Books Ireland - Full Publication Record: 1996

  • Dublines. ed. Katie Donovan and Brendan Kennelly. Bloodaxe. 320pp. Stg£10.95 pb 1-85224-257-4. (hb Stg£25 -256-6). Feb. 1996.
  • Scratches on the Wall. Pen Friends. Tholsol Publications, Sarsfield Cottage, Sarsfield Barracks, Limerick. 94pp. NPG pb 1-900451-00-1. Feb. 1996.
  • Women on Women and on age, beauty, love, men, marriage […] A. Dillon-Malone. Macmillan. 240pp. Stg£5.99 pb 0-333-64265-1. Feb. 1996.
  • Michael Scott Architect in (casual) conversation with Dorothy Walker. ed. John O’Regan and Nicola Dearey. Gandon Editions. 253pp. £25 0-946641-51-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Yellow Man. Pauline Bewick. Wolfhound Press. 80pp. £12.99 pb 26 x 21 cm 0-86327-448-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Bonfires on the Hillside: an eyewitness account of political upheaval in Northern Ireland. James Kelly. Fountain Publishing (?NI). 239pp., 12 of photos. Stg£7.95 pb 0-9525565-0-2. The Memoirs of Mrs Leeson, Madam: 1727-1797. ed. Mary Lyons. Lilliput. 296pp. £12 pb 1-874675-52-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Whatever It Takes. Jim Stynes. Celebrity Publishing, Australia (Irish distrib. Mercier Press). 224pp., 16 of colour plates. £9.99 / A$19.95 pb 1-875481-40-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Cities of David: the life of David Norris. Victoria Freedman. Basement. 200pp., 8 of photos. £7.99 pb 1-85594-161-9. Feb. 1996.
  • James Clarence Mangan. Ellen Shannon-Mangan. Irish Academic Press. 515pp., 24 of plates. £35 0-7165-2558-5. Feb. 1996.
  • Ómos do Eoghan Ó Comhraí. ed. Pádraig Ó Fiannachta. An Sagart, An Daingean. 192pp. £9 1-870684-57-5. Feb. 1996.
  • Paddy Mullins: the master of Doninga. Peter O’Neill and Sean Boyne. Mainstream. 224pp., 16 of photos. Stg£14.99 1-85158-748-9. Feb. 1996.
  • Thunderbolt: his life and times 1963-1995. Pat Lyne. Author at Combe Cottage, Presteigne, Powys LD8 2LH. 32pp. Stg£4.50 brochure 0-9509674-4-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Yeats Sisters: a biography of Susan and Elizabeth Yeats. Joan Hardwick. Pandora. 271pp., 16 of photos. Stg£8.99 pb 0-04-440924-9. Feb. 1996.
  • Flóra Chorca Dhuibhne / Aspects of the Flora of Corca Dhuibhne. Máirín Uí Chonchubhair; photos Aodán Ó Conchúir. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne, Baile an Fheirtéaraigh. 288pp. £20 0-906096-07-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Celtic Myths and Legends. Michael Foss. Michael O’Mara. 255pp. Stg£15.99 1-85479-695-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Festival of Brigit, Celtic Goddess and Holy Woman. Séamas Ó Catháin. DBA Publications, 56 Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin. 206pp. £17.50 pb 0-9159692-2-6 (hb £22.50 -3-4). Feb. 1996.
  • Tallaght Two: justice delayed. Michael Heney. Gill & Macmillan. 195pp. £9.99 pb 0-7171-2322-7. Feb. 1996.
  • Thou shalt not Kill: true-life stories of Irish murders. ed. Kevin O’Connor. Gill & Macmillan. 308pp. £6.99 pb 0-7171-2371-5. Feb. 1996.
  • Achievement of Seamus Heaney. John Wilson Foster. Lilliput. 64pp. £4.99 pb 1-874675-71-6. Feb. 1996.
  • Crediting Poetry: the Nobel lecture 1995. Seamus Heaney. Gallery Press. 27pp. £5 pb 1-85235-184-5. Feb. 1996.
  • Montale’s Mestiere Vile: the elective translations from English of the 1930s and 1940s. George Talbot. Irish Academic Press. 272pp. £25 0-7165-2526-7. Feb. 1996.
  • Reader’s Guide to James Joyce. William York Tindall. Syracuse University Press. 316pp. Stg£14.50 pb 0-8156-0320-7. Feb. 1996.
  • Repossessions: selected essays on the Irish literary heritage. Seán Ó Tuama. Cork University Press. 310pp. £25 1-85918-044-2; pb £14.95 -045-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Tree of Life. Aidan Meehan. Thames & Hudson. 160pp. Stg£5.95 pb 0-500-27827-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Ninety Years of Technical Education in an Irish Maritime Town: the story of Arklow Community College 1905-1995. Noel O’Cleirigh. Arklow Community College. 92pp. £4 brochure 0-9526765-0-8. Feb. 1996.
