The Collins Press imprint: 150 books

by Vincent McDonnell
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2008

?Michael Collins is one of the most famous figures in Irish history. He became the most wanted man in the British Empire, a minister in the first Irish government and Commander-in-Chief of the army. This is an action-packed biography of a great Irish hero.

We Bled Together

Michael Collins, The Squad and the Dublin Brigade

by Dominic Price
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017

There is no crime in detecting and destroying in wartime the spy and informer...I have paid them back in their own coin. - Michael CollinsMichael Collins' development of a formidable intelligence network transformed, for the first time in history, the military fortunes of the Irish against the British....
by Anne Chambers
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2006

This is the true story of Grace O’Malley, or Granuaile, who ruled on land and sea in Connaught over 400 years ago. A Pirate Queen and Chieftain, she became a legend. We meet Grace as a young girl on Ireland’s west coast. Her father is a strong chieftain and loves the sea. Despite her parents’...
by Vincent McDonnell
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010

In April 1875, the whaler ‘Catalpa’ sailed from New Bedford in America, embarking on a hair-raising seafaring mission. Its destination was Fremantle, Western Australia; its goal to rescue six Fenian prisoners from the toughest prison there. The Irishmen, convicted of treason against the British...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012

In 2011, on the cusp of its centenary year, the Labour Party recorded its greatest ever electoral success, with 37 TDs elected and a President. In doing so the party has succeeded, temporarily at least, in breaking free from the old two-and-a-half party system. But, why, for its first century, did...
by Stephen McCormack, Eugenie Regan
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012

Over 11,000 species of insects occur in Ireland but most are very small and escape notice. Identifying them accurately can be difficult or impossible. This comprehensive compact guide to over 120 of Ireland’s most popular insects includes all Irish species of butterflies, bumblebees, dragonflies,...
by Niall Mac Coitir
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015

Niall Mac Coitir provides a comprehensive look at the folklore, legends and history of animals in Ireland, and describes their relations with people, being hunted for food, fur, sport, or as vermin, and their position today. A final section, inspired by stories of animal transformation, looks at twelve...
by Cork West Branch of the NPC
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2007

Specially compiled by children, parents and teachers, this book contains a wide variety of questions on film, sport, TV, music, etc. Laid out in game form, each game consists of ten rounds of eight questions each. There are few quiz books for Irish children and this book will help to fill that gap.
by Anne Holland
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013

Christian – ‘Kit’ – Cavenaugh, born in 1667 in Dublin, grew up on a Leixlip farm. A dragoon in the Marlborough Wars, Kit led an adventurous life, courting women, fighting duels and arguing a paternity suit before the truth became known: Kit was a woman. After her husband and father of her...
by Paul Whelan
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011

Ireland’s oceanic and temperate climate acts as a wonderful host to over 1,165 species of lichen. This is a richer biodiversity than that of flowering plants or the mosses, liverworts and ferns of Ireland. A concise introduction to lichen biology and ecology, this guide features: • lichen...
by Niall Mac Coitir
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010

In ancient Ireland there were 365 different parts to the body, and a different plant to cure each part. So the wild plants of Ireland are bound up in our culture and folklore from the earliest times. To arry a four-leaved shamrock brings luck in gambling, while putting nine ivy leaves under her pillow...
by Ed Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011

Ed Walsh returned to Ireland in 1970 to blunder into setting up an institute of education. He found a decaying mansion on a riverside site, gathered talented young people and secured funding from the World Bank and European Investment Bank to build what became the University of Limerick. Along the...
by Ian Kenneally
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010

Dispossessed and oppressed for so long, it is no surprise that many Irish ended up fighting in other people's wars. For many, a career as a soldier was the last hope for a better life. Courage and Conflict is based around extraordinary people and events, revolutionaries, inventors, soldiers, sailors...
by Kieron Gribbon
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012

Whether a leisurely rambler or a serious hill walker, there’s a good chance you’ve visited or plan to visit at least one of Ireland’s County High Points. While this special set of Irish hills and mountains continues to attract more visitors each year, they’ve never had a walking guidebook...
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