Books

The incredible untold story of a Waterford man’s conscription to the British Army, subsequent capture and escape from POW camp -- and of his son’s discovery of his parents’ hidden lives.

Based on true events, this novel set in a Soviet prison is 'both a feat of fractured storytelling and a beautiful excavation of a recent, haunting past' (Publishers Weekly).

To commemorate its centenary, Cork City Council has commissioned four of Ireland’s leading contemporary writers to reflect on the meaning of this single most important artefact of the 1916 Rising. Did it ever live up to the idealistic aspirations it pronounced?

Emigration has been a constant in Ireland since the Famine. People's homes became monuments to a bygone age. Visiting these unoccupied houses, Creedon documents the isolation of rural Ireland through images of abandoned homes.

This fantastic book contains exclusive images and a biography on all the Chiefs of Staff for the Irish Defence Forces.

This beautifully illustrated volume presents sixty of those shipwrecks and tells a colourful tale of Ireland's maritime heritage. 

This fascinating book is an introduction to understanding how stone is used in buildings, how to identify the stone, the nature of stone weathering, mapping of stone decay, and the current advice on stone repair in buildings.

Clearly and beautifully written account of Irish history, from the medieval period to the twentieth century.

Essays by Shane O’Toole, John Tuomey and Sheila O’Donnell are supported by a revealing, extended interview between Ireland’s Commissioner and the architects, who describe the dramatic, metamorphic approach they have adopted in Venice’s Arsenale to the perennially difficult task of exhibiting architecture.