New Irish Non-Fiction

An A to Z of quirky facts and stories about Limerick county

Fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Limerick.

This is an account of social life in pre-Reformation Dublin, telling of its ruling class, its wealthy merchants, its all-powerful traditional church, the city's personalities, and Dublin's unwanted Irish.

An epic saga of greed, sorcery and one man's heroic sacrifice. This unique and powerful graphic nove, by an artist/writer who has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry, brings to life the legendary figure that is Cu Chulainn, Ireland's mythological hero.

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.

This is book is a history of the birds of County Cork from the earliest times to the present. It provides a comprehensive account of the ecology of all species known to have occurred in the county, with an emphasis on distribution, population change and migration.

A gorgeous picturebook for young readers with green fingers

This is an updated edition of the definitive guide to researching ancestors in Mayo, Ireland. The book sets out the records available for research on Mayo family history, how to best use them and where they can be accessed. It is fully illustrated with examples of records and provides links to on-line sources.

An entrepreneur is someone who has a great, innovative idea that identifies the need for the creation of a new business, taking on the financial risk in the hope of profit and driving that business forward in a measured way.

And for Mains is by Gaz Smith and Rick Higgins, a chef and a butcher with a passion for food and an even bigger passion for life. They combine recipes for meat feasts and seafood classics with stories of the food scene in Ireland, from the inside scoop on Irish beef to the reality of crab fishing in the Irish Sea.