Everything you don't want foreigners to know about how we celebrate Christmas in Ireland. We can't be doing with Calling Birds, French Hens or Partridges in Pear Trees: but if it's Annuals, The Dinner, The Big Shop or The Wexford Carol you're looking for, you've come to the right book!
On 20 April 2000 John Carthy emerged from his home in Abbeylara, County Longford after a twenty-five hour stand-off with the police.
When Liam, a poor eleven-year-old boy, and Nora, a rich ten-year-old girl meet at a Feis Ceol, an unlikely bond is formed - a bond that leads to a friendship spanning the deeply divided city that was Dublin in 1913.
Alice Taylor's second novel, a story of land, love and family set in rural Ireland. Sequel to The Woman of the House.
Winner of the Eilís Dillon Memorial Award. Adam's Starling tells the story of nine-year-old Adam who is finding life very diffficult. At home no-one has any time for him and at school bullies pick on him.
The complete adventures of Shamrock Sean, the loveable leprechaun. Follow Sean as he goes fishing, finds a magical wishing well and watches a chick magically hatch.
Robert Holohan's murder in January 2005 shocked the entire country. Here is the full, tragic story, told by a Cork-based journalist who covered it right from the start.
This diverse collection is a delightful and entertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most colourful writers. An essential complement to Behan's master works.
What has Ireland really been talking about for the last forty years? Those iconic moments, controversies and unexpected fads that we just could not get enough of.
From the team that brought you The A to Z of Being Irish and A-Z of an Irish Christmas, this is Irish culture with a light touch and lashings and lashings of rose-tinted nostalgia.
The second book in an enchanting new series of adventures featuring a boy whose life every child will want to have.
The third book in an enchanting new series of adventures featuring a boy whose life every child will want to have.
Budsville’s chocolate fair cancelled? No way, Alfie decides. Chocolate seeds from Arcania are the answer, but only if he can survive the Roaring Rainforest, the vicious Spider Plant and the Forest Ogre.
It’s time for the Budsville Primary School Conker Championship, and Alfie needs to find a special conker.
Alfie Green Book 6
Alfie Green is back, this time grappling with a giant Venus Fly-Trap which threatens to eat everything in his house.
The first book in an enchanting series of adventures featuring a boy whose life every child will want to have.
Now in paperback
The circus has come to town. But it's no ordinary circus. All the kids from Budsville are really excited, except for Alfie who suspects all is not what it seems ...
