Irish Contemporary Biography

This is the Life is a book about the 99 per cent: a witty and provocative look at grassroots GAA from the most intelligent and interesting Gaelic games pundit at work today.

SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Sports Book of the Year

Finucane is a love story crossing borders and decades: the story of two people who ‘made a pact for madness’.

SHORT LISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Biography of the Year

From births, to deaths, marriage and everything in between, this heartfelt and hilarious memoir brings Arthur and Brian’s positive and inspiring attitude to the page as they journey towards parenthood. 

Full of honest insights, amusing anecdotes and recollections of extraordinary times, with Born to be a Footballer Brady delivers a compelling story of a fifty-year career that is unparalleled in Irish sport.

SHORTLISTED IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2023 – Sports Book of the Year

A unique book blending the personal and political. Irish Times literary editor Martin Doyle has written a deeply moving account of the lives lost in the Troubles in the ‘Murder Triangle’ area of Armagh and Tyrone in which he grew up.

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With great humour and middling advice, The I’m Grand Mamual is a big-sisterly companion that proudly celebrates embracing yourself and the uniquely Irish mother–child relationship.

Here, meteorologist Joanna Donnelly takes readers on a journey around Ireland’s Sea Area Forecast, visiting the places that are a familiar part of the daily broadcast and explaining its unique history, language and science.

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Caution to the Wind is an honest, funny account of an astonishing life. This is first book Terry Prone has written about her personal life, and proves to be thoughtful, evocative and engaging.

We all need to sit and rest from time to time. To think, ponder, hope, pray.

Over the years, Alice Taylor has written down many of these moments of contemplation so she can revisit them over and over again, and now she is sharing them with her dear readers. 

From her magical childhood being reared in a family of travelling entertainers to building a career as a country music star, Sandy recounts the highs – and lows – of a lifetime in music.