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Paperback. A first-person saga, recounting one man's life but relating the experience of many. Mike Carney, the oldest living native Blasket Islander, left in 1937 to seek a better future in Dublin and eventually America. This memoir is the last of a long line of books written by Blasket Islanders, incl Tomas O'Crohan, Micheal O'Sulleabhain and Peig Sayers. Num Pages: 224 pages, B&W photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 244. Some light shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Gill
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
KRF2232737
ISBN
9781848891654
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

paperback. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends, and history of the Blasket Islands, which are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. In her old age, Peig Sayers, 'the Queen of Gaelic storytellers', recounted her life to her son, who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy. Translator(s): Ennis, Seamus. Num Pages: 160 pages, endpaper map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124. Some light shelf wear, otherwise a very good copy.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Oxford University Press London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232752
ISBN
9780192812391
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Bannockburn: The Battle for a Nation Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBW; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Birlinn General
Condition
New
SKU
KSK0000312
ISBN
9781780272795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.58

Paperback. Editor(s): Saddlemyer, Ann. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
KSK0000322
ISBN
9780199538058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Ridgway, Christopher. Num Pages: 128 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Four Courts Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KLJ0015401
ISBN
9781846824067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.72

Hardcover. EXPOSED! CrickiLeaks lifts the lid on sport's fiercest rivalry, revealing the innermost thoughts of the greatest cricketers from Ashes history. It features 40 first-person diaries, each lampooning a well-known player or cricketing figure and presented as an imagined extract from their journal. Num Pages: 128 pages, B&W cartoon illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1MBF; WH; WSB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 116 x 22. Weight in Grams: 222. Fine clean copy in fine dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0003819
ISBN
9781408152409
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 466 pages, 15 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 338 x 241 x 44. Weight in Grams: 812. Fine copy in fine dustwrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0003836
ISBN
9780716532996
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Historians of British theater have often noted that the eighteenth century was an age not of the author but of the actor. In Rival Queens, Felicity Nussbaum argues that the period might more accurately be seen as the age of women in the theater, and more particularly as the age of the actress. Num Pages: 392 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; ANB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223019
ISBN
9780812223019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.05

Hardcover. Offers an account of the history of the island of Ireland since its earliest inhabitants. This book celebrates the cultural achievements of the Irish, and recounts the turbulent political events that have helped to shape Ireland and Northern Ireland. It features black-and-white line drawings, and a full-colour frontispiece. Series: Very Peculiar History. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 4KHJ; 5AK; YNH. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 159 x 106 x 22. Weight in Grams: 182. 191pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Book House London
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
9781905638987
ISBN
9781905638987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. In 1962 Sean O Se recorded 'An Poc ar Buile' with Sean O Riada and Ceoltoiri Chualann. It proved a huge success and resulted in seven wonderful years working with Sean O Riada and over sixty years of singing. This is his story. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; AVGH; AVH; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
New
SKU
KRF2232942
ISBN
9781848892538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start. As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. This book tells the story of her early life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KRF2233227
ISBN
9781845963132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. Challenges the traditional histories of British and Irish migration, the stories of oppression and exile that form an essential part of the existing literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 482. Like New.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KRF0019297
ISBN
9780752459547
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 27.99
€ 6.23

Hardcover. This book explains what happened in the years before and after the Rising, as well as providing an exciting day-by-day account of the events themselves, and biographies of the leading figures Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Edition
Poc
Condition
New
SKU
9780717169306
ISBN
9780717169306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.06

Hardback. In the midst of a resurgence of pride in Ireland's history during the 18th century, William Burton, later Conyngham (1733-1796), strove to emulate his British counterparts in producing albums of engravings illustrating the beauties of the country's heritage. This catalogues more than 600 drawings, which he was known to have secured by about 1780. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 244 pages, 100 color + 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; ACQ; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 256 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1542. Fine clean copy in dustwrapper. DW has some edge wear including some short tears
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0005620
ISBN
9780300180725
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. So how Irish are you? Check out this book of Irish-isms to see just how 'green' you really are! Humourous and fun, this book combines some of the classic Irish quirks with the more recent additions of what it means to be Irish. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 140 x 2. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KRF2233240
ISBN
9781847178527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; VSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 139 x 193 x 16. Weight in Grams: 82.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
TSO
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
KRF2233264
ISBN
9780115534935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. An chéad chló,, ainm scríofa ar an mbilrog ceangal, an clúdach rud beaga caite.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1939
Publisher
Oifig an tSolathair
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTK0996496
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardback. Geararscéaalta, ainm scríofa ar an mbileog ceangal
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1949
Publisher
Faoi Comhartha na dtrí gCoinneal
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTK0996512
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. Beathaisnéis. an clúdach deannaigh agus an téacs caite
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1949
Publisher
Oifig and tSoláthair
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTK0996529
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 16.00

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
F.Á.S.
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTK0996538
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00
€ 8.00

Paperback. George Best needs little introduction. A legend in his own lifetime, he is undoubtedly the greatest footballer the UK has ever produced. Blessed with an extraordinary gift he brought a beauty and grace to the game never before seen. But Best was unable to cope with the success and fame his football genius brought. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 512 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; BGSA; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 32. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ebury Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091884703
ISBN
9780091884703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.42

Sheet map, folded. Series: Irish Discovery Series. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WSZC; WTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 74.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ordnance Survey Ireland
Condition
New
SKU
9781907122545
ISBN
9781907122545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. This books takes us from the original construction of the canal network through to the conservation and leisure uses of today. Num Pages: 176 pages, 130ill.(30col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 172 x 12. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752423852
ISBN
9780752423852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people. Series: Archive Photographs: Images of England. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 8. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752430751
ISBN
9780752430751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.21

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