Here’s an upcoming title from Mercier Press that really caught my eye! It is without surprise the amount of interest in Michael Collins both back in Ireland, and here in the USA. He was a larger than life character, “The Big Fella”, who had a profound impact on Ireland’s history. No matter what side [...]
Archive for June, 2008
The Story of Michael Collins – For Kids!
Posted in News, tagged 1916 rising, irish heroes, irish history, irish history for children, Irish publishing, mercier press, michael collins, the big fella on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Decoding the IRA
Posted in New Books, tagged code breaker, decoding the ira, eamonn de valera, ira, irish blogging, Irish publishing, irish republican army, james j gillogly, tom mahon, undercover ira on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mercier Press are due to release a book called Decoding the IRA, it sounds a truly fascinating read. I thought I’d treat you to the copy from www.mercierpress.ie. If you like the look of it, send me a comment, it might make a really nice addition to the Irish Books & Media catalog.
Newly decoded [...]
Munster vs. USA Eagles August 23rd – Rentschler Field, Hartford, Conn.
Posted in News, tagged champions of europe, hartford, heineken cup, munster, munster rugby, peter stringer, rentschler field, ronan o gara, rugby, usa eagles on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m excited to announce that Munster will be playing an exhibition game in Hartford, Connecticut on August 23rd. Check out http://www.usarugby.org/default.asp for more details about tickets. I would certainly urge any would be fans out there to get hold of tickets, as they are going quickly. You never know, you may even see me there!
Another [...]
Irish Children’s Book of the Year
Posted in News, tagged brendan o brien, brendan o'brien, childrens irish history, irish book, irish history book, irish history for children, story of ireland, the o brien press, the o'brien press on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of our publishers from Dublin; The O’Brien Press, published a simply stunning book a few months ago called the Story of Ireland. It is a children’s book that covers an astonishing 9,000 years of Irish history!
The reason that I mention it, is because lately, my hopes for this book came true. It has been [...]
Overheard in Dublin
Posted in New Books, tagged dublin, dublin humor, dublin humour, funny irish jokes, irish book, irish humor, irish humour on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In my opinion, you can’t beat the Irish wit.
Even more in my opinion is that you can’t beat the Irish wit when it’s not even forced. The most successful books that Gill & Macmillan have ever produced are going to become part of the Irishbook stock: The Overheard in Dublin Series.
Set up as a website [...]
Irish Books & Media still going strong
Posted in News, tagged gill macmillan, ireland, Irish books, irish books and media, mercier, o'brien press, the james trading group on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
While reading around online, I noticed some prominent articles about the closure of Irish Books & Media. At the time of their writing, they were indeed true, and it was a terrible shame to lose such important and significant titles for the US.
However, it’s not all doom and gloom. Not long after the announced closure [...]
