In this complex political thriller set in Galway in 1925, Detective Officer Michael Mackey of the newly-created Special Branch has been sent to the Garda Barracks in Ballinasloe on a mission to root o
This rewarding short fiction collection includes moving tales on the themes of sibling love and its vicissitudes. A child’s precocious contemplation of war in Ireland and war in Germany promotes
The virtues of Grainne Tobin’s poetry—subtlety, cleverness, a succinct wisdom, and exhilarating formal dexterity—make the thematic risk-taking in her work and the wry and often rauco
In a relentless rollercoaster of images McDonagh offers keenly observed commentary from his fourth floor flat, juxtaposing the urban contemporary landscape with the Mayo of his youth. No sacred cows a
In Taylor’s second collection of short stories, a woman locks a man in an airplane bathroom, two brothers rewrite their past, and strangers in an airport are thrown together through tragedy. Tay
Set in a turbulent British empire, these historical stories brim with energy and emotion, taking readers to the remote reaches of early twentieth century Burma to an Ireland in flux. These interconnec
Born in 1870 into Ireland’s landed gentry, Eva Gore-Booth devoted her adult life to fighting for the rights of the disenfranchised and the emancipation of the poor. She became a trade union foun
This collection includes four early plays from the Irish Celtic renaissance written by a County Galway playwright with three in Irish language and one in English. A valuable biographical essay accom
Poet Stephen James Smith’s sympathies lie with the addicted and the convicted, often responding to what he finds on life’s margins. His sharp-edged forceful language derives from his gifts
This is a journey-in-verse from County Mayo to Hamburg, Germany, in the company of a border collie, Lady Cassie, with three sections devoted to Lady Cassie’s point of view and three to
This inspiring collection of essays covers a broad range of topics: the passing of Seamus Heaney, meeting William Trevor, the Bayno (The history of the Iveagh Trust), being crowned Miss Mod in the 1
Through critical and creative responses, Eavan Boland: Inside History takes a fresh look at Boland’sinfluence as a poet and critic for the twenty-first cent
Regan sheds light not only on Helena Molony but on the many causes and characters she worked with during her long public career working as an Abbey Theatre actor, fighting in the 1916 Easter Rising, a
Through critical and creative responses, Eavan Boland: Inside History takes a fresh look at Boland’sinfluence as a poet and critic for the twenty-first cent
