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Tugann Labharfad le Cach le cheile den chead uair na taifeadtai a thog an BBC agus RTE uaithi i 1946, 1947 agus 1953, mar aon le haistriuchain Bhearla orthu. | I Will Speak to You All collects, for the first time, in both Irish and English, the recordings made by the BBC and RTE of Peig Sayers in 1946, 1947 and 1953.

The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland, compiled by Sinead Gleeson, provides an intimate and illuminating insight into an underappreciated literary canon. Twenty-four female luminaries from the north of Ireland capture experiences that are both vivid and varied, despite their shared geographical heritage.

New updated edition of the seminal work by Catherine Dunne, which charted the lives of the London Irish, in all their variety and colour, now with a brand new foreword by Diarmaid Ferriter. Half a million Irish people left Ireland in the nineteen-fifties, forced by decades of economic stagnation. For many, Britain was their only hope of survival.

The New Frontier is a landmark publication of writing from the Irish Border, a chorus of voices from some of the island's greatest writers, that conveys in its multiplicity the true meaning of our border, and of borders in general.

The Open Door anthology brings together a collection of short stories by some of Ireland's greatest writers, all of which are written and crafted specifically for the emerging adult reader. Come on in!

A gorgeously produced homage to the art of the letter, comprising letters to and from the Presidents of Ireland.

Honest and heartbreaking literary memoir of the lives of two Irish writers, from the thunderbolt of love to receding into dementia and remaining the greatest of companions throughout. All his life he was obsessed by memory: 'Is the memory of things better than the things themselves?'

Orphaned at a young age, Cahal Kinsella returns from Dublin to the small farming village of Caherlo to his tyrannical grandfather, and must assert his individuality if he is to have any hope of freedom from his misery. Walter Macken paints a haunting and memorable portrait of the hard life of subsistence farming, or loveless arranged marriages, and of rebellion against suffering from social mores. Originally written in 1952, New Island's Modern Irish Classics series brings this magical book back to life. Reviews:'Comictouchingskilfully toldexcellent' -Spectator'Walter Macken's writing is as beautiful as it is simple, his prose is accessible and is constantly moving[Macken] humanizes history, reminding readers that the people who lived in these times laughed, cried, hated and loved just as they do now' - GTI Gazette

An engaging history of the Irish revolutionary period, now in paperback for the first time.

One of nine children born into a penniless North Dublin family, Nuala O'Faolain was saved from a harrowing childhood by her love of books and reading. Though she ultimately became one of Ireland's best-known columnists, her professional success did little to ease her longing for a deep connection to the world. Are You Somebody? distills her experiences into a wisdom that can only come from an obstinate refusal to shrink from life.