  • Politics of Irish Education 1920-65. Sean Farren. Institute of Irish Studies (QUB). 308pp. Stg£16.50 0-85389-595-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Sex Lines: open communication on relationships, sexuality and social issues. Aidan Herron. Poolbeg. 207pp. £4.99 pb 1-85371-546-8. Feb. 1996.
  • Touch of the Irish: wit and wisdom. Sean Desmond. Michael O’Mara. 192pp. Stg£12.99 1-85479-724-7. Feb. 1996.
  • Best of Wine in Ireland. Jacinta Delahaye. A. & A. Farmar. 272pp. £6.99 pb 1-899047-08-5. Feb. 1996.
  • Irish Country House Cooking: the Blue Book recipe collection. Georgina Campbell. Wolfhound. 109pp. £9.99 pb 0-86327-519-2. Feb. 1996.
  • Aspail ar Son na Gaeilge: timirí Chonradh na Gaeilge 1899-1923. Colm Ó Cearúil. Conradh na Gaeilge. 167pp. +4 of photos. £5 pb. Feb. 1996.
  • Dante and the Middle Ages: literary and historical essays. ed. John C. Barnes and Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin. Irish Academic Press. 319pp. £25 0-7165-2527-5. Feb. 1996.
  • Germany from Napoleon to Bismarck 1800-1866. Thomas Nipperdey. Gill & Macmillan. 768pp. £50 0-7171-1679-4. Feb. 1996.
  • Miasma: epidemic and panic in nineteenth century Ireland. Joseph Robins. Institute of Public Administration. 277pp. £7.99 pb 1-872002-82-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Irish Banking Revolution. Peggy Quinn et al. Bank of Ireland. 42pp. NPG brochure. Feb. 1996.
  • Cavan: essays on the history of an Irish county. ed. Raymond Gillespie. Irish Academic Press. 240pp. £14.95 pb 0-7165-2554-2 (hb £19.95 -2553-4). Feb. 1996.
  • County Clare: a history and topography. Samuel Lewis. Clasp Press, Library Headquarters, Ennis. 159pp. £15 1-900545-00-4 (edn ltd to 1000 copies of which we have No. 917). Feb. 1996.
  • Mid-Connacht: the ancient territory of Sliabh Lugha. Máire McDonnell-Garvey. Drumlin Publications. 208pp. £8.99 pb 1-873437-12-9. Feb. 1996.
  • Irish Civil War: an illustrated history. Helen Litton. Wolfhound Press. 160pp., 8 of colour plates. £6.99 pb 0-86327-480-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Northern Ireland in the Second World War. Brian Barton. Ulster Historical Foundation. 172pp. Stg£7.95 pb 25 x 19 cm 0-901905-69-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Behind the Garden Wall: a history of capital punishment in Belfast. Steven Moore. Greystone. 206pp. Stg£6.95 pb 1-870157-26-5. Feb. 1996.
  • Oileáin agus Oileánaigh. ed. Pádraig Ó Fiannachta. An Sagart. 73pp., 4 of plates. NPG pb 1-870684-54-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Ordinary Lives: the private lives of three generations of Ireland’s professional classes. Tony Farmar. A. & A. Farmar. 248pp. £8.99 pb 1-899047-10-7. Feb. 1996.
  • Religion, Class and Identity: the state, the Catholic Church and the education of the Irish in Britain. Mary J. Hickman. Avebury. 297pp. Stg£37.50 1-85628-534-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Ireland: an encyclopedia for the bewildered. K. S. Daly. Ten Speed Press, PO Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707. 176pp. $7.95 pb 0-89815-749-8. Feb. 1996.
  • Terry Wogan’s Bumper Book of Togs. BBC Books. 112pp. Stg£7.99 0-563-38735-1. Feb. 1996.
  • Trading Faces. Tom Halliday. Lookbooks, Sutherland Centre, Skibbereen, Co Cork, tel. 028-22408. 94pp. NPG pb 14 x 21 cm (wide) 0-9526971-0-6. Feb. 1996.
  • Language in History: theories and texts. Tony Crowley. Routledge. 223pp. Stg£12.99 pb 0-415-07245-X (hb Stg£37.50 -07244-1). Feb. 1996.
  • Road Traffic Law, 2nd edition. Robert Pierse. Butterworths. 775pp. £55 1-85475-142-5. Feb. 1996.
  • Affirmative Action in a Sectarian Society: fair employment in Northern Ireland. John Edwards. Avebury. 138pp. Stg£32.50 1-85972-200-8. Feb. 1996.
  • Century of Northern Life: The Irish News and 100 years of Ulster history 1890s-1990s. ed. Eamon Phoenix. Ulster Historical Foundation. 240pp. Stg£10.95 pb 25 x 18 cm 0-901905-70-4. Feb. 1996.
  • Crying in the Wilderness. Jack Sayers: a liberal editor in Ulster 1939-69. Andrew Gailey. Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s University of Belfast. 187pp. Stg£16.50 0-85389-540-6. Feb. 1996.
  • Drawing Support 2: murals of war and peace. Bill Rolston. Beyond the Pale Publications. 72pp. Stg£9.95 21 x 21 cm 0-9514229-7-9. Feb. 1996.
