[A.E.] Russell, George William.

The National Being – Some thoughts on an Irish polity.

Irish Academic Press, 1982. 22 cm. 176 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Academy, Royal Irish.

Conspiracy – Irish Political Trials.

Portland, Royal Irish Academy, 2009. Octavo. 357 pages. Original Softcover. Edges with foxing. Otherwise in excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

Adolph, Anthony.

Collins tracing your family history.

New edition. London, Collins, 2008. Quarto. 320 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only to the jacket.

Aldous, Richard.

Great Irish Speeches. [Includes CD of Ireland’s greatest speakers]. With a Foreword by Colm Tóibín.

London, Quercus, 2007. Quarto. 223 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Aldous, Richard/ Puirseil, Niamh.

We Declare. Landmark Documents in Ireland’s History. With a foreword by Fintan O’Toole.

London, Quercus Publishing Plc, 2008. 27.7cm x 19.5cm. 216 pages. With photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Anderson, John] Brunicardi, Niall.

John Anderson, entrepreneur.

Fermoy [Ireland], Eigse Books, 1987. 21 cm. xii, 179 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Andrews, C.S. (Christopher Stephen).

Dublin Made Me / Man of No Property [Autobiography]

2 Volumes (complete set). Dublin and Cork, Mercier Press, 1979-1982. Octavo. 312, 327 pages. Original Softcover. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Ayearst, Morley.

The Republic of Ireland – Its Government and Politics – Collection of 215 books on Irish Politics, Irish Government, Irish local planning and Local government, Irelands connection to the EU, History of Irish Elections, books on Governmental policy (general and irish related), books on the history of Ireland’s connection to the UK etc. Also included are several publications on the history of the irish political parties. The comprehensive collection comes from the library of a former council man and university lecturer and includes many of the minor and major publications needed to understand the forming of the irish state from 1940 onwards. The collection includes publications like: 1. John McG. Smyth – The Theory and Practice of the Irish Senate / 2. John Coakley and Michael Gallagher – Politics in the Republic of Ireland / 3. Desmond Roche – Local Government in Ireland / 4. Patrick Keatinge – Maastricht and Ireland – What the Treaty means / 5. Stephen Collins – The Power Game – Fianna Fail since Lemass / 6. Cornelius O’Leary – Irish Elections (1918 – 1977) – Parties, Voters and Proportional Representation / 7. Bruce Arnold – What Kind of Country – Modern Irish Politics 1968-1983 / 8. Michael Flannery – Sanitation – Conservation and Recreation Services in Ireland / 9. Peter Mair – The Changing Irish Party System / 10. R.C.Geary – and F.S.O Muircheartaigh – Equalization of Opportunity in Ireland – Statistical Aspects / 11. Mary Minihan – A Deal with the Devil – The Green Party in Government / 12. Donal de Buitleir – Problems of Irish Local Finance / 13. Communications and Community in Ireland (Brian Farrell) / etc. etc.

London, University of London Press, 1971. 24 cm. vii,241 pages with 8 plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The collection of 215 books (of which only c.60 are listed here) is in very good condition (only a few volumes with stronger wear).

[Barrington, Jonah]

Collection of two (2) publications by Jonah Barrington. 1. The rise and fall of the Irish nation : a full account of the bribery and corruption by which the Union was carried : the family histories of the members who voted away the Irish Parliament with an extraordinary black list of the titles, places, and pensions which they received for their corrupt votes by Sir Jonah Barrington / 2. Jonah Barrington – Personal Sketches and Recollections.

Dublin / Glasgow, James Duffy and Co. / Cameron, Ferguson & Company, c.1880. Octavo. 299, 498 pages. Original Hardcover. Both bindings damaged and in poor condition with strong signs of wear. Some pages detached in the “Personal Sketches”. Still good reading copies.

[Barry, Denis] Barry, Denis.

The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883-1923. [written by the nephew of Denis Barry who carries the same name]. With a foreword by Cathal McSwiney Brugha.

Cork, Collins Press, 2010. 20 cm. xiv, 237 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps, portraits, facsimiles. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed / Inscribed by the author with his name in gaelic.

[Barry, Kevin] O’Donovan, Donal.

Kevin Barry and his time.

Dublin, Glendale, 1989. 22 cm. 244 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including an interest newspaper-clipping related to Kevin Barry. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Barry, Patrick.

By Bride and Blackwater ! – Poems, Stories and Historical Articles: The Guerilla War / Gaelic Athletics / Fermoy and the Upper Blackwater Basin / Pedigree of the Earls of Desmond / The Munster Geraldines by the Blackwater and the Bride / Lisgoold Footballers / Matches with Carrig and Little Island / The Glenville Tournament / Ballyhooley Tournament / Great Cork Priest in the Opening Years of the GAA (Fr. E. Barry from Rathcormac and Bartlemy) / A Veteran Hurler’s Reverie / Lismore Castle etc. etc.

First Edition. Cork, Lee Press, 1944. Octavo. 168, [8] pages with historical advertising. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and very few dogears. A very scarce book in unusually excellent condition !

