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Heart, Be at Peace

Heart, Be at Peace
  • Author(s): Donal Ryan
  • Location(s): Nenagh
  • Era(s): Contemporary

I said it before. Madness comes circling around. Ten-year cycles, as true as the sun will rise…’ Some things can send a heart spinning; others will crack it in two. In a small town in rural Ireland, the local...

Heartstones

Heartstones
  • Author(s): Kate Glanville
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Kate Glanville’s debut novel Heartstones explores love, loss and secrets in the rural coastal setting of Ireland. Heartstones is a novel about secrets. Set in contemporary Ireland the story is intertwined with one set in 1940’s. In both past...

Her Heart for a Compass

Her Heart for a Compass
  • Author(s): Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York
  • Location(s): Ireland, London, New York City (NYC), Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1860s/70s

London 1865 In an attempt to rebel against a society where women are expected to conform, free-spirited Lady Margaret Montagu Scott flees her confines and an arranged marriage. But Lady Margaret’s parents, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, as...

Her Kind

Her Kind
  • Author(s): Niamh Boyce
  • Location(s): County Kilkenny
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 14th Century

‘Gripping … a story of loss, ambition, misogyny, family love and what it means to belong … evocative and atmospheric’ Irish Times 1324, Kilkennie: A time of suspicion and conspiracy. A place where zealous men rage against each other...

Herself Alone in Orange Rain

Herself Alone in Orange Rain
  • Author(s): Tracey Iceton
  • Location(s): Ireland, Northern Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Kaylynne Ryan is a promising art student, used to fighting for her place in a world of men, but when a forgotten friend turns up she realises there is more than her own freedom at stake. Learning the truth...

Himself

Himself
  • Author(s): Jess Kidd
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950 and 1976

1950. A teenage girl is brutally murdered in a forest. But, somehow, her baby survives. 1976. A mysterious and charming young man returns to the remote coastal village of Mulderrig, seeking answers about the mother who, it was said,...

Holding

Holding
  • Author(s): Graham Norton
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Present

The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama; and yet its inhabitants are troubled. Sergeant PJ Collins hasn’t always been this overweight; mother of two Brid Riordan hasn’t always been an alcoholic; and elegant Evelyn Ross hasn’t...

Home

Home
  • Author(s): Cailean Steed
  • Location(s): Dublin
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Someone has broken into Zoe’s flat. A man she thought she’d never have to see again. They call him the Hand of God. He knows about her job in the cafe, her life in Dublin, her ex-girlfriend, even the...

Home Stretch

Home Stretch
  • Author(s): Graham Norton
  • Location(s): Ireland, Liverpool, London, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1987 onwards

Shame and longing can flow through generations, but the secrets of the heart will not be buried for ever. It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for a wedding. The day before the ceremony a group...

Homesickness

Homesickness
  • Author(s): Colin Barrett
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘A mesmerisingly powerful book, full of the strangeness and beauty of life’ Sally Rooney ‘Addictive, stylish and violently funny… An outstanding collection’ Kevin Barry From the prize-winning author of YOUNG SKINS, comes HOMESICKNESS – a quietly caustic, startlingly beautiful...

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