Irish Biography

Una Trant, a retired Secondary teacher, was born and brought up in County Mayo. She now lives in Dublin. This is a collection of stories, stories of fact, fiction and autofiction.

As a medical student Niall Tubridy fell in love with neurology. Figuring out how the brain and nervous system signal problems was a form of high stakes detective work and answers could be life-changing.

In this reflective and enriching memoir, John Tuomey navigates the places and memories of his life over the scope of twenty-five years.

What would you do to save your child? When Vera Twomey's daughter Ava was diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy that causes multiple seizures a day, the family's life was thrown into chaos. Where they hoped to find treatment and support in the medical system, they found only frustration. The only medication that would have any effect on Ava's condition is a form of medicinal cannabis that was unavailable in Ireland.

This story of Ninette de Valois' mythic rise to fame as dancer, choreo-grapher and director is illustrated with over fifty photographs and brought to life by sketches of Yeats, Lennox Robinson, Oliver St John Gogarty, Tyrone Guthrie, Lilian Baylis, Margot Fonteyn, Lydia Lopokova, Frederick Ashton and Constant Lambert, among others.

A collection about the female experience in and of music by some of the most intelligent and famous writers of the moment

The story of the Mayo football team told through the lives of 9 heroes... From Sean Flanagan and Padraig Carney to Alan Dillon and Tom Parsons.