  • Seeing is Believing? murals in Derry. Oona Woods. Guildhall Press. 56pp. Stg£6.95 pb 21 x 24 cm 0-946451-31-1. Feb. 1996.
  • Fathers, Sons, Unholy Ghost. V. J. Daswani. Robert Hale. 318pp. Stg£16.99 0-7090-5765-2. Feb. 1996.
  • One Night in the Life of R V Mulrooney. P. J. Curtis. Poolbeg. 268pp. £5.99 pb original 1-85371-540-9. Feb. 1996.
  • Kissing the Orange. Jonathan O’Brien. Horseshoe Books (distrib. Brookside). 219pp. £4.99 pb 0-9526869-0-2. Feb. 1996.
  • Movie. Louise Bagshawe. Orion. 377pp. Stg£9.99 pb 0-75280-116-3 (h -1-85797-688-8 NPG). Feb. 1996.
  • Philippa’s Folly. Louise Couper. Poolbeg. 282pp. £4.99 pb 1-85371-543-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Sky. Deirdre Purcell. Town House in assocn with Macmillan. 429pp. £15.99 1-86059-010-1. Feb. 1996.
  • Survival. Heather Ingman. Poolbeg. 304pp. £5.99 pb original 1-85371-544-1. Feb. 1996.
  • Farewell to Prague. Desmond Hogan. Faber. 253pp. Stg£5.99 pb 0-571-17428-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Love Test. Hugo Hamilton. Faber. 205pp. Stg£5.99 pb 0-571-17184-2. Feb. 1996.
  • Run of the Country. Shane Connaughton. Penguin. 251pp. Stg£5.99 pb 0-14-024250-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Sunrise with Sea Monster. Neil Jordan. Vintage. 191pp. Stg£5.99 pb 0-09-958551-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Father Browne’s Australia. E. E. O’Donnell. Wolfhound 112pp. £19.99 25 x 25cm 0-86327-443-9. Feb. 1996.
  • Father Browne’s Cork: people and places 1912-1954. E. E. O’Donnell. Wolfhound 96pp. £19.99 25 x 25cm 0-86327-489-7. Feb. 1996.
  • Legendary Ireland. Tom Kelly; text Peter Somerville-Large. Town House, Ireland, and Roberts Rinehart, USA. 156pp. £19.99 25 x 26 cm 0-946172-52-8 (USA: 1-57098-048-9). Feb. 1996.
  • O’Neill. Thomas Kilroy. Gallery Books. 72pp. £5.95 pb 1-85235-163-2 (hb £11.95 -164-0). Feb. 1996.
  • Berlin Wall Café. Paul Durcan. Harvill 70pp. Stg£6.99 pb 1-86046-088-7. Feb. 1996.
  • Birthway. Colm Corless. Cló-Iar-Chonnachta. 41pp. £4 pb 1-874700-04-4. Feb. 1996.
  • Bonfire Makers. Martin Mooney. Dedalus. 24pp. £4.95 pb 1-873790-83-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Comaitéir. Lorcán S. Ó Treasaigh. Coiscéim. 45pp. £4 pb. Feb. 1996.
  • Distribution of Bodies. Jacques Rancourt; transl. John F. Deane. Dedalus. 87pp. £6.96 pb 1-873790-81-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Dublin, Wicklow: songs, poetry and the craic. Dermot O’Grady. Author at 8 Poddle Park, Kimmage, Dublin 12. 72pp. £3.50 brochure. Feb. 1996.
  • Elegies. James Simmons. Sotto Voce Press, Maynooth, Co Kildare. 56pp. £4.95 pb 1-873986-05-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Facing South. Patrick Gallagher. Cló Iar-Chonnachta. 81pp. £5 pb 1-874700-53-2. Feb. 1996.
  • Lampion and his Bandits: literature of the Cordel in Brazil. Augustus Young. Menard Press, 8 The Oaks, Woodwide Avenue, London N12 8AR. 79pp. Stg£6.99 pb 1-874320-03-9. Feb. 1996.
  • Ledger of Fruitful Exchange. Peter Sirr. Gallery Books. 91pp. £6.95 pb 1-85235-174-8 (hb £11.95 -175-6). Feb. 1996.
  • No More Me and other poems. Alain Bosquet. Dedalus. 159pp. £7.95 pb 1-873790-80-5. Feb. 1996.
  • O Westport in the Light of Asia Minor. Paul Durcan. Harvill 86pp. Stg£6.99 pb 1-86046-087-9. Feb. 1996.
  • Quartet. ed. Maureen Charlton and Brian MacGuigan. Swan Press, 32 Joy Street, Dublin 4, tel. 01-660-7254. 46pp. £5 pb 0-9521342-3-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Rosa Mundi. Theo Dorgan. Salmon. 91pp. £6.99 pb 1-897648-64-2. Feb. 1996.
  • Steals Trash. Rami Okasha. Lemur Books, 74 Donscourt, Bishopstown, Cork. 16pp. £1 brochure. 0-9526986-0-9. Feb. 1996.
