151. Larkin, Emmet J.

The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland and the Fall of Parnell 1888-1891.

Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 1979. 24cm. xxi,316 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare !

152. Lawlor, Sheila.

Britain and Ireland 1914-23.

Dublin, Gill and Macmillan, 1983. 23 cm. xii, 291 pages. Hardcover (without dustjacket). Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. From the library of Tadgh Ó Murchu.

153. Le Fanu, W.R.

Seventy Years of Irish Life – Being Anecdotes and Reminiscences.

Popular Edition – Third Impression. London, Edward Arnold, [1914]. 8°. VIII, 325 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition on poor paper-quality with signs of spotting and external wear. Page 75 torn. Name of preowner’s from the Conner-Family at Manch – Dunmanway on endpaper together with an entry: “John J. Sheridan – 1924 – IRA”. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House).

154. [Lemass, Seán] O’Sullivan, Michael.

Seán Lemass: A Biography.

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1994. 16 cm x 24 cm. VII, 216 pages, 57 illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

155. Leslie, Shane.

The Irish Tangle for English Readers.

First Edition. London, MacDonald & Co., [1946]. Octavo. 254 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

156. [Lisheen] Cahill, Donal / O’Driscoll, Con / Flavin, John / O’Driscoll, Tadgh / O’Brien, Stephen.

Lisheen – A Century of Education – Lisheen National School and its Role in the Community (1906-2006) – A Centenary Celebration.

[Lisheen], Published by Lisheen National School, 2006. Quarto. X, 198 pages with numerous photographs throughout the publication. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

157. Lysaght, Charles.

Great Irish lives. [a unique collection of obituaries of Ireland’s most distinguished individuals from the last two centuries]. Edited by Charles Lysaght. With a Foreword by Garret FitzGerald.

London, Times Books, 2009. 20 cm. xxi, 362 pages. Softcover. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

158. Lysaght, D. R. O’Connor.

The Republic of Ireland – An hypothesis in eight chapters and two intermissions.

Cork, Mercier Press, 1970. Small Octavo. 255 pages. Softcover. Good condition with some stronger signs of external wear. Name of preowner and some scribbling on endpaper.

159. Mac Carthaigh, Criostoir.

Traditional Boats of Ireland. History, Folklore and Construction.

Cork, The Collins Press, 2008. 27cm x 27cm. ix, 658 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

160. [Mac Curtain, Tomás] Mac Curtain, Fionnuala.

Remember … it’s for Ireland – A family memoir of Tomás Mac Curtain.

Cork, Mercier Press, 2006. 24 cm. 234, [22] pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

161. Mac Gréil, Mícheál.

Prejudice and Tolerance in Ireland. Based on a national survey of intergroup attitudes in the Republic of Ireland.

Dublin, College of Industrial Relations, 1977. Large Octavo. XXIV, 634 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Exceptional condition.

162. [Mac Liammóir, Micheál / Ó Conaire, Pádraic] O’ Neill, Eamonn.

The Woman at the Window and Other Stories. Translated from the Irish of Pádraic Ó Conaire by Eamonn O Neill. New Edition – With Illustrations by Micheál Mac Liammóir.

Dublin and Cork, The Talbot Press, no year [c. 1931]. Octavo (15 cm x 22,5 cm). Frontispiece, 127 pages. Original Hardcover with original, beautifully illustrated dustjacket in protective Collector’s Mylar. Unusually excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Privately inscribed on the endpaper “For Jim – Christmas 1947”. A very unusual condition of this amazzing publication.

163. MacBride, Seán.

A Message to the Irish People.

Cork, Mercier, 1985. 21 cm. 120 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

164. MacBride, Seán.

That day’s struggle – A memoir, 1904-1951. Edited by Caitriona Lawlor.

Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Currach Press, 2005. 25 cm. 238 pages with 16 pages of plates / illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including a newspaper-clipping with a review for this book.

165. [MacBride, Seán] Jordan, Anthony J.

Seán MacBride – A Biography.

Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1993. 22 cm. 199 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including a loosely inserted, lengthy newspaper-clipping (″McBride’s lack of principle”).

166. MacCarthaigh, Muiris.

Accountability in Irish parliamentary politics.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2005. 22 cm. vii, 359 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Copy of a related newspaper-article included.

167. MacLochlainn, Piaras F.

Last Words – Letters and statements of the leaders executed after the rising at Easter 1916. Piaras F. Mac Lochlainn, a chuir in eagar.

Dublin, Stationery Office [for the] Office of Public Works, 1990. 22 cm. x, 217 pages : illustrations, portraits. Softcover. One corner stronger bumped. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

168. MacManus, M. J.

Adventures of an Irish Bookman. A selection of writings of M.J. MacManus. Edited by Francis MacManus.

Second Edition. Dublin, Talbot Press, 1952. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait of M.J.MacManus, XVI, 192 pages. Hardcover without dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

169. Macready, General – The Rt. Hon. Sir Nevil.

Annals of an Active Life. With sixteen Illustrations.

