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Dublin
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Agnes Browne Trilogy Special Offer
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Brendan O'Carroll
Meet Agnes Browne, a unique comic creation whose life is the very essence of Dublin. By one of Ireland's favourite comics, Brendan O'Carroll. Get all three books now, for a special price.
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Between the Mountains and the Sea
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Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County
Peter Pearson
The history, both economic and social, of South Dublin from an acknowledged expert in the field. New edition of this unique bestseller, fully revised and updated. Includes a 32-page colour introduction highlighting changes since the first edition.
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Blood Upon the Rose
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Easter 1916: The Rebellion That Set Ireland Free
Gerry Hunt
The Easter 1916 Rising: an unlikely band of freedom fighters – teachers, poets, writers, patriots, trade unionists – declare an Irish Republic. From this dramatic gesture, a nation is born…
New smaller format of the graphic novel.
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The Chisellers
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Brendan O'Carroll
Book 2: The Agnes Browne Trilogy
Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups and downs, minor scrapes and major run-ins of the seven children of Agnes Browne. Full of joy, humour, pathos and Dublinese.
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Das Goldene Buch Dublin
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Betty Barrett
A photographically-led souvenir of the city, providing an overview of the sites, key buildings, museums, events, parks, literary Dublin, pub culture and the city today. In German.
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A Dublin Documentary
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Thomas Kinsella
A beautiful collection of poems, family reminiscences and stunning photography brings Thomas Kinsella's Dublin to life. Here, Kinsella's poems are shaped around personal recollections of the people and places closest to his heart.
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Dublinia
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The Story of Medieval Dublin
Howard Clarke
Dublinia is the story of a unique period in Irish history told with passion, imagination and accuracy.
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Dublin Wit
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Echoes of Moore Street
Paul Ryan
Wit, wisdom, wickedness, banter and bitching from the heart of Dublin, with overheard conversations from Moore Street market.
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The Easter Rising
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A Guide to Dublin in 1916
Lorcan Collins
Defying all the odds 1600 men, women and children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday, 1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. Vividly illustrated, this book takes you through the battle-torn streets of Dublin.
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Four Roads to Dublin
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The History of Rathmines, Ranelagh and Leeson Street
Deirdre Kelly
A detailed and illuminating account of Dublin's most important eighteenth-century Victorian southside suburbs, examining their rich layers of history, their growth and development, special features and famous inhabitants.
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Gangland
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The Shocking Exposé of the Criminal Underworld
Paul Williams
Number 1 Bestseller
Gangland! investigates who is pulling the strings behind the scenes - the families that form the Irish mafia - and examines the way in which their net has spread across Ireland and beyond.
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The Golden Book of Dublin
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Betty Barrett
A photographically-led souvenir of the city, providing an overview of the sites, key buildings, museums, events, parks, literary Dublin, pub culture and the city today.
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The Granny
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Brendan O'Carroll
Book 3: The Agnes Browne Trilogy
At forty-seven years of age Agnes, now thirteen years happily widowed, enters the 1980s with a fruit stall in Moore Street, a French lover and six children …
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The Heart of Dublin
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Resurgence of an Historic City
Peter Pearson
A fascinating book from an acknowledged expert. Traces the history of Dublin, street by street, through its most historic areas. Includes many new and previously unpublished photographs and maps.
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Il Libro d'Oro Dublino
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Betty Barrett
A photographically-led souvenir of the city, providing an overview of the sites, key buildings, museums, events, parks, literary Dublin, pub culture and the city today. In Italian.
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Le Livre d'Or Dublin
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Betty Barrett
A photographically-led souvenir of the city, providing an overview of the sites, key buildings, museums, events, parks, literary Dublin, pub culture and the city today. In French.
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