221. [O’Donovan Rossa] Kenna, Shane.

Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa – Unrepentant Fenian. [Signed by the author Shane Kenna]

Sallins, Co. Kildare, Merrion Press, 2015. 24 cm. viii, 296 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits. Softcover – Edition. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

222. O’Farrell, Patrick.

Ireland’s English Question – Anglo-Irish Relations 1534-1970.

London, B.T.Batsford, 1971. Octavo. 336 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

223. [O’Flanagan, Michael] Carroll, Denis.

They have fooled you again. Michael O’Flanagan (1876-1942), priest, republican, social critic.

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Columba Press, 1993. 22cm. 271 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

224. O’Halloran, W. (Rev.).

Early Irish History and Antiquities and The History of West Cork.

First Edition. Dublin, Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1916. Octavo (13 cm wide x 19 cm high). (3), 182 pages with a folded Map in colour of “Ireland Before the Anglo-Norman Invasion”, bound behind the Contents-Page. Hardcover / Original cloth with lettering on spine and cover. Very good condition with some minor rubbing to the binding only. Extremely rare publication with an extensive History of West Cork.

225. O’Leary, Daniel.

Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish, (County Cork) – [With a Chapter on The O’Hurleys of Ballinacarriga & Ballinvard / The O’Donovan MacEneslis Clan ]. (This publication was sponsored personally by Jerry Beechinor).

Castlewhite House (Waterfall, near Cork), J.Beechinor, 1975. Quarto. V, 136 pages with map and illustrations throughout the pages. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of pre-owner on endpaper. Extremely rare / scarce publication. Including an ephemeral advertising leaflet: “Calling all Natives and Friends of Kilmeen and Castleventry Parish at Home and Overseas: You cannot afford to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to read the history of this great Parish”.

226. O’Neill Lane, T[imothy].

Larger English-Irish Dictionary (Focloir Beala – Gaedhilge). New Edition – Thoroughly Revised and Greatly Enlarged.

Dublin, The Talbot Press Limited, 1922. Octavo (15 cm wide x 21.5 cm high). XII, 864 pages. Original Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Shaky condition of the binding but still good. Interior clean.

227. O’Neill, Tom.

The Battle of Clonmult – The IRA’s worst defeat.

Dublin, Nonsuch Press, 2006. 20 cm. 120 pages with 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-Print ! Very scarce !

228. [O’Nolan Family History] Nolan, Rev. John / Kavanagh, Art.

O’Nolan – The History of A People. By Rev. John Nolan and Art Kavanagh. With extended notices of other great Gaelic, Anglo Norman and English families of South East Leinster.

Bunclody (Coounty Wexford), Published by “Irish Family Names”, 2000. Large Octavo. VI, 360 pages. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear. Signed by Art Kavanagh.

229. O’Rahilly, Professor Alfred.

Our Daily Bread. How to Deal with the Foreign Invasion. [including a Memorandum of the Cork Millers and Merchants, 1917]

Dublin, Eason and Son, Ltd., 1930. 22 cm x 14.2 cm. 88 pages. Original softcover. The binding with stronger signs of wear. Corners bumped and slightly damaged. Staples rusted. Interior still in very good condition. Very rare !

230. [O’Reilly, John Boyle] Kenneally, Ian.

From the earth, a cry – The story of John Boyle O’Reilly.

Cork, Collins Press, 2011. 22 cm. VI, 374 pages. With 16 pages of plates. Original Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-Print. Very Rare now !

231. O’Riordan, Thomas.

The Price of Freedom – The Life Story of Mick Fitzgerald (Commandant) O/C 1st Battalion Cork No.2 Brigade. – This Story contains an accurate and detailed account of the Early Life, Volunteer-Activities, Arrest, Trial, Imprisonment, Hunger-Strike and Death of one of Irelands bravest Sons.