  • New Ireland: quest for peace and progress. ed. John Cooney and Tony McGarry. Humbert Publications, 34 Eaton Square, Dublin 6W, tel/fax 01-490-3963. 204pp. £7.95 pb 0-9527334-0-4. Feb. 1996.
  • Social Exclusion, Social Inclusion. Robin Wilson et al. Democratic Dialogue, 5 University Street, Belfast BT7 1FY, fax 01232-232228. 100pp. Stg£7.50 (to institutions Stg£10, unwaged Stg£4.50) pb 20 x 21 cm 1-900281-01-5 (-00-7 on title verso). Feb. 1996.
  • Administration Yearbook and Diary 1996. ed. Jim O’Donnell and Tony McNamara. Institute of Public Administration. 481pp., 144pp. diary. £37 25 x 17 cm 1-872002-18-8 ISSN 0073-9596. Feb. 1996.
  • Canon Law letter and spirit: a practical guide to the code of Canon Law. Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Veritas. 1086pp. £65 (£55 until 29 Feb.) 1-85390-290-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Miracle of Charismatic Healing. Andy O’Neill. Mercier Press. 192pp. £6.99 pb 1-85635-136-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Tíreolaíocht Ghníomhach 2. Richard Moles. An Gúm. 286pp. £8 pb 22 x 23 cm 1-85791-014-1. Feb. 1996.
  • Dublin Where the Palm Trees Grow. Hugo Hamilton. Faber. 142pp. Stg£8.99 pb original 0-571-17693-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Island Graveyard and other tales. Anne Byrne. Author at 18 Millwood Villas, Dublin 5. 46pp. £2 A4 stab stitched. Feb. 1996.
  • Miracle Shed. Philip McCann. Faber. 182pp. Stg£5.99 pb 0-517-17323-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Trátaí Úra! Diarmaid Ó Tuama. Coiscéim. 85pp. £3 pb. Feb. 1996.
  • Championship 1995, football and hurling: the complete record. Brian Carthy. Wolfhound Press. 189pp., 12 of colour photos. £7.99 pb 0-86327-516-8. Feb. 1996.
  • Come on the Banner! Introduction by Seamus Hayes. Gill & Macmillan. 96pp. NPG pb 24 x 19 cm 0-7171-2442-8. Feb. 1996.
  • Howth a centenary of sailing. W. M. Nixon. Howth Yacht Club. 543pp., 32 of col. plates £37.50 (PB £25) 0-9527144-0-X. Feb. 1996.
  • McIlvanney on Horseracing. Hugh McIlvanney. Mainstream. 255pp. Stg£14.99 1-85158-733-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Capital Acquisitions Tax. Brian Bohan. Butterworths. 876pp. £75 1-85475-607-1. Feb. 1996.
  • Irish Income Tax: 1995-96 edition. Norman E. Judge. Butterworths. 2095pp. £90 1-85475-740-7. Feb. 1996.
  • Tax Acts 1995-96. ed. Alan Moore. Butterworths. 1904pp. £75 1-85475-114-X. Feb. 1996.
  • Capital Tax Acts 1995-96. ed. Tom Boland and Alan Moore. Butterworths. 707pp. £65 1-85475-119-0. Feb. 1996.
  • VAT Acts 1995-96. ed. Alan Moore. Butterworths. 709pp. £65 1-85475-1-9-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Tax Guide 1995-96. ed. Susan Keegan. Butterworths. 1532pp. £60 pb 1-85475-735-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Camchuairt Calypso. Conor Ó Riain. Práta. 93pp. NPG pb. Feb. 1996.
  • Imigh Leat . Dónal Mac Suibhne. Coiscéim. 88pp. £3 pb. Feb. 1996.
  • Last Days of the Romanovs. Michael Mullen. Poolbeg. 232pp. £3.99 pb 1-85371-520-4. Feb. 1996.
  • Searching for the Green. Mary Arrigan. Attic. 142pp. £4.99 pb 1-85594-122-8. Feb. 1996.
  • Anna’s Dream. Vonnie Banville Evans. Poolbeg. 143pp. £2.99 pb 1-85371-645-6. Feb. 1996.
  • Christmas Treasury for Children. ed. Rose Doyle. Marino. 160pp. £9.99 1-86023-035-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Daoine agus Déithe. Áine Ní Ghlinn, illus. Finbarr O’Connor. An Gúm. 82pp. £2.50 pb 1-85791-166-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Dark Sailor of Youghal. Patricia Lynch. Poolbeg 203pp. £3.99 pb 1-85371-517-4. Feb. 1996.
  • Drawing Made Easy. Terry Myler. The Children’s Press. 48pp. £3.95 pb 20 x 29 cm (wide) 0-947962-94-8. Feb. 1996.
  • Jenny Wren. Angela O’Hara. Basement. 126pp. £3.99 pb 1-85594-147-3. Feb. 1996.
  • Mystery of Monk Island. Gordon Snell. Poolbeg 154pp. £3.50 pb 1-85371-551-4. Feb. 1996.
  • Siege of Earth III. Dominick Tobin. Poolbeg. 94pp. £2.99 pb 1-85371-482-8. Feb. 1996.