Two Volumes. London, Hutchinson & Co., [c.1924]. Octavo. Frontispiece, 694 pages [continuous pagination through both volumes]. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

170. [Magnetic Telegraph Company / The Magnetic / British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company / Bright, Edward Brailsford (1813 – 1913)].

British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co. (Limited) – Large Fold-Out-Sheet with: “Instructions for Forwarding Messages by other Companies – (For Private Information Only)”. This exceptional piece of Ephemera comes with an Original piece of the 19th century undersea-cable. The very rare, original Instruction-Sheet which was meant to hang inside of the first Telegraph Offices was published by Edward B.Bright in the Chief Offices in Liverpool, July, 1862 [and it automatically cancelled the one which dated December 1860].

Liverpool, British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Co. (Limited), 1862. Elephant Folio SHett (51.5 cm wide x 82 cm high). Folded into an original cloth folder sized: 14.2 cm wide x 21.8 cm high. Original Hardcover with fold-out-sheet (Poster) inside. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

171. Magnier, Noel.

Is that you boy ! – Humourous short stories of growing up in Cork in the 1940s and 50s. [Signed by the author]

Cork, Springfield Press, 2005. 21 cm. 74 pages with illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including the often missing sheet with explanations of local exclamations (Ten Bob, Fag Boxes etc.). Signed by Noel Magnier.

172. Maguire, John.

IRA internments and the Irish government – Subversives and the state, 1939-1962. Foreword by Ruán O’Donnell.

Dublin / Portland (Oregon), Irish Academic Press, 2008. 24 cm. XIV, 274 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

173. Mansergh, Nicholas.

Nationalism and Independence – Selected Irish papers. Edited by Diana Mansergh ; Foreword by J. J. Lee.

Cork, Cork University Press, 1997. 24 cm. XVII, 264 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

174. [Markievicz, Constance]

Collection of two important biographies on Constance Markievicz including two interesting newspaper-clippings with articles on Markievivz. The books in the collection are: 1. Anne Marreco – The Rebel Countess – The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz / 2. Diana Norman – Terrible Beauty: Life of Constance Markievicz, 1868-1927.

London / Dublin, Phoenix Press / Poolbeg, 1988 / 2000. Octavo. 330 / 320 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

175. Martin, F.X.

The Irish Volunteers 1913-1915 – Recollections and documents.

Dublin, James Duffy & Co., 1963. Small Octavo. 207 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

176. Martin, Francis X.

The Irish volunteers 1913 – 1915 / Recollections & Documents. Foreword by Eamon de Valera.

Dublin, James Duffy & Co.Ltd., 1963. Small Octavo. XVIII, 207 pages. Original Softcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of an irish Councilman and University lecturer, with his name on endpaper.

177. Maye, Brian.

Fine Gael, 1923-1987 – A general history with biographical sketches of leading members.

Tallaght, Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1993. 24 cm. vi, 406 pages with 16 pages of plates with illustrations. Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

178. [Maynooth / Colehill – County Longford] – Handcock, Reverend William / Handcock, Robert Ball.

Two Manuscript Notebooks of Reverend William Handcock and his son, Robert Ball Handcock. The Notebook of William Handcock is titled: “Letters & Addresses on various subjects by Revd. William Handcock” and are of special interest since he had the habit of transcribing in it complete letters he sent and received from noteworthy people in Ireland during the Famine – years 1842 (February) – 1854. These letters are often meaningful appeals to newspapers, church administrators or clergymen like William Baillie Kirkpatrick (1802 – 1882), Irish Peers (e.g. William Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty) etc./ The Manuscript Notebook of William’s son, Robert Ball Handscock, was started in June of 1846 (in Maynooth) and is simply a manuscript scrapbook with poetry and stories of favourite poets of the time (including an Index).

Maynooth / Radanstown (Meath) / Cole Hill (Longford) etc., 1841-1854. Octavo. 181 pages [Diary of William Handcock] / 140 pages plus 4 pages of Index [Diary of Robert Ball Handcock]. Hardcover / Original 19th century half-leather with paper-covered boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

179. McBride, Lawrence W.

The Greening of Dublin Castle – The Transformation of Bureaucratic and Judicial Personnel in Ireland, 1892-1922.

Washington, D.C., Catholic University of America Press, 1991. 23 cm. xii, 337 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

180. McCarthy, Justin Huntly.

Ireland since the Union – Sketches of Irish history from 1798 to 1886.

London, Chatto & Windus, 1887. 20 cm. XVIII, 368 pages plus 32 pages of a catalogue of books by Chatto & Windus in the rear of the publication. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

181. McCoole, Sinead.

Easter Widows – Seven Irish Women who lived in the shadow of the 1916 Rising.

Dublin, Doubleday Ireland, 2015. 24 cm. xvii, 444 pages. With illustrations (black and white, and colour). Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

182. McCormack, W. J.

Roger Casement in death, or, Haunting the free state.

Dublin, University College Dublin Press, 2002. 24 cm. xv, 256 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations. Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

183. McGee, Brian (Editor) / Coughlan, Stuart (Designer) / Cork City and County Archives Service.

Voice of the Many – Local archives from Cork 1914-1916.

