Item category 1: Irish Collection

In the nineteenth century, as Britain became the world's most powerful industrial empire, Ireland starved. The Great Famine fractured long-held assumptions about political economy and 'civilisation', threatening disorder in Britain itself. Ireland was a laboratory for empire, shaping British idea...

London, 1894. Inspector Henry Cutter is in an unconvivial temper. Then the murders begin. The first to die is Sir Aneurin Considine, a decorated but long-retired civil servant, found dead amongst his beloved orchid collection, killed by a wound inflicted with surgical precision. Soon, other victi...

As a new decade begins, hopeless romantic and big dreamer Ellen is finally moving on from her hometown. In Galway she takes a job in a bookshop, and somewhere between the dusty bookshelves and the quiet afternoons, a bookseller called Ben finds a place in her heart. Fast forward, and the bright l...

1995. London. Outside the filthy window, the city rushes by. But up in the flat, there is only Eily and Stephen, nineteen and thirty-nine. The total obsession of new love.Eighteen months later, a rainy Camden night. Eily and Stephen retrace the course of their two-year romance now their world is ...

Sr Stan asked over 90 people: ‘What do you feel gratitude for in your daily life?’ The answers came pouring in, from public figures and private citizens, as people enthusiastically shared their gratitude practices and the ways in which they feel grateful every day, from the simple things to the p...

Top performance coach, and former intercounty hurler for Galway, Tony Óg Regan shows us how we can achieve the clarity, self-belief and composure needed to take our performance to the next level, allowing us to become the Most Valuable Player in work, sport and in life. He teaches us how to use h...

From humble origins back in 1954, when Joe `Spud' Murphy opened a small factory on O'Rahilly Parade in Dublin city, this is the definitive story of an Irish national icon - Tayto crisps - and how they came to be not only the nation's favourite crisps, but a part of our national culture. This is n...

This volume explores the provenance, mechanisms and impact of land legislation and land reform in Ireland from the 1800 to 2024, one of the dominant issues in Irish politics, society, economy and culture through the whole period. Firstly, it examines the drivers for land reform, including tenant...

'Dave's Bad Jokes' contains 250 of the best jokes from Dave Moore's long running bad jokes segment on his Today FM morning show.