Barry, Tom / Hayes Katty / Leslie Mary de Barra (née Price) / [Cumann na mBan]/ West Cork Flying Column / [Kilmichael Ambush] / Pope John Paul II.

Wonderful collection of original, signed manuscript Letters by Tom Barry and his wife Leslie de Barra, addressed to Rosscarbery Woman Katty Hayes, a fellow member Cumann na mBan [The Irishwomen’s Council], together with a rare and important local History – Pamphlet on Rosscarbery by Katty Hayes, titled: “Ross of the Pilgrims” (signed and inscribed by Katty Hayes in 1977 the pamphlet includes wonderful oral history accounts put in writing by Ms.Hayes; about Coppinger’s Court, Lord Carbery in Castlefreke, Cregane House, History of the Convent of Mercy in Rosscarbery, Father John Power, Names of local landlords in the area etc.). The collection also comes with a rare vintage photograph of Katty Hayes, surrounded by some unidentified fellow members of The Irish Women’s Council [Cumann na mBan] and other Irish Republican Organizations (all wearing their medals). The collection also includes three Appreciation-Letters which Miss Hayes received back from the Vatican in the years 1969, 1977 and 1988. Miss Hayes had written to the Pontifex Paul VI as well as to Pope John Paul II and received Blessings and thanks for her Christmas – wishes to the Holy Father.

Rosscarbery (West Cork), 1969 – 1980. Octavo. Two Manuscript Letters (One signed by Tom Barry and one signed by Leslie Price) / Three Letters from Assessors of the Pope / One vintage Black and white photograph / One pamphlet called “Ross of the Pilgrims” with 51 pages of local History, forgotten Poems and songs and stories by Katty Hayes about Tom Barry and his family – relations in Rosscarbery, his friendship to Michael Collins and the local Rosscarbery community etc. etc. Original Softcover / Stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare little archive with Blessings from two Popes; bought from the family Archive of Katty Hayes.

[Barton, Anna / Maj.-Gen. Nathaniel William Massey, 2nd Baron Clarina of Elm Park] Scott, Sir Walter.

The Antiquary – Volume I and Volume II of a 3-Volume-Set, with the Exlibris and name in ink of Anna Barton, daughter of Hugh Barton and Anne Johnston (relation to the Baron’s of Clarina).

Paris, Published by A. and W. Galignani, 1821. Small Octavo. VII, 221, 228 pages. Original Hardcover / Contemporary half-leather with beautiful ornament and lettering to spine. Interior with dampstain but otherwise in very condition with some minor signs of wear only. The two bookplates of Clarina in very good condition, bearing the family’s Motto: “Pro libertate patriae” / “For the liberty of my country”.

[Bathurst, Henry (3rd Earl Bathurst)] Whately, Richard / Murray, Daniel / Vignoles, Charles / More O’Ferrall, Richard / Carlile, James / Hort, Fenton / Corrie, John / Naper, James / Battie-Wrightson, William.

Selection of Parochial Examinations Relative to the Destitute Classes in Ireland. From the Evidence Received by his Majesty’s Commissioners for Enquiring into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland. By Authority.

Original First Edition. Dublin, Milliken and Son [and B.Fellowes, London], 1835. Octavo. 430 pages [plus a four-page catalogue of “Important Works Relating to Ireland, printed for or sold by Milliken and Son”, bound before the publication] / [plus a four-page “Appeal in [sic] Behalf of the Association Incorporated for Discountenancing Vice &c.”]. Original Hardcover / Publisher’s rare, printed spine-binding. In protective Mylar. Unusually excellent, actually stunning interior condition, with some minor signs of external wear only. Extremely rare publication.

Béal na mBláth Commemoration Society.

Béal na mBláth Commemoration Ninetieth Anniversary 1922-2012.

Béal na mBláth, Béal na mBláth Commemoration society, 2012. Octavo. 208 pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Excellent, as new condition.

[Beckett, Samuel] O’Brien, Eoin.

Beckett Country – Samuel Beckett’s Ireland. Photography David H. Davison ; foreword James Knowlson ; illustrations Robert Ballagh ; design Ted and Ursula O’Brien.

(Monkstown), Black Cat in association with Faber, (1986). 27x28 cm. xxvi, 402 pages with illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Inscribed and signed by the author Eoin O’Brien.

Bell, J. Bowyer.

The secret army – The IRA 1916-1979.

Third Edition. Dublin, Poolbeg, 1990. 22 cm. x, 481 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Benedict, Sir Julius.

The Lily of Killarney. Opera in Three Acts. The words by Dion Boucicault and John Oxenford. Edited by J. Pittman.

London, Boosey and Co, 1872. 26 cm. 272 pages. Including one vocal score. Original hardcover. Good condition but with signs of external wear. Some noticeable rubbing of spine with a tear on its bottom outer edge. Also, the spine has become half-detached on inside page. Royal Edition of Operas.

Bennett, Richard.