Cork, Cork City and County Archives Service, 2016. Folio. XII, 177 pages with illustrations throughout the publication (in colour and black-and-white). Hardcover with dustjacket. Bookblock detached from the binding (like most of the Hardcover editions of this publication). Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is now an extremely rare and hard to find-publication !

184. McLoughlin, Michael.

Great Irish speeches of the twentieth century. [compiled by] Michael McLoughlin.

Dublin, Poolbeg, 1996. 22 cm. 430 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

185. McMahon, Paul (Paul Andrew).

British spies and Irish rebels – British intelligence and Ireland, 1916-1945.

Woodbridge, NY, Boydell Press, 2008. 25 cm. viii, 516 pages. 12 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [History of British intelligence ; 1].

186. [McQuaid, John Charles].

Collection of two publications on John Charles McQuaid. The collection includes: 1.John Cooney – John Charles McQuaid – Ruler of Catholic Ireland / 2. Clara Cullen & Margaret O hOgartaigh – His Grace is Displeased – Selected Correspondence of John Charles McQuaid /

Dublin, O’Brien Press / Merrion, 1999 – 2013. Octavo. 526, 280 pages. One Volume in softcover, the other in its original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Including several interesting newspaper-clippings with articles related to McQuaid.

187. Meehan, Denis.

Window on Maynooth. With Drawings by Donal Murphy.

First Edition. Dublin, Clonmore and Reynolds, 1949. Octavo. 182 pages with illustrations and drawings throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner on dustjacket. Extremely Rare Publication !

188. Mitchel, John.

Jail Journal – Irishleabhar Priosuin No Cuig Bliaona I Bpriosunaid Na breataine. Translated Into Irish By Eoghan O Neachtain.

Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, 1936. 8°. III, 238, VI, 334 pages. Original Hardcover with black lettering on spine and boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare gaelic edition of this important book.

189. Mitchel, John.

The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps).

Author’s Edition [Cameron & Ferguson Edition]. London / Manchester / Birmingham & Glasgow, Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd., c.1918. Octavo. 220 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

190. Mitchell Henry, Robert.

The Evolution of Sinn Fein.

First Edition. Dublin / London, The Talbot Press / Fisher Unwin, 1920. Octavo. 284 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The author was the brother of irish artist Paul Henry. He was a friend of Countess Markievicz, Arthur Griffith and Douglas Hyde].

191. Mitchell, Arthur.

Revolutionary government in Ireland – Dáil Éireann, 1919-21.

Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1994. 23 cm. xii,423 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

192. Mitchell, Arthur / Ó Snodaigh, Pádraig.

Irish political documents 1916-1949. Edited by Arthur Mitchell and Pádraig Ó Snodaigh.

Blackrock, Irish Academic Press, 1985. 23 cm. 254 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

193. Moloney, Ed.

A Secrret History of the IRA.

London, Allen Lane, 2002. 25 cm. xxi, 600 pages with several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

194. [Monahan, Philip] Quinlivan, Aodh.

Philip Monahan – A man apart : the life and times of Ireland’s first local authority manager.

Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 2006. 22 cm. x, 275 pages with 7 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed and signed by the author ! Very Rare !

195. Moody, T.W.

Nationality and the pursuit of national independence. Edited by T.W. Moody. Conference on Nationality and the Pursuit of National Independence.

Belfast, Appletree Press, 1978. Octavo. 287 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Important Reader ! [Historical studies].

196. Moody, Theodore William.

The Fenian Movement.

Cork, Mercer Press, 1968. 18 cm. 126 pages. Softcover. Few pages with dogears but otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The Thomas Davis lecture series].

197. Moore, Thomas.

The works of Thomas Moore, Esq. Accurately printed from the last original editions. With critical Notes. [With a preface by Ernest Fleischer and a “Biographical and Critical Sketch of Thomas Moore” by J.W.Lake].

In Two Complete Volumes. Leipsic, printed for Ernst Fleischer, 1833-1840. Large Octavo. Vol. I: XL, 751 pages / Vol. II:VI, 252 pages. Including a frontispiece – portrait of Thomas Moore. Original Hardcover. Poor condition of the binding with signs of external wear. Both volumes’ spines are considerably worn and fragile; there is discolouration to the frontcovers of both volumes, and foxing on inside and selective pages of both. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown. Internally firm and complete and only with some minor signs of a faded dampstain.

198. Moynihan, Maurice [ M. Ó Muimhneacháin].

The Functions of the Department of the Taoiseach.

Second Edition. Dublin, Institute of Public Administration, 1969. 23 cm. 19 leaves. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Rare ! [Departments of state series ; 1].

199. Mulcahy, Michael, B.E.

A Short History of Kinsale.

Kiinsale, Michael Mulcahy, 1968. 11 cm x 17.5 cm. 68 pages. With the large fold-out-map of the Battle of Kinsale and several illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

200. Murphy, Brian P.

The Origins & Organisation of British Propaganda in Ireland 1920.

Aubane, Co. Cork, Aubane Historical Society, 2006. 21 cm. VIII, 92 pages with illustrations. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.