The O Brien Press: 308 books
Arkle
The Legend of 'Himself'
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
In 1964, Arkle's first-place finish in the Cheltenham Gold Cup was the first big win by Ireland's most celebrated racehorse: the horse by which all others are measured. Fifty years on from the start of his incredible career - which included wins in the Cheltenham Gold Cup (three times), Irish...
Mother From Hell
Two Brothers, a Sadistic Mother, a Childhood Destroyed.
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Kenneth and Patrick Doyle grew up in a family of nine children in Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
Though the home was dysfunctional and all the children suffered at the hands of their parents, Kenneth and Patrick were singled out for horrific abuse at the hands of their mother.
Starved, beaten...
The Bloodied Field
Croke Park. Sunday 21 November 1920
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
On the morning of 21 November 1920, Jane Boyle walked to Sunday Mass in the church where she would be married five days later. That afternoon she went with her fiancé to watch Tipperary and Dublin play a Gaelic football match at Croke Park. Across the city fourteen men lay dead in their beds after...
A Hollow in the Hills
Try to outrun the fear
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Something is stirring beneath Dubh Linn.
When an ancient and forbidden power is unleashed, Izzy, who is still coming to terms with her newfound powers, must prevent a war from engulfing Dublin and the fae realm of Dubh Linn. But by refusing to sacrifice Jinx – fae warrior and her ‘not-really-ex’...
Trading Paces
From Rat Race to Hen Run
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Does this ring any bells? Mortgaged to the hilt, rising at 5.30 to commute across three counties to jobs in Dublin, fed-up, bleary-eyed and only in your thirties?
Michael Kelly and his wife were classic Celtic Cubs. Then they simplified, down-sized, opted out. Now they live happily in a leaky...
Roger Casement
16Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him.
Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation into atrocities in the Congo led Casement to anti-Imperialist...
Tales From the Home Farm
Live More, Spend Less, Grow Your Own Food
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Turn the doom and gloom into a better, more enjoyable way of living.
Want to eat better, save money, work those muscles without the treadmill, know where your food comes from? This could be the new, recession-proof you! Five years ago Michael Kelly chucked in the corporate life to try his hand at...
Gangland
The Shocking Exposé of the Criminal Underworld
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Number 1 Bestseller
Paul Williams is Ireland's No. 1 award-winning crime reporter, famed for exposing the ruthless gangsters behind Irish crime. In Gangland! he investigates who is pulling the strings behind the scenes - the families that form the Irish mafia - and examines the way in which...
Enemy of the Empire
Life as an International Undercover IRA Activist
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Written in prison in South Africa, Ireland and the United States, Enemy of the Empire was originally a device for keeping sane in a situation of extreme boredom and oppression.
A trained aviation engineer, up-to-date with the latest technology, Eamon McGuire worked in countries that were extricating...
In The Name of Jaysus!
Stuff That Drives Irish People Round the Feckin' Bend
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
Ever lose the head when the country grinds to a halt after two centimetres of snow?
Do the parish-pump politicians, perennially pathetic health services and practically useless road signs drive you to drink?
Are all these and a million other maddening quirks of Irish society sapping...
Joe Cahill
A Life in the IRA
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
'I was born in a united Ireland, I want to die in a united Ireland.'
Born in Belfast in 1920, Joe Cahill has been an IRA man motivated by this ambition all his life. IRA activists rarely speak about their lives or their organisation, but here Cahill gives his full and frank story, his viewpoint,...
by Erika McGann
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
Cass and her best friends, Lex and Nicholas, are the Bubble Street Gang! They investigate crimes, solve mysteries and have brilliant adventures. They’ve even got their own secret clubhouse.
After the annoying baby twins demolish the fort Cass has built in the sitting room, she has the great...
Festival Fever
The Irish at Cheltenham
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
It is said the land level of Ireland rises a few feet every March because so many people have left for the National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham.
English-Irish rivalry at this pinnacle of jump racing has always been keen but it has risen to new levels in the 21st Century, with many Irish winners...
by Mervyn Jess
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Born out of bloodshed, sustained by sectarianism and shrouded in secrecy, the Orange Order is one of the most abiding and controversial religion-based organisations in Europe, if not the world. A Catholic cannot join: its doors are open only to those who profess Protestantism.
BBC journalist...