Quick view A City Runs Through Them: Dublin and its Twenty River Bridges by Fergal Tobin Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: An original and fascinating history of Dublin that tells the story of the city through its bridges. Dublin started life on the south bank of the River Liffey and for six or seven centuries that is more or less where the town staye… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Hamilton Notes by George Hamilton Now: €22.99 MSRP: Was: The incomparable George Hamilton returns with a superb offering of travails and anecdotes spanning his five decades on our airwaves and on our screens, always at the heart of Irish culture. Picking up where his first offering, The… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Playing Dead : How Meditation Brought Me Back to Life by Robert Sheehan Now: €21.25 MSRP: €23.75 Was: From Robert Sheehan, star of Misfits and The Umbrella Academy, and host of hit podcast The Earth Locker, comes a heartfelt journey to inner peace. In Playing Dead, Robert Sheehan shares intimate reflections on his search for purpo… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Citizen Poet: New and Selected Essays by Eavan Boland Now: €31.25 MSRP: Was: At her death in 2020, Eavan Boland left a formidable body of work – poems and prose. Together they transformed Irish poetry and had a considerable influence throughout the English-speaking world. She was also a major essayist, who… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Gaeilge i Mo Chroi by Molly Nic Ceile Now: €17.99 MSRP: Was: How do you feel about embracing Ireland's native tongue? At odds after a tricky relationship at school? Maybe you've given up, or don't know where to start? Well, is fada an bóthar nach mbíonn casadh ann - long is th… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Blood And Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life: A History by Liam O’Callaghan Now: €25.99 MSRP: €28.75 Was: Liam O'Callaghan's revelatory Blood and Thunder shows that the rise of Irish rugby is inextricable from the tensions, debates and divisions – of politics, religion and class – that have defined modern Irish history. Despite the po… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view A Cold Eye: Notes from a Shared Island, 1989–2024 by Carlo Gebler Now: €19.99 MSRP: Was: If the past is another country – what happens when we revisit it, one day a year?Carlo Gébler has done just that. Here is the story of Ireland – from the tail end of the Troubles to the Good Friday agreement, to the glory days of … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Out of Sight! : Stories of Ireland's Blind and Vision Impaired Sportspeople by Joe Geraghty Now: €17.99 MSRP: Was: 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 Geragh… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Collins Complete Irish Wildlife by Paul Sterry Now: €23.75 MSRP: Was: Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view British and Irish Wild Flowers and Plants: A Pocket Guide by Rachel Hamilton, Chris Gibson & Robert Still Now: €16.25 MSRP: Was: A highly illustrated and portable identification guide to the most common wild flowers and other plants. This innovative photographic guide covers the most common wild flowers and other plants found in Britain and Ireland, as defi… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Last Disco: The story of the Stardust tragedy by Sean Murray, Christine Bohan & Nicky Ryan Now: €16.50 MSRP: €18.75 Was: In 1981, the Stardust nightclub in Dublin was a beacon for the city's nightlife - until it became a nightmare. On that fateful Valentine's Day the dance floor became a scene of horror, as flames engulfed the venue, claiming the li… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Born to be a Footballer by Liam Brady Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: After being expelled from school for playing football for his country, fifteen-year-old Liam Brady travelled to London to join Arsenal, and soon became an indispensable part of their glorious 1970s team. Rightly considered one of … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view John Moriarty: Grounded in Story by Amanda Carmody & Mary McGillicuddy Now: €25.00 MSRP: Was: John Moriarty was an original, a thinker, a poet, a mythologian. He was born and reared just outside the little village of Moyvane in north Kerry. Growing up on his parent’s farm he was attuned to the rhythms of weather and soil f… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Serious Sounds by John Moriarty Now: €7.99 MSRP: Was: A wonderful walk through the story of Moriarty’s childhood growing up on a small farm in north Kerry, and his lifelong engagement with traditional Catholic sacraments, taking as his point of departure Philip Larkin’s poem ‘Church … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view From Tango to Twist: An A to Z Almanac of 20th Century Irish Dance-Bands, Band-Shows & Showbands by Francis K. Beirne Now: €30.00 MSRP: Was: In association with the Irish Bands’ Archive, the Curious Cat Club is pleased to announce the publication of ‘From Tango To Twist – an almanac of 20th century Irish dance-bands, bandshows and showbands’. A 336-page case-bound hard… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt MSRP: Was: Now: €5.00 - €13.75 "Angela's Ashes" is Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and in Ireland in the 40s. It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering, in Brooklyn tenements and Limerick slums - too man… Choose Options
Quick view Who Killed Una Lynskey? by Mick Clifford Now: €18.99 MSRP: Was: A true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice that echoes down the decades. October 1971. Nineteen-year-old Una Lynskey vanishes near her home in Co. Meath.In the weeks that follow, and o… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view What's That as Bearla?: An Irish-English Phrasebook by Garry Bannister Now: €15.99 MSRP: Was: Bannister is back! The author of the bestselling Proverbs in Irish and What’s That as Gaeilge? returns with another indispensable guide to the Irish language. This comprehensive compendium includes a thematic index and lists of sy… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view We Need to Talk by Dr Tony Holohan Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: Dr Tony Holohan served as Chief Medical Officer in Ireland for 14 years, but only really became known to the public during the Covid 19 pandemic. During this time his remarkable leadership skills came to the fore and he became the… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Indignant Muse by Gearoid O Tuathaigh Now: €14.99 MSRP: €31.25 Was: This landmark work contains a remarkable selection of 560 of the thousands of songs and poems created during, and reflecting upon, the most extraordinary decade of Ireland's history. This opened with the Dublin Lockout of 1913 and… Add to Cart The item has been added