The Black and Tans. By Richard Bennett.

New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 1995. 21 cm. 228 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including some interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic.

Bewley, Charles.

Memoirs of a Wild Goose. Edited and with an afterword by W. J. McCormack.

Dublin, Lilliput Press, 1989. Octavo. 296 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Blácam, Aodh De.

From A Gaelic Outpost. With the printed dedication: “Respectfully inscribed to the Coarb of S. Eunan”. [And with the wonderful introductory sentence: “What ! – You were never in the Gaeltacht ? – never in the still Irish-speaking territory that fringes the Atlantic Coast ? – Then for you this book is written.”]

First Edition. Dublin, Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, 1921. Small Octavo. XII, 106 pages. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Beautiful publication with charming frontcover illustration. No stamps, no names, very clean.

[Blasket Island / Na Blascaodaí]

Collection of fourteen (14) Volumes of the Blasket Island Journal: Ceiliúradh an Bhlascaoid. The collection includes: Volume 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.

14 Volumes. Baile Atha Cliath, Coisceim, 2000-2015. Octavo. More than 2000 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Boland, Kevin.

Fine Gael: British or Irish ?

Dublin, Mercer, 1984. Octavo. 99 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Boland, Kevin.

The Rise and Decline of Fianna Fáil.

Dublin, Cork, Mercier Press, 1982. Small Octavo. 150 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on titlepage.

Bourke, Marcus.

Murder at Marlhill – Was Harry Gleeson innocent ?

Dublin, Geography Publications, 1993. 24 cm. vii, 123 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, full of the most interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic.

Bourke, Rev. Ulick J.

Easy Lessons: Self-Instruction in Irish.

Seventh Edition. Dublin, M. H. Gill & Son, 1877. 8°. 390 pages. Original Hardcover (green cloth with gilt lettering on spine). First layer of pages cleanly detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear (some staining to boards).

[Boycott, Captain Charles Cunningham] Rooney, Philip.

Captain Boycott – [The Man whose name gave a dreaded word to the english language in the stormy days of the Land League].

Tralee, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Anvil Books, 1966. 17 cm. 189 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Brady, Conor.

Guardians of the Peace. [Birth of Special Branch / Special Branch versus IRA 1925-32]

First Edition Dublin, Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1974. 21cm x 14cm. XVI, 254 pages. With 8 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition. Rare publication ! Name of preowner on endpaper.

Brugha, Cathal.

Cathal Bruga Memorial Publication.

Cork, Published by Brian Dillon Branch, Sinn Fein, Cork City, 1955. Octavo. 16 pages. Original Softcover / printed wrapper. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Some tears and small missing space to rear cover. RARE !

Budge, Ian.

Belfast: Approach to Crisis – A study of Belfast politics, 1613 – 1970.

London, Macmillan, 1973. Octavo. XXI, 396 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Byrne, Donn.

Ireland – The Rock whence I was Heaven. Foreword by the Right Hon. T.P.O’Connor.

London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co., 1929. Octavo. Frontispiece Map of Ireland, 104 pages plus several historical photographs of Irelandand a section with advertising to the rear. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed on endpaper: “A Small Souvenir – In remembrance of your visit to Park Villas from G. McMahon”.

Cahill, Liam.

Forgotten Revolution – Limerick Soviet 1919; a threat to British power in Ireland. With a foreword [by] Jim Kemmy.

Dublin, O’Brien Press, 1990. 24cm. 168 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Callanan, James Joseph] Higgins, Joseph.

Callanan – The Poet.

Cork, Cork County Library Committee, 1981. Octavo. 22 pages. Original Softcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

[Carew, Sir Peter / George Oliver (Historian) / John Carew Esq.] MacLean, John.

The Life and Times of Sir Peter Carew, Kt. (From the Original Manuscript) – With a Historical Introduction and Elucidatory Notes, by John MacLean. [Personal copy of John Carew Esq., with two unpublished manuscript letters by historian George Oliver, Exeter (Devon), tipped-in to the rear of the Volume, one longer manuscript entry to the rear in which George Oliver mentions that he has consulted the Inventory of Ottery Mohan House and that he has “made a few pencil notes in the margin” of the book (Oliver must have been sent the book and then returned it or it was his own copy and he gifted it to John Carew)/ George Oliver helped John Carew, Esq., a descendant of Sir Peter Carew, to identify some information form the original manuscript of John Hoker, to which Oliver must have had access. The letters deal with details of John Hoker’s [Hooker’s] Manuscript on Sir Peter Carew and details in John MacLean’s Biography of Carew. George Oliver’s correspondence with John Carew, a descendant of Sir Peter, is very interesting indeed and Oliver seems to study the original manuscript by Hoker for John Carew and reports his insight in the original manuscript of Hoker’s Manuscript on History, mentioning for example Carew’s death-notice: “This year died the worthy and Honorable Knight Sir Peter Carew at Ross in Leinster, and buried in the City of Waterford in Munster in Ireland, in all such honourable order…” (see detailed images on our website)].

