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Dr Hibernica Finch’s Compelling Compendium of Irish Animals

Dr Hibernica Finch’s Compelling Compendium of Irish Animals
  • Author(s): Rob Maguire, Aga Grandowicz (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Children, Nature
  • Era(s): N/A

A large-format, full-colour hardback information book on the animals of Ireland. Animals from the air, land and sea are introduced to the reader by Dr Hibernica, an Irish professor who travels the country and knows everything there is to...

Dublin Seven

Dublin Seven
  • Author(s): Frankie Gaffney
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Shane gets a grant to go to college, but drops out and uses the money to buy some cocaine, which he sells. He finds he has a knack for the trade, and is soon enjoying boom-time Dublin’s nightlife with...

Dublin’s Girl

Dublin’s Girl
  • Author(s): Eimear Lawlor
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Earlier 20th Century

1917. A farm girl from Cavan, Veronica McDermott is desperate to find more to life than peeling potatoes. Persuading her family to let her stay with her aunt and uncle in Dublin so she can attend secretarial college, she...

Every Time A Bell Rings

Every Time A Bell Rings
  • Author(s): Carmel Harrington
  • Location(s): Dublin, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2015

‘Embraces the spirit and the message of the movie…A must read’ – Karolyn Grimes, actress, ‘Zuzu’ in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ ‘Beautiful and uplifting…Written with such heart it warms the soul’ – Claudia Carroll, bestselling author of ‘Meet Me...

Fair Play

Fair Play
  • Author(s): Abigail Hegarty
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Abigail and her brother Benjamin have always been close. To celebrate his birthday, Abigail hires a grand old house and gathers their friends together for a murder mystery party. As the night goes on, they drink too much and...

Falling for a Dancer

Falling for a Dancer
  • Author(s): Deirdre Purcell
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): 1930s

If the bus hadn’t broken down that August afternoon on the road between Dublin and Cork, Elizabeth Sullivan would never have met George Gallaher, a travelling actor of infinite charm and fatal weakness. She would not have been forced...

Forever Home

Forever Home
  • Author(s): Graham Norton
  • Location(s): West Cork
  • Genre(s): Humour, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Carol is a divorced teacher living in a small town in Ireland, her only son now grown. A second chance at love brings her unexpected connection and belonging. The new relationship sparks local speculation: what does a woman like...

Forget Me Not

Forget Me Not
  • Author(s): Carol McKee Jones
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): Early 21st century

Joint winner of the Rethink Press New Novels award 2014, this is a prize-winning story of forgetting, remembering and identity. Forget-me-not is an atmospheric mystery with a romantic edge set mainly In Southern Ireland. Ruth awakens after an accident...

From A Low And Quiet Sea

From A Low And Quiet Sea
  • Author(s): Donal Ryan
  • Location(s): Syria, Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 For Farouk, family is all. He has protected his wife and daughter as best he can from the war and hatred that has torn Syria apart. If they stay, they will lose...

Galway Confidential

Galway Confidential
  • Author(s): Ken Bruen
  • Location(s): Galway City, Galway
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In the private-detective business, you get on the wrong side of some dangerous people. For Galway investigator Jack Taylor, that meant a violent assault that left him comatose. Waking up during the Covid pandemic, Jack struggles to cope with...

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