1. Adams, James.

Ambush, the war between the SAS and IRA. James Adams, Robin Morgan, Anthony Bambridge.

London, Pan Books, 1988. 18 cm. viii, 200 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. [All-Ireland Anti-Partition Conference].

Ireland’s Right to Unity – The Case Stated by the All-Party, Anti-Partition Conference, Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland.

Second Edition. [Dublin], All-Ireland Anti-Partition Conference, 1949. 18.5 cm wide x 24.2 cm high. 16 pages plus the rare and often missing ephemeral leaflet “Request by Mansion House Conference” (see image). Stapled, original, illustrated softcover. Some creasing and the staples slightly rusted. But overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Anti-Partition pamphlet, produced for circulation among friends in Ireland and abroad.

6. 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.

7. Arnold, Mavis / Laskey, Heather.

Children of the Poor Clares – The Story of an Irish orphanage.

Belfast, The Appletree Press Ltd, 1985. 22 cm. 160 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

8. 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).

9. Barrington, T. J.

The Irish Administrative System.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1980. Octavo. X, 242 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

10. 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.

11. [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.

12. 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.

13. Bell, John Bowyer.

The secret army – A history of the IRA; 1915-1970.

London, Sphere Books, 1972. Small Octavo. 478 pages. Softcover. The binding with stronger signs of wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

14. 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.

15. Bhaldraithe, Tomas de / Corkery, Daniel / and many others.

Collection of over eighty (80) publications on the Gaelic Language (Gaeilge), the History of the Gaelic Language, Gaelic Grammar, gaelic exercise books (new and old), publications on gaelic conversation etc. etc. including a Dictionary by Tomas de Bhaldraithe, a publication by Daniel Corkery on “The Fortunes of the Irish Language”, etc. etc.

Dublin and others, c.1950 – c.1990. Octavo. More than 1500 pages. Original Hardcover and Softcover Volumes. Some of the publications in poor condition but the majority in very good condition (see images).

16. Birmingham, George A.

The Red Hand of Ulster. Introduction by R. B. D. French.

Shannon, Irish University Press, 1972. 23 cm. xvi, 277 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket with some fraying and a minor tear. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

17. Bishop, Patrick.

The provisional IRA.

London, Heinemann, 1987. Large Octavo. 374 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

18. [Blaney, Neil] Rafter, Kevin.

Neil Blaney – A soldier of destiny.

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1993. 21 cm. 151 pages. Illustrated. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including several interesting newspaper-clippings related to the topic.

19. [Bloody Sunday / Pamphlet plus Rare original Letters and Witness Statements of members of “The Association of Irish Priests” Priests who were eyewitnesses to the Bloody Sunday Events].

“Massacre at Derry” [Pamphlet] plus: Typped Letter and Typed Statements by Donal Flanagan (Secretary of the Central Committee of the Association of Irish Priests) and original Typescript-Statements by the Association of Irish Pries: Typescript 1: “Documentation on the Situation in the North of Ireland” [″Statement on ‘Violence’ by the Ulster Branch of the Association of Irish Priests”] (3 pages) / Typescript 2: “Statement issued by seven priests who were in Derry’s Bogside during the Shootings on 30th January 1972” (″We accuse the Colonel of the Parachute Regiment of wilful murder…..It is untrue that shots were fired at the troops in Rossville Street before they attacked….signed (typed) by Reverends Anthony Mulvey, Edward Daly, G.McLaughlin, Denis Bradley, Michael McIvor, Thomas O’Gara) / Typescript 3: “Letter of Reverend Terence M.O’Keefe, Secretary Ulster Branch, Association of Irish Priests (Published in ‘Irish Press’, 5 February 1972 (″May i be permitted the use of your columns to give account of what i personally witnessed in Derry on Sunday afternoon”….″hen the Paratroopers arrived to us, Fr. Bradley and myself were refused permission on three occasions to attend to the wounded and dying, this with the most foul abuse and some blows from rifle butts”…″I was brought to a lorry, batoned in into it and taken to the army base on the Strand road….I find myself with bruised legs, arm and some back pain…I was lucky….Many others from the second lorry-load had faces smashed and heads cracked during their journey to the army centre….I might, perhaps, be counted as a reasonably credible witness as a Roman Catholic Priest, a university lecturer (in philosophy) and at present Dean of the School of Humanities at the New University of Ulster. I suppose that at present my feelings are of sickness, disgust and, I am afraid, anger. All I can hope is that some time in the future forgiveness and love will replace these. Till then is it too much to ask that the truth be told and that Westminster face the question of responsibility for what I personally, can only see as callous and brutal murder?” (Signed (Typed): Terence M.O’Keefe) /

First Edition (possibly only edition). Derry & Maynooth, Civil Rights Movement & Letters and Staments form Priest of St.Patrick’s College (Maynooth) and the Association of Irish Priests (Eagras Sagart Eireann), 1972. Octavo. Pamphlet: 48 pages / Typed Letter and Statements: “Letter by Donal Flanagan”: 1 page / “Documentation on the Situation in the North of Ireland”: 3 pages / “Statement by Seven Priests”: 1 page / “Letter of Reverend Terence O’Keefe”: 2 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet and stapled Letters/Statements. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare Pamphlet but even rarer original documents from the Priest of Maynooth College in Protest of the events of Bloody Sunday and a general analysis of the Situation in the North (Sociological Analysis). Extremely scarce collection.