London, Bell & Daldy, 1857. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Sir Peter Carew (Steel Engraving by J.J.Chant, being Plate I.), CXVIII, 317 pages plus 6 pages “List of Subscribers”. With several Plates: Plate II: Musical Notes: “By a Bank as I lay” / Plate III: Monument to Sir Peter Carew in St.Peter’s Cathedral, Exeter (Steel Engraving) / Plate IV: Folded Map of Kylkenny (Kilkenny) / Plate V: Pedigree of the Family of Carew (Large Fold – out Plate). Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and armorial emblemata on front board. With the armorial supralibro of the Carew Family to the binding’s front board: Arms of Carew: Or, three lions passant in pale sable / Manuscript-entry of previous owner John Carew on endpaper. Boards fragile and spine loosened. In protective Collector’s Mylar to give the slightly broken binding stability. A very rare publication with the beautiful, signed manuscript-letters by George Oliver, signed in the years 1857 and 1858. The letters are also of interest regarding the history of John Hoker [John Hooker / John Vowell] because George Oliver mentions Hoker’s entry “into the New Office of Chamberlain of Exeter at Michaelmas 1555 – having the fee of £4 by the yere & his Lyveries – MS. Hist. p.351”.

[Carew, Sir Peter / MacCarthy Glas / MacCarthy Reagh] MacLean, John.

The Life and Times of Sir Peter Carew, Kt. (From the Original Manuscript) – With a Historical Introduction and Elucidatory Notes, by John MacLean.

London, Bell & Daldy, 1857. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of Sir Peter Carew (Steel Engraving by J.J.Chant, being Plate I.), CXVIII, 317 pages plus 6 pages “List of Subscribers”. With several Plates: Plate II: Musical Notes: “By a Bank as I lay” / Plate III: Monument to Sir Peter Carew in St.Peter’s Cathedral, Exeter (Steel Engraving) / Plate IV: Folded Map of Kylkenny (Kilkenny) / Plate V: Pedigree of the Family of Carew (Large Fold – out Plate). Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and armorial emblemata on front board. Professionally repaired and now in excellent and firm condition in protective Collector’s Mylar. With the armorial supralibro of the Carew Family to the binding’s front board: Arms of Carew: Or, three lions passant in pale sable / Exlibris-Bookplate of the Mac Carthy Glas family on the pastedown with their family motto: “Lam Laidir Aboo” [The Mac Carthy Glas family descended from the princes of Carbery and the Mac Carthy Reagh family].

Carroll, Joseph T.

Ireland in the war years.

Newton Abbot, David and Charles, 1975. 23 cm. 190 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, full of the most remarkable newspaper-clippings related to irish politics, constitution and History. Name of preowner on endpaper.

[Casement, Roger]

The Casement Diary Dogmatists – A Belfast Magazine.

Belfast, B.Clifford, 2004. Octavo. 68 pages (including wrappers). Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Casement, Roger] MacColl, Rene.

Roger Casement – A New Judgement.

London, Hamish Hamilton, 1956. Octavo. Frontispiece, 328 pages with several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original, unclipped dustjacket. The rare dustjacket with some minor tears and fraying. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes an interesting newspaper-clipping regarding the Casement Diaries.

[Clarke, Harry] The Committee of the Irish National War Memorial.

Ireland’s Memorial Records, 1914-1918, Being the Names of Irishman Who Fell in the Great European War, 1914-1918, compiled by The Committee of the Irish National War Memorial with decorative Borders by Harry Clarke.

Reprint of the original edition from 1923. 8 Volumes (complete set). Uckfield, The Naval & Military Press, 2003. Folio. 3200 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy set includes worldwide free shipping per Courier !

Clifford, Brendan.

Fianna Fáil, ‘The Irish Press’ and the decline of the Free State.

Millstreet, Co. Cork, Aubane Historical Society, 2007. 21 cm. 172 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare !

[Clonakilty].

Clonakilty and District 1916 [Memorial publication on the anniversary of the 1916 Rising].

Cork, Lee Press, 1966. Octavo. 10 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Clonakilty / Castle Freke / Castlefreke]

Souvenir Views of Clonakilty – Duplex Souvenir Album containing ten Views of Clonakilty and surroundings, including Castle Freke, Cradle Rock, Rosscarbery Convent – The Postcard-Views in “Rich sepia Photogravure detachable for use as postcards, with miniature view of each picture for future reference”.

First Edition. Clonakilty, J.E.Spiller & Co., no year [c.1915]. Oblong slim-octavo. 10 sheets, perforated with miniature view. Original, printed softcover. Tiny faded dampstain to rear. Otherwise in unused, very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely scarce with the spectacular views of this rural area and the surroundings.

Cobh / Queenstown – Brandard, John [Engraver].

“The Cove of Cork”.

Early 19th-century Lithograph by John Brandard. Coloured. London, M. & N. Hanhart [Michael Hanhart & Nicholas Hanhart], [c. 1841]. 24.3 cm x 28.7 cm. Very unusual, early lithograph of Queenstown / Cobh. Very good condition with some minor darkening and mild foxing only.

