Irish Biography

Gripping memoir from legendary Sunday World Northern Ireland editor Jim McDowell recalls life on the frontline reporting on one of the world's deadliest conflict zones.

The incredible true story of Air Marshal Sir George Robert Beamish, KCB, CBE - a man who played rugby for Ireland and the British & Irish Lions before becoming a leading light of the RAF during the Second World War, and a senior commander in the years following the war.

A sort of 'Bridget Jones's Diary' meets 'All Creatures Great and Small', 'Falling for a Farmer' is one woman's true life story of her journey from wide-eyed townie to full-blown farmer's girlfriend. From pulling calves and wrapping bales, to being 'stood up for silage' and receiving the phone call that every farmer's loved ones dread, Maura McElhone's memoir chronicles the often humorous, sometimes sobering experiences that ensue when town and country collide.

Daily Mail columnist John McEntee's life in journalism has been full of encounters with both the famous and infamous. In this lively and amusing memoir, McEntee recalls countless entertaining stories, from an embarrassing encounter with James Callaghan in the gent's toilet of the Savoy Hotel to being fleeced in El Vino by a drunken Kingsley Amis.

There would be no New York City as we know it without the Irish.

This is the story of John McGahern's childhood, his mother's death, his father's anger and violence, and how, through his discovery of books, his dream of becoming a writer began. At the heart of Memoir is a son's unembarrassed tribute to his mother.

In them his canon of great writers - Tolstoy, Chekhov, James, Proust and Joyce - is cited many times, with deep and subtle appreciation. His interventions on issues he felt strongly about - sectarianism, women's rights, the power of the church in Ireland - are lucid and far-sighted.

World-renowned for her unique look at life there is no-one quite like the Irish Mammy. From the weather to your choice of clothing the quintessential Irish Mam has something to say on every subject. This handy collection of Mammyisms will ensure you are never without an Irish Mammy's words of wisdom.

A shocking, page-turning account of the notorious Malcolm Macarthur case in 1980s Ireland

A Murderer. A Leader. The Scandal of an Era. 'Reads like a thriller but is sadly all too true ... a brilliant account of shocking crimes and the dramatic political crisis they caused' David McCullagh