New Irish Non-Fiction

Microbes - microscopic organisms which live in and on us - are essential to the development of human life. Gastroenterologist Fergus Shanahan and graphic design artist Laura Gowers shed light on the microbial world and suggest ways in which we can protect and nurture microbes in the face of the climate emergency.

This book tells of the pivotal role played by 'ordinary' Cork women in the War of Independence, 1916-1923. Most of these women did not feature in recorded history, and their importance to Ireland's struggle for independence is only now being acknowledged

The memoir left behind by journalist Keelin Shanley who died of cancer in February 2020. A remarkable story of courage and resilience and a memorable reflection on how to live well, no matter what you're facing.

The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 is the most comprehensive amendment to the law on children and family relationships in many decades. The author in Children and Family Relationships Law in Ireland: Practice and Procedure, examines, analyses and explains this new legal regime.

80-page booklet on the life of Joseph MacDonagh, Thomas' MacDonagh's youngest brother. An extraordinary, forgotten figure of the period. Sinn Féin activist, hunger striker, Minister for Labour, tragically dies during a spell of imprisonment in Mountjoy Jail during the Civil Wa.

General Liam Lynch was a key figure in the Irish Revolution, and remains one of the most celebrated of his era. In this long-awaited new biography, historian Gerard Shannon delves into a wide array of archival material to create a detailed, nuanced portrait of a hugely significant and influential figure in Irish history.

This book is directed primarily to those involved in bereavement ministry, and is based on the course designed by the author for his own use in training in a parish setting.

A comprehensive overview of contemporary Irish society for students of sociology, reflecting recent social and economic changes in Irish society.

Discover a time when people were much more tuned into the rhythm of the year and the ground beneath their feet, when they made much of their own furniture and clothes, and fed themselves from their own land. An exploration of Irish rural life before electricity and industry changed everything.

This correspondence, unpublished and almost unknown until now, opens up to us the world of a great Irish scholar in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. These letters are published and commented upon for the first time by the leading medievalist, Richard Sharpe FBA, Professor of Diplomatic at Oxford and Fellow of Wadham College.