Collins, John.

Local Government.

Second Edition by Desmond Roche. Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1963. Octavo. 171 pages including a frontispiece-drawing of John Collins by Sean O’Sullivan. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Comber, Maureen (Editor).

Poverty before the Famine. County Clare 1835 – First report from His Majesty’s Commissioners into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland ; [edited and indexed by Maureen Comber].

Ennis, CLASP Press, 1996. 22cm. viii, 170 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Connolly, James.

The Re-Conquest of Ireland. With an introduction by A. Raftery.

Dublin, New Books Publications, 1972. 19 cm. x, 74 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Coogan, T P.

Wherever green is worn – The Story of the Irish Diaspora.

London, Hutchinson, 2000. 25cm. XXII, 746 pages. 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear to the rear cover. Fantastic, thorough publication.

Coogan, T P.

Wherever green is worn – The story of the Irish Diaspora.

London, Hutchinson, 2000. 25cm. XXII, 746 pages. 16 pages of plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Coogan, Tim Pat.

1916 – The Easter Rising.

London, Cassell, 2001. 26cm. 192 pages with numerous illustrations and facsimiles. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Coogan, Tim Pat.

1916 – The mornings after : from the courts martial to the tribunals.

London, [England], Head of Zeus, 2015. 329 pages with illustrations, photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Corcoran, Donal P.

Freedom to achieve Freedom – The Irish Free State 1922-1932.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, [2013]. 24 cm. 296 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed and inscribed by the author !

Corkery, Daniel.

The Philosophy of the Gaelic League.

First Edition. [Ireland], Conradh na Gaeilge Ath Cliath, [c.1943]. Small Octavo. 14 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain to cover. Rare pamphlet !

Corkery, Simon.

Step by Step – The Golden Years of an Irish Emigrant.

Ifracombe, Stockwell, 1991. 22 cm. 170 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by Corkery. Including a related newspaper-clipping with Corkery’s obituary.

Coughlan, Christopher.

Olde Cork – Historical – Theatrical – Commercial. Illustrated [The best Concise History of Cork City].

Cork, Feehan & Co., 1975. Small Octavo. 48, (4 unnumbered) pages. Illustrated Softcover. The spine of this small publication is usually broken, not this one ! Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

[Craig, James] Buckland, Patrick.

James Craig – Lord Craigavon.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1980. 19 cm. 143 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Gill’s Irish lives].

[Curragh Internment Camp] / [Wolfe Tone] / De Blacam, Aodh.

The Life Story of Wolfe Tone – Set in a Picture of His Times by Aodh de Blacam. [Long ownership-note from preowner and IRA member Donnchad o Murchada during his internment in Campa an Churraigh “The Curragh” Cill Dara (Kildare), December 1942 at the time of “The Emergency”].

Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1935. Octavo. 225 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare association copy of an irish republican with the Currragh.

Curran, Joseph M.

The birth of the Irish Free State, 1921 – 1923.

Alabama, Univ. of Alabama Pr., 1980. Octavo. V, 356 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man, with two interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Curtayne, Alice.

Alice Curtayne and “Studies – An Irish Quarterly Review” – Irish Quarterly Scholarly Journal, historically published since the year 1912 by The Educational Company of Ireland / The Talbot Press / Messenger Publications for the Jesuits of Ireland. A Collection of momentarily 53 issues plus Index (1912-1961) of the Journal, including currently one identified issue with an Alice Curtayne – publication: 1. “Dante” – (In: “Studies” Summer/Autumn – Issue 1965).

Dublin, The Educational Company of Ireland / The Talbot Press, 1912 – 1969. Octavo. 53 Issues plus Index, with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 2800 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some issues with some stronger signs of wear but the majority of issues in firm and excellent condition. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of this periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Mary M. Macken, Pamela Reilly, Helen Landreth, Eleanor Knott, Ethna Kavanagh, Lorna Reynolds, etc.

Curtayne, Alice.

Alice Curtayne and “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) / 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) / 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966).

Naas, The Furrow / Leinster Leader, 1951 – 1969. Octavo. 56 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 2200 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Mairin Allen, Anna Dundurs etc.

[Curtayne, Alice] / McKevitt, P. / Lucey, C. / Conway, J. Jacobus / Christus Rex Society of Irish Diocesan Priests / Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King as Illustrator] / etc.

