Irish Biography

The widely acclaimed autobiography of Irish politician and doctor, Noel Christopher Browne.

UCC Philosophy Lecturer. Taking its cue from Michel de Montaigne, this book asks what COVID-19 can teach us about the 'art of living'. It examines eight themes from a philosophical perspective, including attitudes to old age, populism and life under lockdown, arguing that the crisis presents opportunities to create a more just society and change our lives for the better. -- .

This is a compendium of 80 individual accounts of people, places and events which JJ Bunyan can recall over the past sixty-five years. It traces his life, from growing up on a small farm cum rural post office in North Kerry in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s through to the present day.

In this compelling memoir, Thomas Paul Burgess recounts his time as a member of Ruefrex, one of Northern Ireland's most successful punk rock bands. Through a series of revealing vignettes, he traverses strife-torn Belfast and bohemian London, revealing another side of the punk rock story. -- .

Written in an accessible style for the general reader, this book contains considerable new information, such as the first detailed accounts of the suspicious grounding of a passenger ship in Galway Bay in 1858, an event which gripped Joyce’s Imagination and features in Ulysses.

A graphic novel telling a thrilling tale of passion, courage and determination. Michael Collins was a hero in life, and in death his legend continues to grow. Joining the IRB in London, he took his place in the GPO at Easter 1916, then created the Intelligence network that won freedom from British rule.

When the mighty Endurance becomes trapped in the Weddell Sea, Ernest Shackleton's dream to cross the Antarctic becomes a fight to save the thirty-one souls that set sail with him. The first illustrated retelling of the greatest feat of leadership and survival ever recorded.

30 of Limerick’s greatest hurlers reveal the ‘one game’ that defined their lives... from Pat Hartigan and Joe Quaid to Mike Casey and Dan Morrissey.

Set in London in 1983, 'Diary of an Irish Mother' offers a snapshot into the hectic life of Vera Byrne. Her daily struggle to hold everything together, bringing up three difficult teenagers, going to work, a DIY nightmare, a 'lazy' husband, car trouble ... and the list goes on. Never a dull moment and a lot of laughs along the way.