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There is an age-old saying that Cavan has 'a lake for every day of the year'. Now, for the first time, 365 lakes in the county have been listed and photographed for this book by photographer Hu O'Reilly.

In this slim, attractive collection of short stories, Harry Crosbie colourfully describes life in Dublin in the 1960s.

The Dublin Architecture Guide is a companion guide to the modern architecture of Dublin.

In 1974, 22-year-old virgin sailor Mick escapes unemployment, family and 3-day-week London to become a deckhand on a small sailboat, Gay Gander, setting out to sail the Atlantic from England's West Country, via the Canaries, to Antigua in the Caribbean.

In Poet Alive!, a memoir by Elizabeth O'Toole, we encounter a new Patrick Kavanagh. In 1961, the poet lived with O'Toole and her husband for six months at a crucial point in his life.

The fifth and final volume of Trinity Tales, this collection of essays by distinguished graduates of Trinity College Dublin comprises a gathering of 30-odd contributors.

Out of the Ordinary captures Dillon/Jivaka's various journeys - to Oxford, into medicine, across the world by ship - within the major narratives of his gender and religious journeys.

In his eighty-eighth year, John Boorman uses his time in lockdown to reflect on the splendour of the surrounding nature of County Wicklow.

On Dangerous Ground is the revolutionary period memoir of Republican Maire Comerford (1893-1981). This striking memoir includes Comerford's original text as well as material unearthed from her extensive archive.

These wonderfully direct and vivid tales catch the essence of Dublin life half a century ago.

In this small book of big thoughts, award-winning author, mythologist and storyteller Martin Shaw situates Moriarty's work with respect to our eco-conscious era and a readership seeking spiritual and philosophical guidance.

Declan Murphy's first encounter with a kingfisher as a young boy was unforgettable. In this work of rare calibre in the mould of the great contemporary nature writers Robert Macfarlane, Helen Macdonald and Tim Robinson, nature is his remedy for managing the world around him.

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Archipelago is one of the most important and influential literary magazines of the last twenty years. This collection gathers poetry, prose and visual art in clusters grouped around the Irish and British archipelago, with contributions from Seamus Heaney, Robert MacFarlane, Kathleen Jamie and others.

In August 1939 the Irish travel writer Richard Hayward set out on a road trip to explore the Shannon region. Eighty years on, inspired by his work, Paul Clements retraces Hayward's journey along the river. Clements paints a compelling portrait of twenty-first century Ireland, mingling travel and anecdote with an eye for the natural world.

This book is a wonderful companion to the work of Yeats. Hassett's writing provides an excellent frame of context through which to explore one of Ireland's greatest poets.

In his eighty-eighth year, John Boorman CBE uses his time in lockdown to reflect on the splendour of the surrounding nature of County Wicklow. Poetry flows from his pen as he sits chairbound among his trees and flora: sycamores, beech, oak, redwood, shrubs and flowers, birdsong and shifting skies are luminously recorded as the world falls silent.

This edition collects all of the major speeches by President Higgins on the topic of Europe since 2016. They encompass interventions on historical aspects, bilateral cultural links, citizens' involvement in the European project, workers' rights and ecological concerns.

A memoir from the prominent nationalist Northern Irish politician Seamus Mallon, who died in January 2020. Encompasses the social and political history of Northern Ireland and offers hope for its future.

Kevin Boyle (1943-2010) was one of the world's great human rights lawyers. In a career that lasted decades and spanned continents, he tackled issues ranging from freedom of the press to terrorism to minority rights.