Irish Biography

Dr Victoria Stewart explores the life and work of Sean O'Casey, whose writing career spanned some of the most tumultuous times in Ireland's history, tracing the path which led him to an association with Dublin's Abbey Theatre in the early 1920s, and the turn his career took after he made the decision to leave Ireland for good.

The first major biography of Oscar Wilde in thirty years is the most complete telling of his life and times to date.

When Maureen Sullivan was just twelve years old, she confided in her teacher that she was being physically and sexually abused by her stepfather. Never, in her darkest imaginings, could she have dreamt that she would be the one who would face harrowing punishment.

Part memoir, part documentary written by a founding member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement (IWLM)

A memoir of childhood, school, and growing up in Ireland in the 1950's and 1960's, with some dramatic discoveries along the way. Things look different looking back, when you know the story.

Growing up in Findlater Street, Glasthule. Martin Swords is a Poet and Short Story writer. He is also a freelance Tour Guide in the beautiful valley of Glendalough in the heart of The Wicklow Mountains in County Wicklow in Ireland. He is a long standing member of Wicklow Writers Group in Wicklow Town, a group of writers who like to write, learn, and talk about writing ( too much talking! ).

Features revealing interviews with Francis Bacon that was conducted over a period of 25 years by a distinguished art critic. In this book, Bacon considers the problems of realism, sheds new light on aspects of his life, talks about his aims as a painter and ways in which he works.

Records the author's visits to the Aran Islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which he forged "The Playboy of the Western World" and his other major dramas.

Clash Of The Clans is a story that traces the emergence of the Irish mafia from the streets of Dublin to the highest echelons of global organised crime and right into the heart of professional boxing.