Alice Curtayne as Contributor to Irish Periodicals / Journals / Digests. The collection aims for completion and collects not only issues of periodicals with contributions by Alice Curtayne but hopes to complete each set of periodicals to which Alice Curtayne contributed between the years of 1930 and 1980, in order to allow for cross-referencing of contributors, study cooperation between illustrators and Alice Curtayne, her influence and acceptance as early female contributor in a men’s world, possibly even deciphering pseudonyms under which Curtayne might have written or essays she might have contributed to but her name was omitted; in general: circumstances which have not been detected yet. The Collection is documented thoroughly in professional images and descriptions on our website and includes to date: I. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Irish Digest”: 1. “The Irish Digest” from September 1940 – including the article: Alice Curtayne – “Lament of an Author” / II. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “Christus Rex”: “Christus Rex” – An Irish Quarterly Journal of Sociology. A Collection of 24 issues of the important and underrated publication “Christus Rex” including: 1. Volume XX, No.4 of “Christus Rex”: Alice Curtayne – “The Council and Women” ]. / III. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Furrow”: “The Furrow” – Monthly Journal published by the Leinster Leader, Naas and Edited by Rev. J.G.McGarry. A Collection of 56 issues of the Journal, including two issues with Curtayne – publications: 1. “Saint Patrick in his Confession” – (In: “The Furrow” from March 1951) and 2. “Marillac Manor” (in “The Furrow” from July 1959) and 3. “Ecumenism in Dublin” (In “The Furrow” from February 1966) / IV. Alice Curtayne as Contributor to “The Capuchin Annual”. Including: 1. Alice Curtayne – “For the Septcentenary of St.Anthony of Padua (1231 – 1931)” – [including a portrait photograph of Alice Curtayne] / 2. Alice Curtayne – “Five Irish Saints” (″The Living Patrick” / “Saint Colmcille – Irishman” / “Saint Brendan – The Navigator” / “Saint Ita” / “The Method of Saint Columbus” / (In: Capuchin Annual 1945-1946 – with Illustrations in color by Stained Glass Artist, Rísteard Ó Cíonga [Richard King].

Naas, Christus Rex Publications, 1949 – 1967. Octavo. 81 Issues with different amounts of pages and content. Overall c. 4800 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Some of the issues with annotations and some with a former library-stamp. Very rare run of these periodicals which invited contributions from other women writers like Ita Meehan.

Cusack, George / Goss, Sarah Judith.

Hungry words – Images of Famine in the Irish Canon. Edited by George Cusack, Sarah Goss.

Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 2006. 24 cm. ix, 342 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

d’Alton, Ian.

Protestant Society and Politics in Cork: 1812-1844.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1980. 15.5 cm x 22 cm. XIV, 264 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. The dustjacket with some stronger wear and some fraying but otherwise very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Extremely important and scarce book !

Daly, Mary E.

County and Town – One hundred years of local government in Ireland : lectures on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Local Government Ireland Act, 1898.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2001. 22 cm. xii, 164 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Thomas Davis lecture series ; Winter 1999].

Daly, Paul.

Making the difference ? – The Irish Labour Party, 1912-2012. Edited by Paul Daly, Rónán O’Brien & Paul Rouse.

Doughcloyne, Wilton, Cork, The Collins Press, 2012. Octavo. IX, 246 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Davis, Thomas].

Thomas Davis: Essays and Poems with a Centenary Memoir 1845-1945. Foreword by An Taoiseach Eamon de Valera.

Dublin, M.H.Gill and Son, 1945. Octavo. Frontispiece, 240 pages. Original Hardcover. Some markings within the etxt. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name and address of preowner on endpaper.

[Davitt, Michael] Cashman, D.B.

The Life of Michael Davitt – Founder of the National Land League – To which is added: “The Secret History of the Land League” by Michael Davitt.

Cameron & Ferguson Edition. London, R. & T. Washbourne, no year (c. 1920). Octavo. 256 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

de Blacam, Hugh [Canon Sheehan / Daniel Corkery].

Gentle Ireland – An Account of a Christian Culture in History and Modern Life.

Second Printing of the First Edition. Milwaukee, The Bruce Publishing Company, 1935. Octavo. XI,181, [2] pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

De Blaghd, Earnán.

Slán le hUltaibh – Imleabhar II de chuimhní cinn.

Baile átha Cliath (Dublin), Sairséal & Dill, 1970. 22cm. 200 pages. With some portraits. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

De La Salle Past Pupils’ Union, St. Fachtna’s Branch, Skibereen.

And Time Stood Still – A Pictorial History of Skibbereen and District.

Skibereen, De La Salle Past Pupils’ Union, St. Fachtna’s Branch, Skibereen. 2002. 25.5 cm x 36 cm. 268 pages. 700 black and white photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. some minor foxing to endpapers and edges. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

De Mórdha, Dáithí / De Mórdha, Mícheál / Walsh, Ciarán.

The Great Blasket – An Blascaod Mór – A photographic portrait / portráid pictiúr. Dáithi de Mórdha & Micheál de Mórdha ; with / le Ciarán Walsh (photo editor = eagarthóir grianghraf).