20. Bohan, Harry.

Ireland Green – Social planning and rural development.

Dublin, Veritas Publications, 1979. 22 cm. viii, 115 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. Boland, Kevin.

We won’t Stand (Idly) by.

Dublin, Kelly Kane Limited, no year [c.1972]. Small Octavo. 138 pages. Original Softcover. One page detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Tadgh O Murchu, with his name on titlepage.

24. 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.

25. Brady, Seamus.

Arms and the men ! – Ireland in Turmoil [The book all Ireland has waited for].

Bray, S. Brady, 1971. 18 cm. 216 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

26. Bréadún, Deaglán de.

The Far Side Of Revenge: Making Peace in Northern Ireland.

Cork, The Collins Press, 2001. 16 cm x 23,5 cm. VII, 398 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

27. 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.

28. Byrne, Elaine.

Political corruption in Ireland 1922-2010 – A crooked harp ?

Manchester ; New York, Manchester University Press, 2012. 24 cm. XIII, 273 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

29. Cadwallader, Anne.

Lethal allies – British collusion in Ireland.

Cork, Mercier Press, [2013]. 22 cm. 416 pages with illustrations, maps, portraits. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

30. [Cahill, Joe] Anderson, Brendan.

Joe Cahill – A Life in the IRA.

Second Edition. Dublin, O’Brien, 2003. 20 cm. 400 pages (30 leaves of plates) : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. With several interesting newspaer-clippings related to the topic.

31. 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.

32. Carstairs, Andrew McLaren.

A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe.

London, Allen & Unwin, 1980. 23 cm. 236 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. The dustjacket torn but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

33. Chubb, Basil.

Cabinet Government in Ireland.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1974. 22 cm. 98 pages with illustrations. Softcover. Cover in poor condition. Interior very good with some markings in red ballpen. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper.

34. 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 !

35. Clutterbuck, Richard.

Protest and the Urban Guerrilla.

New York, Abelard-Schuman, 1973. 22 cm. X,277 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Rare publication !

36. Coakley, John; Rafter, Kevin:

The Irish Presidency – Power, Ceremony and Politics. Editors, John Coakley, Kevin Rafter ; foreword by President Michael D. Higgins.

Sallins, Co. Kildare, Ireland, Irish Academic Press, 2014. 24 cm. xvi, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white). Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

37. 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.

38. Coogan, Tim Pat.

Disillusioned Decades – Ireland 1966-87.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1987. 22 cm. 258 pages with many illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

39. 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.

40. [Costello, John A.] McCullagh, David:

The reluctant Taoiseach – A biography of John A. Costello. [With two lossely inserted newspaper-clippings with very interesting articles about Costello]

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2010. 24 cm. viii, 530 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

41. Crotty, Raymond.

Maastricht – Time to say no !

[Dublin], The National Platform for Employment, Democracy, Neutrality, 1992. 21cm. 44 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

42. [Cruise O’Brien, Conor] Schmidt, Marianne.

Trans Atlantik [Mite einem Beitrag: “Irland vor dem Gemetzel – Eine Expertise” Von Conor Cruise O’ Brian mit Zeichnungen von Monika Neubacher]. Publisher: Marianne Schmidt. Editorial Team: Karl Markus Michel, Katharina Kaever, Gundolf, S.Freyermuth.

Munich, NewMag, 1982. 21.1 cm x 29.6 cm. 98 pages. With black and white and colour illustrations. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor creases to front cover. Very minor discolouration to page margins. Contains blue marker inscription on contents page. Otherwise bright and clean.

43. Curry, John.

The Irish social services.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1980. 22 cm. 289 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish university lecturer and council man. Name of preowner on endpaper. Rare publication !

44. 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.

45. 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.

46. [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.

47. Cusack, Jim / McDonald, Henry.

UVF [Ulster Volunteer Force].

Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1997. 20 cm. 364 pages with 8 pages of plates with illustrations. Softcover. Tiny lesion to one page. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

48. 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].

49. Davis, Seamus.

Seamus Davis. Poems and Ballads.

Skibbereen, Bridgetown Publishing, 2003. 20.8cm x 14.6cm. 128 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

50. 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.