  • Treasury of Irish Stories. ed. James Riordan. Kingfisher. 160pp. Stg£3.99 pb 1-85697-336-0. Feb. 1996.
  • Murder Most Irish. ed. Ed Gorman et al. Mercier Press. 604pp. £9.99 1-85635-135-1. Anthologies. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Index to the Newtownards Chronicle 1901-1939. Kenneth Robinson. South Eastern Education and Library Board, Ballynahinch, Co Down BT24 8DH. Very numerouspp.. Stg£5 inc. postage in NI. 30 x 21 cm plastic comb binding. 0-9509047-7-5. Archives. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Ar Seachrán. Tomás Ó Cinnéide. An Sagart. 154pp. £5 pb 1-870684-58-3. Autobio. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Strings are False: an unfinished autobiography. Louis MacNeice. Faber. 288pp. Stg£7.99 pb 0-571-11832-1. Autobiog. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Louis MacNeice. Jon Stallworthy. Faber. 572pp. Stg£12.99 0-571-17687-9. Biography. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Celtic Latin Tradition of Biblical Style. David Howlett. Four Courts Press. 400pp. £35 1-85182-143-0. Celtica. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Louis MacNeice: a critical study. Edna Longley. Faber. 178pp. Stg£7.99 pb 0-571-13748-2. Criticism. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. ed. Robert Welch. Clarendon Press. 644pp. Stg£25 0-19-866158-4. Criticism. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Women Creating Women: contemporary Irish women poets. Patricia Boyle Haberstroh. Attic Press.262pp. £15.99 pb 1-85594-173-2. Criticism. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Ireland in Love. Anthony Bluett. Mercier. 95pp. £5.99 pb 1-85635-139-4. Folklore. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • L’Irlande ou les musiques de l’âme. ed. Pierre Joannon for Artus. Éditions Ouest-France, 13 rue du Breil, Rennes. 206pp. NPG pb 30 x 21 cm 2-7373-1890-4. Gift books. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Best Walks in Ireland. David Marshall. Constable. 386pp. Stg£9.95 in flexible plastic, 17 x 11 cm 0-09-472470-9. Guides. 69.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Decline of the Celtic Languages: a study of linguistic and cultural conflict in Scotland, Wales and Ireland from the Reformation to the twentieth century. Victor Edward Durkacz. John Donald, Edinburgh. 272pp. Stg£16 pb 0-85976-428-1 (hb -090-1). History. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Early Medieval Ireland 400-1200. Dáibhí Ó Cróinín. Longman. 397pp. Stg£48 0-582-01566-9; pb Stg£15.99 -01565-0. History. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Estate Records of the Irish Famine: a second guide to famine archives, 1840-1855. Andrés Eiríksson and Cormac Ó Gráda. Irish Famine Network, 192 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. 80pp. £4.50 pb 0-9522588-1-1. History. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Homeopathy in the Irish potato famine. Francis Treuherz. Samuel Press, 18 The Avenue, London NW6 7YD. 144pp. Stg£10.95 pb 0-9526451-0-6. History. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Military History of Ireland. ed. Thomas Bartlett and Keith Jeffery. Cambridge University Press. 565pp. Stg£40 0-521-41599-3. History. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Four Roads to Dublin ; the history of Ranelagh, Rathmines and Leeson Street. Deirdre Kelly. O’Brien Press. 256pp. £19.95 0-86278-423-9. Hist. local. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Lest we Forget: Kildare and the Great Famine. Various. Kildare County Council, Newbridge. 106pp. £4.99 pb 25 x 18 cm 0-9520013-2-2. Hist. local. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Rathcline: pathways to the past. ed. Sean Cahill and Jimmy Casey. Rathcline Heritage Society, Lanesboro, Co Longford. 320pp. £10 0-9527173-0-1. Hist. local. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Botany Bay: the story of the convicts transported from Ireland to Australia, 1791-1853. Con Costello. Mercier Press. 172pp. £7.99 pb 0-85342-808-5. Hist. popular. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • How the Irish Saved Civilization. Thomas Cahill. Sceptre. 246pp. £6.99 0-340-63787-0. Hist. popular. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Rivalry and Conflict. Austin Logan and Kathleen Gormley. Colourpoint. 64pp. Stg£5.50 pb 26 x 20 cm (wide) 1-898392-12-9. Hist. schools. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Rebel Hearts: journeys within the IRA’s soul. Kevin Toolis. Picador. 400pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-330-34648-2. Insurgency. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Irish Competition Law Reports. Noel J. Travers and Peter Byrne. Baikonur, Delgany PO, Co Wicklow, tel. & fax 088-557584. 584pp., intro and contents, articles, listing tables and headnotes. Subscription £175 for 10 issues, index. Ring binder in boards. 1-899794-04-2; ISSN 1393-1563. Law. 71.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Earning Your Living from Home. Patricia O’Reilly. Marino. 