Irish Biography

Inheriting the maritime skills and political ingenuity of his mother, Grace O’Malley (Granuaile), Ireland’s famous ‘Pirate Queen’, the life of Theobald (Tibbott-ne-Long) Bourke is set against one of the most traumatic and convoluted periods of social, political and military turmoil and change in Ireland.

A timely reissue of the definitive biography of Grace O'Malley (Granuaile) Ireland's pirate queen and original trail-blazer.This updated anniversary edition brings Grace O'Malley's story to a new generation awakened to the global focus on gender equality as well as positive ageing.

From Ireland, England, France, Austria, Greece, Turkey and Italy to America and the West Indies, overflowing with historic events, from the French Revolution to the Great Irish Famine, with a cast of the famous and infamous, Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo, lived life to the absolute limits.

A Belfast Child is a tale of divided loyalties, dark secrets and the scars left by hatred and violence on a proud city - but also a story of hope, healing and ultimate redemption for a family caught in the rising tide of the Troubles.

In 1974, 22-year-old virgin sailor Mick escapes unemployment, family and 3-day-week London to become a deckhand on a small sailboat, Gay Gander, setting out to sail the Atlantic from England's West Country, via the Canaries, to Antigua in the Caribbean.

“All music fans will relish this fascinating, revealing, wonderfully enjoyable memoir, which is itself the work of a lifelong fan. Full of anecdote, insight and heart.” Best-selling author Joseph O’Connor

Mayo born Kathleen Lynn was one of the first female medical doctors to qualify in Ireland. As a young woman at the turn of the twentieth century, she became involved with the suffrage movement, Cumann na mBan and James Connolly's Irish Socialist Party.

The Gifford sisters, Grace (later Plunkett), Muriel (later MacDonagh), Nellie (later Donnelly), and Sydney (later Czira) were key figures in the Republican struggle during the 1916 period. This is their story.

Finucane is a love story crossing borders and decades: the story of two people who ‘made a pact for madness’.

A compelling and genuine first hand account of an activist during the most exciting and turbulent period of Irish history - the only first person account of 1916 ever published.

Following the spirit of the world's longest coastal driving route, Paul Clements sets out on a meandering journey to discover the real west of Ireland. Along the way he encounters memorable characters living on the Atlantic edge and presents a unique portrait of their lives.