Irish Exploration

Ireland has a rich history of famous – and infamous – mariners: from our earliest navigators, who may have reached North America – by currach – a thousand years before Columbus, to daring polar explorers Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean.

The Great Lighthouses of Ireland is a collection of striking images and fascinating stories about the lighthouses around Ireland’s coast and the extraordinary men and women who lived and worked in them.

Over the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to south: every cove, sound, inlet, island.

This newly illustrated edition of Unsung Hero is a bestselling classic and is a must for anyone with a taste for adventure.

The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison story in Australian and Irish history.

This book brings a fresh perspective to the heroic age of Polar exploration which was dominated by Shackleton’s complex, compelling and enduringly fascinating story.

A chronicle of the achievements of Irish mountaineers from the 1850’s through to the twentieth century.

2013 1st Edition Hardback.

The second volume in Tim Robinson's phenomenal Connemara Trilogy - which Robert Macfarlane has called 'One of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English'.

This popular publication is intended to appeal to those who share a curiosity of Ireland’s past. It contains an eclectic mix of illustrated essays written by experts in their field.

Tells the story of brave Arctic explorers who died in their attempts to seek the North-West Passage and North Pole during the years 1845-1877. Among them was Jim Hand from Bray, Co Wicklow.

This book tells the dramatic story of the intrepid scientist and showman, Richard Crosbie, and places his extraordinary achievements in the context of European ballooning.

The historic epic heroic 800 mile boat journey of Shackleton and his mates to seek help for their comrades stranded on Elephant Island.

Discover the truth about ENDURANCE in this superb true story of adventure, shipwreck, storms and survival on the high seas.

The story of the Spanish Armada is a story of court intrigue, political turbulence, power-hungry monarchies and religious crusading. . .