Irish Biography

Would it be possible to live for an entire year without money?

It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.

Sleetion of essays on Waterford local history from fomer County Librarian and historian Donald Brady. Limited edition 200 copies.

Mary Anne Sadlier [1820-1903] is one of the most important Irish novelists of the 19th Century. Highly feted and a best-selling novelist in her own era, she has, unfortunately, suffered from “the tyranny of the contemporary” and today is virtually unknown even in her own county of Cavan. This book represents an important attempt to assist in the restoration of what should be her major literary reputation.

How did Ronan go from a stereotypical country life to the world of theatre performance? Worlds Apart is his open and honest account of his own personal journey from a "normal" life to something very different.

A fascinating and powerful memoir about growing up black in the Falls road area of Belfast during the Troubles in the 1970s and 80s, and a moving tribute to the mother who risked everything to keep her son.