189pp. £7.99 pb 1-86023-020-2. Lifeskills. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Loved and Lost: the journey through dying, death and bereavement. John Quinlan. Columba Press. 105pp. £4.99 pb 1-85607-132-4. Lifeskills. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Love’s Journey: the seasons and stages of relationship. Michael Gurian. Gill & Macmillan. 303pp. £9.99 pb 0-7171-2415-0. Lifeskills. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Mortally Wounded: stories of soul pain, death and healing. Michael Kearney. Marino. 191pp. £9.99 pb 1-860023-033-4. Lifeskills. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Family Finance 96/97 edn. Colm Rapple. Squirrel Press. 270pp. £5.95 pb 23 x 19 cm ISSN 0790-9683. Money. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Personal Finance 1996/1997 edition. Gail Seekamp. Oak Tree Press. 320pp. £7.99 pb 1-86076-020-1. Money. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Irish DAGDAD Guitar Book. Sarah McQuaid. Ossian Publications. 96pp. £8.95 pb 30 x 21cm 0-946005-93-1 (Cassette available, £5.99). Music. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Enemies and Passing Friends: settler ideologies in twentieth century Ulster. Pamela Clayton. Pluto Press. 275pp. Stg£14.95 pb 0-7453-1010-9; hb £45 -1011-7. North. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Entertainment Bomb. Colin Bennett. New Futurist Books. 288pp. Stg£7.99 pb 1-899690-01-8. Novels. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • For Better, For Worse. Mary A. Larkin. Piatkus. 368pp. Stg£16.99 0-7499-0338-4. Novels. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Longest Fraud. Maggie Gibson. Poolbeg. 256pp. £4.99 pb 1-85371-549-2. Novels. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Unholy Ghosts. Ita Daly. Bloomsbury. 255pp. Stg£14.99 0-7475-2448-3. Novels. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Pope Patrick. Peter de Rosa. Poolbeg. 411pp. £5.99 pb 1-85371-547-6. Novels reiss. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Summer’s End. Mary Ryan. Headline. 478pp. Stg£5.99 pb 0-7472-5129-0. Novels reiss. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Dorothea Lange’s Ireland. Gerry Mullins. Aurum Press. 120pp. Stg£19.95 25 x 25 cm 1-85410-411-X. Photographs. 72.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Dazzling Dark: new Irish plays. ed. Frank McGuinness. Faber. 323pp. Stg£9.99 pb 0-571-17770-0. Text of Danti-Dan by Gina Moxley, A Picture of Paradise by Jimmy Murphy, Good Evening, Mr Collins by Tom Mac Intyre and Portia Coughlan by Maria Carr. Plays. 74.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Racine’s Phaedra. Derek Mahon. Gallery Books. 64pp. £5.95 pb 1-85235-165-9; hb £11.95 -166-7. Plays 74.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Salome. Oscar Wilde with Under the Hill. Aubrey Beardsley. Creation Books, UK (distrib. Turnaround). 123pp. Stg£7.95 pb 1-871592-12-7. Plays. 74.96 Mar. 1996.
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  • Children in Lent: a resource book for home, school and parish. Anne Marie Lee. Columba. 91pp. £5.99 pb 1-85607-160-X. Religion. 74.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Living the Word: reflections on the gospels of the three-year cycle. Tom Clancy. Columba. 217pp. £8.99 pb 1-85607-156-1. Religion. 74.96 Mar. 1996.
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  • Handsome Men are Slightly Sunburnt. Frank Ronan. Sceptre. 217pp. Stg£8.99 pb 0-340-66074-0. Short stories. 74.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Pancho and Lefty Ride out. Cónal Creedon. Collins Press. 104pp. £5.95 pb 1-898256-06-3. Short stories. 74.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Tórramh an Bhardail agus Scéalta Eile. Cóil Learaí Ó Finneadha. An Gúm. 85pp. £4 pb 1-85791-117-2. Short stories. 74.96 Mar. 1996.
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  • AIB Book of the Recordmakers of Gaelic Games. Owen McCann. Oisin Publications, 4 Iona Drive, Dublin 9. 125pp. £8.99 1-898140-06-5; pb £4.99 no ISBN given. Sport 75.96 Mar. 1996.
  • Best Irish Humorous Quotations. Des MacHale. Mercier Press. 88pp. £5.99 pb 1-85635-138-6. April 1996.
  • Tara: a select bibliography (Discovery Programme Reports 3). Edel Bhreathnach. Royal Irish Academy. 183pp. £9.95 30 x 21 cm 1-874045-35-6. April 1996.
  • Ogham: an Irish alphabet. Críostóir Mag Fhearaigh, illus. Tim Stampton. Cló Iar-Chonnachta. 60pp. £4.99 pb 1-874700-43-5. April 1996.
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  • Red Doran: the story of a Derryman. John Doran. Blackstaff Press. 245pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-85640-573-6. April 1996.
  • Edmund Rice 1762-1844. Dáire Keogh. Four Courts Press. 126pp. £6.95 pb 1-85182-211-9. April 1996.
  • Enduring the Most: the life and death of Terence MacSwiney. Francis J. Costello. Brandon. 253pp., 8 of photos. £9.99 pb 0-86322-220-X. April 1996.