First Edition (possibly only edition). Fermoy, Barry’s, no year [c.1970]. Small Quarto (17.5 cm wide x 23 cm high). 95 pages. Stapled, original, illustrated softcover pamphlet. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare publication with only one version of this publication listed internationally (in the National Library of Ireland).

232. O’Shea, Rev. Kieran.

Castleisland – Church and People.

The Kerryman Ltd., 1981. Octavo. 68 pages with fold-out-map showing the “Parish of Castleisland” inside the rear of the publication. With photographic illustrations throughout the book. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare publication. Signed by the author.

233. O’Sullivan, M.L. [Michael John] / [Moore, Thomas].

A Fasciculus of Lyric Verses : By the Late M.J.O’Sullivan, Esq., Barrister at Law, dedicated, (by Permission), to Thomas Moore, Esq. [With a Memoir of the Author and a “Biographical Sketch of the Late Joseph Augustine Wade – The Last Production of the AUthor, written a few days before his death”].

First Edition. Cork, From the Machine of W. Scraggs, 102, Patrick-Street, 1846. Octavo. 84 pages. Private half cloth – binding of the time. Bookblock nearly detached form binding. Some rubbing to corners and spine. Interior, pages and titlepage in excellent condition and very clean. Signed and dated by the preowner in the year 1847 (″JSA” or “HA”). Extremely Rare !

234. O’Sullivan, Ted.

Bere Island: A Short History.

Cork, Inisgragy Books, 2002. 20.5 cm x 14.5 cm. 128 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with minor signs of external wear. Slight curling of corners on cover. Clean inside with solid binding.

235. Pakenham, Valerie. (Photography by Thomas Pakenham).

The Big House in Ireland.

First edition. London, Cassell & Co., 2000. 30 x 25 cm. 192 pages, 207 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

236. [Partition / Tuairim Pamphlets] Barrington, Donal / Gibson, Norman.

Collection of the two rarest early Tuairim Pamphlets: 1. Donal Barrington – Uniting Ireland (Tuairim Pamphlet No.1) / 2. Norman Gibson – Partition Today – A Northern Viewpoint (Tuairim Pamphlet No.2).

Dublin, Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1958. Octavo. 24, 12 pages. Original Softcover. Some minor dogears and a small lesion to the cover of Pamphlet 1. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

237. Patterson, Annie W.

The Harp and Irish Music [Article in Journal of the Ivernian Society Volume III – January – March]

Cork, Guy & Co. Ltd., 1911. Octavo. VII, 67, VIII pages. Stapled Softcover. The binding in very poor condition ! Staples rusty and the wrappers detached. The bookblock itself still in good condition and all the articles very readable.

238. Pearse, Padraic / Mac Piarais, Pádraic.

Bhodaigh an Chóta Lachtna [″Adventure of the Churl of the Grey Coat” / “Tale of the Carle in the Drab Coat”].

First Edition. Baile Átha Cliath, Connradh na Gaedhilge, 1906. 8°. III, 72 pages. Original Softcover. Besides some fraying to the pages 19-23 in unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare !

239. Pearse, Pádraic H.

Plays – Poems – Stories.

Sixth Edition. Dublin/Cork/Belfast, The Phoenix Publishing Co., [1924]. 8°. Portrait of Pearse as Frontispiz, XIX, 340, VIII pages. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Preowner’s name on endpaper (″Katie O’Shea”). [Collected Works of Pádraic H. Pearse].

240. Petrie, George / [Douglas Bland Hague Provenance].

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Ireland – Anterior to the Anglo-Norman Invasion: Comprising: An Essay On The Origin and Uses of the Round Towers of Ireland.

First Edition. Dublin, Printed by M.H.Gill, 1845. Quarto (26 cm wide x 30 cm high). XIX, 521 pages with hundreds of text-illustrations on Round Towers and Antiquities in Ireland. Original Hardcover with original spine-label of the Royal Irish Academy. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Historian Douglas Bland Hague ( (1917-1990), with his library-stamp to the font free endpaper. [The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy – Volume XX].