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Outstandingly researched and richly illustrated, this biography gives a new and fascinating insight into the life of one who is already acknowledged to have brought laughter and enjoyment to so many people

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The Lilliput Press is proud to reissue this iconic view of Dublin's northside docks area in the 1980's, which comprises Ronan Sheehan's text and over 50 black and white photographs by Brendan Walsh.

Describes the advent and impact of the donkey, or ass, in Ireland, so much a part of the country's landscape and tradition.

Although commemorated by Yeats's poem, Michael O'Rahilly is one of the forgotten leaders of the 1916 Rising - the first leader to die, the only one killed in action. This is his story written by his son, beginning in Ballylongford, County Kerry.

Developed by the working party on Clinical Guidelines convened by The National Council for Palliative Care, this title refers to the care needed when death is imminent, care so distinct from the previous palliative care.

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A remarkable memoir by a woman who helped give shape to contemporary Ireland, formulate tourism policy, and who bore significant witness to the artistic Baggotonian Dublin of the 1960s and beyond.

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Originally published in 1947, this is a classic work by one of Ireland's great interpreters of the medieval Irish world, from the seventh to the seventeenth century.

During the sixties and seventies Tommy was chief songwriter for The Sands Family, who played wherever they were welcome, from local wakes and weddings to New York's Carnegie Hall. He tells of his family's traditional way of life, of the turbulent days of the civil rights movement,

Stories of enduring friendships and close family ties form this collection. When a gypsy king dies, his villagers seek to save him from a dishonorable grave. The dispute over the inheritance of a well becomes a struggle between the old and the new for the ownership of their town. A terrier pup reveals the relationship between a poacher and gamekeeper. A seasoned drinker subverts' the 'dry' policy of a train on pilgrimage. An old man puts on hi...

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John Hughes, a once-feted journalist/author with writer's block, puts at risk everything he has ever loved - his wife Laura, teenage daughter Rachael and the bucolic ease of their quiet corner of Ireland. Losing his friends and mistress, John is forced to take responsibility for his actions in order to save his family and his integrity.

Dublin's writers rarely remain solemn for long: their wicked sense of humor has traveled the world. This is an irresistible new anthology of what used to be called comic and curious verse' about the city, written by some of her most entertaining poets and songwriters. Whether the lines are satirical, sentimental, subversive, sexy or just plain silly, each poem comes with background information about where it originated, and each page is illumi...

Chronicle of the Celtic Tiger by the founder of The Dubliner Magazine

Tells the remarkable story of an Irishman whose exploits in the bare-knuckle ring made him into an early 19th century folk hero.

A reprint of the elegant 1986 Dolmen edition with 60 Louis Le Brocquy lithographs

These fifty-nine pieces reflect the enormous social and political upheaval of the years when, as the first woman's page editor Mary Maher put it, "Irish women were invented." The voices of this exciting anthology, diverse, sparkling, irreverent, record with wit and intelligence an Ireland on the brink of transformation. Some issues explored are: pregnancy, fashion, first loves, sexuality, a burgeoning feminism, an imploding Catholic Church, an...