pages: 352 pages, maps, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DBR; BG; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486. Biography..Tom Barry. 478pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The Mercier Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New edition
- SKU
- 9781856354806
- ISBN
- 9781856354806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.87
€ 14.99
€ 13.87
Hardcover. Good copy with some shelf wear, minor edge wear to dustwrapper. Signed and inscribed by author to previous owner
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0007697
- ISBN
- 9780297646013
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210. . Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- A.& A.Farmar
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007788
- ISBN
- 9781899047963
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. This autobiography by Dermot Healy discusses his upbringing and his family in Ireland, and looks at the workings of memory. Series: Panther S. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0007864
- ISBN
- 9781860463549
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Hissey, Ivan. Series: Sussex Guide. Num Pages: 96 pages, 20 illustrations, map, marker ribbon. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; BGH; JFSJ1; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 123 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194. Inscribed to previous owner. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear in good dustwrapper
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Snake River Press Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSS0006434
- ISBN
- 9781906022075
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. St. Louis-born Martha Gellhorn (1908-98) was the doyenne of twentieth century war correspondence. In this first critical study of her Second World War fiction and journalism, Kate McLoughlin makes the connection between Gellhorn's intrepid progress through the war zone and her textual construction of the woman war reporter. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: BGB; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719076367
- ISBN
- 9780719076367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.27
€ 150.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; VXHH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556430497
- ISBN
- 9781556430497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.60
€ 27.99
€ 20.60
Hardcover. From the library of George Eogan. Good copy with some shelf wear, nicks and tears to dustwrapper, yellowing of pages. Inscribed by previous owner on FFEP
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- Hodges Figgis
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st ed
- SKU
- KKD0008065
- ISBN
- 9781125666968
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. From the library of George Eogan. Good copy with some shelf wear, nicks and tears to dustwrapper and yellowing of pages
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1945
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Publishing Co.Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KKD0008067
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Paul Galvin has enjoyed a brilliant and at times controversial career. This book offers a compelling, unflinching account of a career that has fascinated football fans for over a decade. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGSA; WSJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848272064
- ISBN
- 9781848272064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.08
€ 14.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BM; JFSL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608462940
- ISBN
- 9781608462940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.36
€ 19.99
€ 18.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 466 pages, 24. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 203 x 27. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Plume
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780147516282
- ISBN
- 9780147516282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.57
€ 19.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley draws upon her first-hand knowledge to examine the horse on all levels - practical, theoretical and emotional. Drawing on the wisdom of trainers, vets, jockeys and a real-life horse whisperer, she adds an element of drama and suspense as two of her own horses begin their careers at the racetrack. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BG; WSNB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KIN0032220
- ISBN
- 9780571226078
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99