Cork, The Collins Press, 2013. 28 cm. 168 pages with plenty of illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[de Valera, Éamon]

Collection of eleven (11) important publication on Éamon de Valera, including some interesting newspaper-clippings. The collection of books include: 1. Diarmaid Ferriter – Judging Dev – A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon de Valera / 2. Tim Pat Coogan – De Valera – Long Fellow, Long Shadow (Paperback Edition)/ 3. Ronan Fanning – Éamon de Valera – A Will to Power / 4. J.P.O’Connell and John A. Murphy – De Valera and his Times / 5. Owen Dudley Edwards – Éamon de Valera / 6. John Bowman – De Valera and the Ulster Question 1917-1973 / 7. Joseph Lee and Gearoid O Tuathaigh – The Age of de Valera / 8. Kevin J. Browne – Éamon de Valera & The Banner Country. With a Foreword by Thomas P.O’Neill / 9. Kevin Boland – Up Dev ! / 10. T.Ryle Dwyer – De Valera’s Finest Hour (1932-1959) / 11. Proinsias Mac Aonghusa – Quotations from Éamon de Valera – With a Preface by Charles J. Haughey, TD / Two very interesting newspaper-clippings and a xeroxed pamphlet: “The Anglo-Irish Treaty and Mr.de Valera’s Alternative.

Dublin / Cork / Oxford, Mercier / Glendale / Oxford University Press / and others, c. 1982 – 2007. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Four Volumes in original Hardcover with dustjacket and several Volumes in orginal softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Deasy, Liam.

Brother Against Brother. [Including two important newspaper-clippings with interesting articles: 1.″The Man who stood next to Collins’ killer and grabbed the gun to stop him firing twice” / 2. “Sharing Collins’s legacy of democracy /

Cork, Mercier Press, 1982. 11cm x 18cm. 126 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Very Rare !

Denieffe, Joseph.

A personal narrative of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood – giving a faithful report of the principal events from 1885 to 1867, written, at the request of friends. To which is added, in corroboration, an appendix containing important Letters and Papers written by James Stephens, John O’Mahony, John Mitchel, Thomas J.Kelly and other Leaders of the Movement. Introduction by Seán Ó Lúing.

Unabridged Facsimile of the first edition (1906). Shannon, Irish University Press, 1969. 23 cm. xiii, x, 293 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Devane, James.

Isle of Destiny – The Clash of Cultures [With a chapter: The Three Societies: The Irish / The Anglo-Irish / The Scots-Irish].

First Edition. Clonskeagh, Browne & Nolan, no year [c.1920]. Small Octavo. 256 pages with a printed map to pastedowns and endpaper, titled “Imperium Celticum – Circa 350 B.C.” (with Ireland shown as “Hibernia”, The Irish Sea as “Oceanus Hibernicus” and the River Shannon as “Senus”). Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Documents of irish History [ Poblacht na hEireann ] – Clarke, Thomas J.

This is one of the rare 1940 original Lithographic Reproduction Posters of the 1916 Declaration-Poster of the Provisional Government: Poblacht na hEireann – The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic to the People of Ireland. Signed on behalf of the Provisional Government: Thomas James Clarke, Sean Mac Diarmada, P.H.Pearse, James Connolly, Thomas MacDonagh, Eamonn Ceannt, Joseph Plunkett.

Colour Lithograph with celtic ornamented border and portraits of the signees. Cork, Paramount, [c.1940]. 39.5 cm wide x 53.5 cm high. olding creases, small tear, colours bright and strong. One of the few remaining reproductions made by Paramount in 1940. The artwork of the reproduction is magnificent. Highly collectable and a very beautiful reminder of how meaningful this document was for those who signed it, reflected in the beauty of the original design of this Poster.

Doherty, Gabriel / Keogh, Dermot.

1916 – The Long Revolution. Edited by Gabriel Doherty and Dermot Keogh. [Conference “The Long Revolution : the 1916 Rising in Context” (2006 : University College Cork)].

Douglas Village, Cork, Mercier Press, 2007. 22 cm. 469 pages with numerous illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Doyle, James Warren] J.K.L. [acronym for “James / Kildare / Leighlin”] / [James Charles Coffey (1815-1880)].

Letters on the State of Ireland – Addresses by J.K.L. to a friend in England [With a section: “Administration of Justice and Spirit of the Penal Laws”].

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by Richard Coyne [Printer and Bookseller to the Royal College of St.Patrick, Maynooth, and Publisher to the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland], 1825. Octavo (15 cm x 21 cm). VIII, 364 pages. Hardcover / Recently restored and rebacked original binding. Excellent condition after the restoration. From the library of Judge James Charles Coffey, with his name signed on the titlepage and dated May, 1860. Some mild foxing to first 10 pages, otherwise very good. Extremely rare publication !

Drennan, John.

Standing by the Republic. 50 Dail debates that shaped the Republic.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2012. 24 cm. VIII, 292 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Duffy, Charles Gavan / Davis, Thomas] / Grattan Flood, W.H.

The Spirit of the Nation or, Ballads and Songs by The Writers of “The Nation” with Original and Ancient Music, arranged for the Voice and Pianoforte.

New Edition, with preface and Introduction by W.H.Grattan Flood. Dublin, James Duffy and Co., 1911. Quarto. XXII, 368 pages – including the often missing Corrigenda Leaf (Errata). Original, illustrated Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated clothbinding that has been recently professionally restored. All edges gilt. New endpapers. Besides a 6 cm smudged repair to the front board in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. A very rare and sought after publication.

