Poolbeg Press: 75 books

Mother Teresa of Calcutta was a twentieth-century icon, a living example of the power of love. She is now on the fast track to sainthood. This book marks the 100th anniversary of her birth on August 26th 1910. Irish people feel a special affinity with this tiny Albanian nun but it is often...

Life may have its ups and downs, but journalist Jennifer Banks has had more than most. Having survived childhood verbal bullying, 17 years with a eating disorder and six years trapped in a violent marriage in a foreign country, Jennifer has now been diagnosed with the debilitating illness Multiple...

In September '95 Michael Sheridan began to collaborate with Veronica Guerin on a screenplay: the story of a woman journalist who takes on the crime bosses of the Dublin underworld. Here, with that story now a major film, starring Patrick Bergin and twice-Oscar nominated Joan Allen, he recounts...

Stark Raving Rulers is a series of profiles of twenty of the world’s most ruthless dictators. In many forgotten or ignored parts of the world, there are still men who have inherited entire countries from their families, or blatantly rig elections to stay in power. Like latter-day Roman Emperors,...

All I Want for Christmas is a collection of heart warming short stories written by some of Ireland’s bestselling authors, all of whom are donating their royalties to Barnardos. Some of Ireland’s top women fiction writers come together in this collection of humourous, witty, sad, charming...

So you have decided to stop smoking! What an absolutely excellent decision!  But do you know that there is a secret to stopping?  Once you are taught this secret you will have at your disposal all the power, knowledge, skills and tools you need to become a lifetime ex-smoker! You will find...

In Life Is a Funny Business Alan Shatter revisits his early life experiences and explores how he was shaped and influenced by them. For the first time he describes the tragedy and comedy in his family history and background, depicted through the lens of an Irish Jewish boy growing up in 1950s...

"We were swill. We weren't even piglets. We were the foul slop that farmers feed to pigs, animals that will eat absolutely anything. Did he hate us so much that only the foulest image would do?" Cora Coleman was born into a house of violence and fear in a small town in Ireland. Her...

We Irish love our sport and we also love a flutter. We all want to ‘Beat the Bookies’, to experience the joy of winning money and having our judgement vindicated. John Duggan, who has been putting his neck on the line every week for eight years by tipping on national radio, guides you through...

The rise and rise of the Tyrone football team to the very top of the GAA pile over the last decade has been astounding. And it has been interwoven with the soaring fortunes of their charismatic manager, Mickey Harte. Here, for the first time, Harte tells his full story, from his early years...

The face of RTÉ’s No Frontiers, Kathryn Thomas is Ireland’s best-known globetrotter. Stepping off the beaten track, here she travels to such exotic locations as Antarctica, Papua New Guinea, Ethiopia, Mali, Venezuela, Outback Australia and the Himalayas. Kathryn’s encounters with these...

Bouncer Brian Fitzgerald was murdered by members of Limerick’s notorious McCarthy-Dundon gang – because he refused to allow drugs to be sold inside a nightclub. Drug addict Sinead Kelly was stabbed to death – because she couldn’t pay off an €800 debt. Denis Donaldson was shot dead in a remote...

Football mad, twelve- year- old Dan is a trusted messenger for Ireland’s rebel leader, Michael Collins. He promises his cousin Molly to never fire a gun, but after the dramatic events of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Croke Park, he is pulled deeper into the struggle. Hunted by a vengeful Intelligence Officer,...

When a swan lands in the yard of Rosaleen McAvady’s home on Lough Swilly, it is trapped by its narrow confines and cannot escape. She  asks her elderly neighbour, Tom Mundy, for help, and unwittingly sets off a chain of events that will have far-reaching repercussions. After a brief career...