Irish Biography

The Lilliput Press is proud to reissue this iconic view of Dublin's northside docks area in the 1980s, which comprises Ronan Sheehan's text and over 50 black and white photographs by Brendan Walsh.

An account of the campaign ran by Micheline (granddaughter of Hanna and Francis of 1916 and suffragette fame) to fight gender discrimination at NUI Galway after she was repeatedly passed over for promotion. She won her case, and then donated the award she got to help 5 other female members of staff who had similarly not been promoted to take their own case.

This is an extraordinary account by a gifted insider of an historic negotiation to rival the diary of Tom Jones (Lloyd George’s trusted adviser) of the negotiation of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, also recalling other classic accounts of diplomatic negotiations that have shaped the world.

As a young footballer, Clare Shine appeared to have it all. She won her first international call-up at age 13, and by 15 was part of the Republic of Ireland Women's under-17 squad.

The collected letters of John McGahern, 'one of the greatest writers of our era' (Hilary Mantel) and 'the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett.' (Guardian)

The collected letters of John McGahern, 'arguably the most important Irish novelist since Samuel Beckett.' (Guardian)

On 13 March 2017, the Rescue 116 crew of Capt. Dara Fitzpatrick, Capt. Mark Duffy, Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith took off from Dublin airport just after 2300 hours for a medical evacuation off the west coast. The first indication of disaster came when the crew failed to answer a radio call at 12.46 a.m. At 02.16 hours, sister helicopter Rescue 118 spotted a casualty and debris in the water. There would be no survivors from R116, and extensive searches failed to locate the bodies of two of the four crew.

Philomena is now a major film starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan, directed by Stephen Frears

A ground-breaking biography revealing the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula.

A ground-breaking biography revealing the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula.

The iconic Cotton Tree in the centre of Freetown, Sierra Leone, is a cherished monument to the life of that country for centuries. In Leaves from the Cotton Tree, the Sierra Leone Ireland Partnership (SLIP) has assembled thirty-seven essays by Irish people and Sierra Leoneans which share some of that experience spanning some seventy years.