New Irish Non-Fiction Irish Non Fiction Published In August 2024

A true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice that echoes down the decades

The essays in this volume examine reading habits, book collections and practical applications of thinking to demonstrate how elite society exchanged ideas, absorbed new trends, and engaged in wider debate.

REPRINT. In November 1940 the body of Moll McCarthy, an unmarried mother of seven, was found in a field in Tipperary. She had been shot. The man who reported the discovery was her neighbour Harry Gleeson. Within three months, he was convicted by an all-male jury. Within five months, he was hanged. But he was innocent, the victim of a local conspiracy.

Stories of bravery and resistance from forgotten Irish heroes of World War II.

The Hamilton Notes is a delightful manifestation of that old adage – ‘It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.’ And there could be no finer raconteur to guide the reader along the way.

An absorbing and innovative biography of Ireland's national poet by a new literary talent.

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Father, Son and Brother Ghost is a book about brotherly love and a meditation on the relationships between the author’s father, brother and himself. It’s also a reflection on the deaths of three stillborn children within the family and the resonance of their loss through the decades.

Explores the fundamental values that constitute sustainable forestry and what that means to society

Explores the fundamental values that constitute sustainable forestry and what that means to society

As the Religious Affairs Correspondent of The Irish Times from 1997, Patsy McGarry reported on some of the most troubling scandals to have rocked both Catholic and Protestant Churches in the last few decades.