  • Collins Gem Famous Irish Lives. Carol P. Shaw. HarperCollins. 255pp. Stg£3.99 pb 12 x 8 cm 0-00-470940-3. April 1996.
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  • Peculiar Man: a life of George Moore. Tony Gray. Sinclair-Stevenson. 352pp., 8 of plates. Stg£20 1-85619-578-3. April 1996.
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  • W. B. Yeats: man and poet. A. Norman Jeffares. Gill & Macmillan. 348pp. £12.99 pb 0-7171-2386-5. April 1996.
  • Book of Durrow: a medieval masterpiece at Trinity College Dublin. Bernard Meehan. Town House. 94pp. £9.99 pb 25 x 19 cm 1-86059-006-3. April 1996.
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  • Passing the Time in Ballymenone: culture and history of an Ulster community. Henry Glassie. Indiana University Press, distrib. Open University Press. 872pp. Stg£21.99 pb 0-253-20987-0; hb Stg£46.95 -32921-3. April 1996.
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  • Irish Family Food. Ruth Isabel Ross. Gill & Macmillan. 105pp. £5.99 pb 0-7171-2405-3. April 1996.
  • Tracing your Donegal Ancestors. Godfrey F. Duffy. Flyleaf Press. 94pp. £7 pb 0-9508466-6-X. April 1996.
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  • Ireland This Century. ed. Tony Gray. Warner Books. 383pp. Stg£7.99 pb 0-7515-1391-1. April 1996.
  • Saint Patrick’s People: a new look at the Irish. Tony Gray. Little, Brown. 255pp. Stg£16.99 0-316-87712-3. April 1996.
  • Exile of Ireland: Hugh O Neill, prince of Ulster. Micheline Kerney Walsh. Four Courts Press. 154pp. £6.95 pb 1-85182-234-8. April 1996.
  • Fearful Realities: new perspectives on the famine. ed. Chris Morash and Richard Hayes. Irish University Press. 180pp. £12.95 pb 0-7165-2566-6; hb £30 - 2565-8. April 1996.
  • Ireland and the League of Nations 1919-1946: international relations, diplomacy and politics. Michael Kennedy. Irish Academic Press. 285pp. £27.50 0-7165-2549-6. April 1996.
  • Irish Historic Towns Atlas, volume 1. ed. Anngret Simms et al. Royal Irish Academy. 88pp., 52 of maps and plates. £95 41 x 30 cm 0-874045-34-8. April 1996.
  • Maynooth: Irish Historic Towns Atlas No. 7. Arnold Horner. Royal Irish Academy. 12pp., 10 loose sheets in folder. £18 41 x 30 cm 1-874045-33-X. April 1996.
  • Necarne Castle and the Ulster Lakeland Equestrian Park. Breege McCusker. Necarne Press, Drumharvey, Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh BT94 1ET. 32pp. Stg£2 brochure 0-9521545-2-8. April 1996.
  • Sons of Ermine: a history of Brittany. Jean-Pierre Le Mat. An Clochán, 36 Fruithill Park, Béal Feirste BT11 8GE, tel. 01232-232608, fax -236517 (available in France from Distribution Breizh, BP1, F-29540, Spezet). 100pp. Stg£3.50/FF60.00 brochure 1-900286-01-7. April 1996.
  • Rekindling the Faith: how the Irish re-Christianised Europe. Sean McMahon. Mercier Press. 80pp. £5.99 pb 1-85635-143-2. April 1996.
  • Short History of Ireland. Sean McMahon. Mercier Press. 224pp. £8.99 pb 1-85635-137-8. April 1996.
  • Chord Master for guitar and keyboard. Eamonn O’Connor. Ossian Publications. 144pp. £9.95 pb 1-900428-10-5. April 1996.
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  • Veidhleadóir Óg / The Young Violinist. Úna Lawlor. Cló Iar-Chonnachta i gcomhar le Bord na Gaeilge. 74pp. £6 30 x 21 cm 1-874700-49-4. April 1996.
  • Well of Spring Water: a memoir of Packie and Micho Russell of Doolin. Michael Coady. Bellman, 29 Cláirín, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary. 40pp. £5 (overseas £6 or US$10) inc. p&p. Brochure 30 x 21 cm. April 1996.
  • Teacht na nGael go hÉirinn. Cliodna Cussen. Coiscéim. 35pp. £3 pb 21 x 30 cm (wide). April 1996.
  • Collins Gem Irish First Names. Julia Cresswell. HarperCollins. 287pp. Stg£3.50 pb 12 x 8 cm 0-00-470942-X. April 1996.
  • Nervous Peace. David McKittrick. Blackstaff Press. 174pp. Stg£10.99 pb 0-85640-575-2. April 1996.
  • Alva. Rose Doyle. Town House, Dublin, in assocn with Macmillan, London. 348pp. £15.99 1-86059-021-7. April 1996.
  • Credo: an epic tale of the dark ages. Melvyn Bragg. Sceptre. 765pp. Stg£16.99 0-340-66705-2. April 1996.
