Irish Sport

Irish sporting legend Timmy McCarthy takes readers on an inspiring journey from his humble beginnings in Cork City to the commentary booths of the Olympic Games, becoming a national treasure and one of Ireland’s most iconic sports figures. . .

Different localities across Ireland have been defined by their sporting endeavours and achievements. This new atlas will trace the history of Ireland's sporting culture and identity from the earliest times to the present.

This is a vibrant and fascinating whistle-stop tour of Irish sporting heritage through the tangible, fragile and fiercely meaningful objects that endure. . .

Notes from a changing game – one of Ireland’s greatest sportswriters reflects on a life lived through sport. . .

My Greatest Race is a sports memoir like no other, a devastating contrast between the elite athlete road that so few get to travel and the all-too-familiar cancer journey that so many do.

In the summer of 2024, sports columnist Eamonn Sweeney set out to follow the All-Ireland championships around the country, retracing footsteps he'd first laid down in his 2004 bestseller The Road to Croker.

Zach Tuohy grew up a sports-mad youngster committed to his two loves: Liverpool FC and 'The Town', his local Portlaoise Gaelic football club. His teenage dream: winning an All-Ireland with his county, Laois.

The ultimate book to celebrate 140 years of Ireland's greatest sporting and cultural institution - The GAA.

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.

For the first time ever, Out of Sight! explores the rich history of sport and leisure as experienced by Ireland’s blind and vision impaired athletes,their families, friends, and coaches,  as recounted in interviews with Joe Geraghty

When the World Stops Watching tells the real inside stories of what happened next for sixteen Irish sports stars, as they faced the brand-new challenges of normal life.

The History of Cricket in Leinster

This is the most personable, inviting and intimate account of Jack Charlton's life, and the book contains photographs published for the first time from Jack and Pat Charlton's personal collection.

Fearless, funny and full of an incredible array of stories from behind the scenes of Ulster, Ireland and the Lions, this is the must-have rugby book of the year.

The remarkable story of renowned Sligo man Frank McGarry and a fascinating insider's look at the big business of international show jumping.

National treasure the late Jimmy Magee recalls the huge number of historic sporting events that he has witnessed during a career that has spanned seven decades.

2013 1st Edition Hardback. 

This book tells the stories of Ireland's boxers who have represented their country at the highest levels in the sport.

This book tells the stories of Ireland's boxers who have represented their country at the highest levels in the sport. Hardback edition.

This books explores the development of major sports in Cork City and its surroundings areas from 1870 to 1939.

For all you Petrolheads out there this fantastic book looks at the history of the most popular motorsport in Ireland.