The O Brien Press imprint: 270 books

Taking Sides

A Boy. A Girl. A Nation Torn Apart.

by Brian Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012

In the Dublin of 1922 with Civil War about to break out, working class Annie Reilly is thrilled to win a scholarship to Eccles Street Convent School. A little frozen out by her old friends, yet not wholly accepted by all of her new classmates, she is pleased to be befriended by Susie O'Neill an easy-going...
by Aine Ní Ghlinn
Language: Irish
Release Date: September 14, 2012

Cluiche peile ag rang a sé. Buachaillí in aghaidh cailíní. Deir na múinteoirí nach bhfuil ann ach spraoi! Dar le hEoghan, áfach, tá i bhfad níos mó ná sin i gceist! Bród! Onóir! Stádas na mbuachaillí!

Margo: Queen of Country & Irish

The Promise and the Dream

by Margaret O'Donnell
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014

The official memoir of Margo O'Donnell, legendary Irish Country Music singer For fifty years now the name 'Margo' has been synonymous with everything that is positive and enriching in Country and Irish music. Blessed with an instantly recognisable voice, a voice unlike any other in the music...
by Brendan O'Carroll
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012

Dublin boxer Sparrow McCabe has the Spanish contender on the floor. The World Featherweight title is his for the taking. But something stops Sparrow from throwing that final punch and suddenly it’s all over. Fifteen years later Sparrow is working as a driver for the gangster Simon Williams,...
by Judi Curtin, Nicola Colton
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012

Alice and Megan are back, and that can only mean one thing: trouble! It's Easter and best friends Alice and Megan are together in Limerick again. They are both looking forward to their confirmation especially as their two families are going out to dinner together to celebrate. But not...

Murder, Mutiny & Mayhem

The Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish History

by Joe O'Shea
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012

The Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish History The Irish are celebrated at home and abroad as explorers, freedom fighters and great writers and artists, but for every Tom Crean, Bernardo O'Higgins or James Joyce, there is a Hugh Gough, Antoine Walsh or Luke Ryan. This book is about...
by Liam Mac Uistin
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015

Four magical legends from Ireland's Celtic past vividly told - heroic quests, great deeds, fantasy and fun.
by Finbar O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013

A sequel to the story of Little Red Riding Hood, Wolfgran is a wonderfully irreverent take on the world of fairy tales. Granny has sold her house to the three little pigs and moved into the Happy- Ever-After Home for Retirement Characters from Fairy Tales. But the Big Bad Wolf is still on her trail! Disguised...
by Niall O'Dowd
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010

How a typical Irish emigrant rose to a position of influence at the highest levels of US and Irish politics. A remarkable firsthand account of an Irish emigrant who began as a part-time footballer and house-painter and became a journalist, author, founder and publisher of two newspapers, a...
by Jim Halligan
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012

We all like to get something for free ... right? Free downloads of ringtones and pictures for your phone? Brilliant! Everybody is thrilled when Nicky Nixxon from Nixxter Express starts giving away free ringtones. Everybody except Jack Keely, that is. His phone is a wreck and couldn't...

The Black Widow

The Catherine Nevin Story

by Niamh O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013

Number One Bestseller The incredible story of the murder which gripped the nation. When Tom Nevin was brutally murdered in Jack White's Inn on the morning of 19 March 1996 there was widespread mourning for the man known as a 'gentle giant'. And none seemed as grief-stricken as his widow, Catherine....
by Nicola Pierce
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016

Two kings, Three young soldiers. One battle to end all battles. Eager to prove his courage and defend his family honour, young Irish noble Gerald O'Connor rides his warhorse Troy north in King James’s cavalry. Brothers Robert and Daniel Sherrard march south from the once-besieged city...
by Ruán O'Donnell
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015

This condensed history examines why the Great Famine was so catastrophic, and explores its effect on Irish society and culture. It explains the circumstances surrounding the period and addresses issues and characteristics of the time. Aspects covered include the spread of disease, the experiences...

Joseph Plunkett

16Lives

by Honor O Brolchain
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012

Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916) from Dublin was one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, the designer of the military plan and the youngest signatory of the Proclamation. A recognised poet, he was already dying of TB when, aged 28, he married Grace Gifford in Kilmainham Gaol, just hours before he was...
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