Duffy, Joe.

Children of the Rising – The untold story of the young lives lost during Easter 1916.

Dublin, Hachette Books Ireland, 2015. 25 cm. xxiii, 263 pages with illustrations throughout the publication. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Dungiven / Banagher Glen – Anonymous.

Near Dungiven with Banagher Glen.

Original, late 18th century, early 19th century Watercolour of scenery near Dungiven (County Londonderry). [Dungiven], c.1790-1810. 24 cm x 16.3 cm. Besides some darkening to one part of the image in very good condition.

Dwyer, James A.

The Dominicans of Cork City and County.

Illustrated. Cork, Guy and Company Limited, 1896. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. 199 pages. 21 illustrations. Missing frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt embossment to front board also. Good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Fading to spine. Staining to front board. Board corners bumped and rubbed. Gutter between endpaper and titlepage cracked with exposed cloth. Binding still firm and strong. Some foxing to front endpapers. Interior bright and clean. Front pastedown carries presentation bookplate of Presentation College, Mardyke, Cork detailing prize awarded to “Master A Swanton” for “maintaining second place in English” signed by “M J O’Connor”.

Dwyer, T. Ryle.

Behind the green curtain – Ireland’s phoney neutrality during World War II.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2009. 24 cm. x, 414 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

[Eason & Son Ltd.].

Souvenir of Cork & Killarney. With 19 [tipped in] Illustrations [early photographs], complete with Letterpress.

Dublin / Belfast, Eason & Son, Ltd., no year [c. 1910]. 28,5 cm x 22 cm. 13 pages with tipped in photographic postcard illustrations in different sizes. Original, illustrated softcover. Breathtaking publication in unusually excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. This very rare publication is a true gem for all collectors of local Cork and Kerry photography. The photographs are all accompanied by a very informative text. Very Rare !

Everett, Nigel.

The Landlord’s Garden – Derreen Demesne, County Kerry.

Second and revised edition. Bantry, Hafod Press, 2005. 19 cm x 26 cm. Frontispiece (John Powell’s survey of Nedeen and surroundings), 93 pages. Several black and white maps, drawings and photographs throughout. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out of print.

Fanning, Ronan.

Fatal Path – British government and Irish Revolution, 1910-1922.

London, Faber and Faber, 2013. 24 cm. xxi, 423 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white). Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Fanning, Ronan.

Independent Ireland.

Walkinstown, Dublin, Helicon : Distributed by The Educational Co. of Ireland, 1983. 21 cm. viii, 230 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. [Helicon History of Ireland].

Fanning, Ronan / Kennedy, Michael / Keogh, Dermot / O’Halpin, Eunan / Royal Irish Academy.

Documents on Irish Foreign policy. Volume I: 1919 – 1922.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1998. 24 cm. xxviii, 548 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Finden, E. [Engraver] / Westall, William [Artist / After a Painting from William Westall].

Glenmire Bridge – Near Cork [Glanmire].

Original, 19th century Steel Engraving. London, Charles Tilt in Fleet Street, [1829]. 21 cm x 12 cm. Good condition with minor signs of wear to outer margins.

Finnane, Mark.

Insanity and the insane in post-famine Ireland.

London, Croom Helm, 1981. 22 cm. 241 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Finnegan, Richard B.

Ireland – Historical echoes, contemporary politics.

Boulder, Westview Press, 2000. 24 cm. xviii, 452 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Nations of the modern world].

Fitzpatrick, David.

Oceans of Consolation. Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia.

Ithaca, Cornell University, 1994. 23,5 cm x 15,5 cm. XIV, 649 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only slightly foxed.

Fitzpatrick, David.

Terror in Ireland 1916-1923.

Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2012. 248 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Gallagher, Michael / Marsh, Michael.

Days of Blue Loyalty – The politics of membership of the Fine Gael party.

Dublin, PSAI Press, 2002. 24 cm. xv, 287 pages, with 32 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes an interesting lengthy newspaper-article (clipping is loosely inserted).

Gallivan, G.P.

Decision at Easter. A Play in Three Acts. [With the printed dedication: To the Men of Easter Week]. With a foreword by Ignatius Johns.

Dublin, Progress House, 1960. 8°. 74 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Popular Plays Series].

Galvin, Michael.

Kilmurry – The War Years.

Midleton, Litho Press, no year (c.2000). Octavo. X,274 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Galvin, Michael.

The Slow Sunrise – Land Reform – Labour – Home Rule in Mid Cork 1865-1881.

Ireland, Privately published / Michael Galvin, no date (c.1999). Octavo. 301 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Very Rare !

[Gifford Girls] Clare, Anne.

Unlikely rebels – The Gifford girls.

Cork, Mercier, 2011. 22 cm. 319 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. One page dogeared.

Golway, Terry.

For the cause of Liberty – A thousand years of Ireland’s heroes.

New York / London / Toronto, Simon & Schuster, 2000. 23 cm. 397 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.