  • Emigrant Dreams. Mary Rose Callaghan. Poolbeg. 303pp. £5.99 pb 1-85371-620-0. April 1996.
  • First Time. Lara Harte. Phoenix House. 160pp. £14.99 1-897580-49-5. April 1996.
  • Iníon Keevack. Micheál Ua Ciarmhaic. An Gúm. 142pp. £5 pb 1-85791-142-3. April 1996.
  • Ordinary Miracles. Grace Wynne-Jones. Simon & Schuster. 269pp. Stg£9.99 0-684-81649-0. April 1996.
  • Poisoned Sky. Gordon Thomas. Little, Brown. 391pp. Stg£16.99 0-316-87625-9. April 1996.
  • Sad Case of Harpo Higgins. Eugene McEldowney. Heinemann. 239pp. Stg£15.99 0-434-00458-1. April 1996.
  • Songs on the Death of Children. Ronit Lentin. Poolbeg. 239pp. £5.99 pb 1-85371-625-1. April 1996.
  • Cuaifeach mo Londubh Buí. Séamas Mac Annaidh. Coiscéim. 256pp. £5 pb. April 1996.
  • Dogs Enjoy the Morning. Benedict Kiely. Wolfhound Press. 255pp. £6.99 pb 0-86327-528-1. April 1996.
  • How It Is. Samuel Beckett. John Calder. 160pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-7145-0952-3. April 1996.
  • Knight of the Flaming Heart. Michael Carson. Black Swan (Transworld). 272pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-552-99628-9. April 1996.
  • Stone of the Heart. Eugene McEldowney. Mandarin. 223pp. Stg£4.99 pb 0-7493-2174-1. April 1996.
  • Equality in Community: sexual equality in the writings of William Thompson and Anna Doyle Wheeler. Dolores Dooley. Cork University Press. 472pp. £40 1-85198-004-3; pb £14.95 -005-1. April 1996.
  • You Can Have it All. Arnold M. Patent. Gill & Macmillan. 228pp. £8.99 pb 0-7171-2425-8. April 1996.
  • Breithiúnas. Máiréad Ní Ghráda. An Gúm. 100pp. £4.95 pb 1-85791-127-X. April 1996.
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  • Higher Purchase. Rita Ann Higgins. Salmon Publishing, Knockeven, Cliffs of Moher, Co Clare, tel/fax 065-81621, e-mail salpub@iol.ie. 92pp. £5.99 pb 1-897648-98-7. April 1996.
  • Prince’s Brief Career. John W. Sexton. Cairn Mountain Publishing, Carks, Kenmare, Co Kerry, tel. 064-41610. 68pp. £5.95 pb 1-900555-00-X. April 1996.
  • Spring in Henry Street. Eva Bourke. Dedalus. 87pp. £5.95 pb 1-873790-90-2; hb £8.95 -91-0. April 1996.
  • Time and the Island. Seán Dunne. Gallery Books. 60pp. £5.95 pb 1-85235-180-2; hb £11.95 -181-0. April 1996.
  • Britain & Ireland: sovereignty and nationality. Daltún Ó Ceallaigh. Léirmheas Publications, PO Box 3278, Dublin 6 tel. 01-497-6944. 216pp. £6.60 pb 0-9518777-4-7. April 1996.
  • Women and Political Participation in Northern Ireland. Robert Lee Miller et al. Avebury. 292pp. Stg£35 1-85628-991-5. April 1996.
  • Projekt UFO: the case for man-made flying saucers. W. A. Harbinson. Boxtree. 288pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-7522-0308-8. April 1996.
  • Coping with Postnatal Depression: light at the end of the tunnel. Mary Pigot. Columba Press. 96pp. £5.99 pb 1-85607-157-X. April 1996.
  • Falling in Love with Life: an understanding of ageing. Catherine McCann. Columba Press. 106pp. £5.99 pb 1-85607-162-6. April 1996.
  • 1,500 Ceist agam Ort. Cathal Póirtéir. Mercier Press in assocn with Radio Telefís Éireann. 140pp. £5.99 pb 1-85635-142-4. April 1996.
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  • Inspioráid na hEagna. Ange S. Vlachos. Philomel Products, 1 Queen’s Gate Place Mews, London SW7 5BG. 32pp. printed on one side of cards 34 x 25 cm unbound in portfolio. NPG 1-898685-14-2. April 1996.
  • Small Christian Communities: a pastoral companion. James O’Halloran SDB. Columba Press, Ireland & Orbis Books, USA. 208pp. £6.99 pb Ireland: 1-85607-147-2, USA: 1-57075-077-7. April 1996.
  • What is Morality? the light through different windows. Donal Harrington. Columba Press. 239pp. £8.99 pb 1-85607-149-9. April 1996.
  • Innealtóireacht agus Teicneolaíocht Bhunúsach. Seán Ó Tuairisg. An Gúm. 275pp. £8.60 pb 24 x 21 cm 1-85791-165-2. April 1996.
  • Titanic. Arthur McKeown. Poolbeg. 47pp. £3.50 brochure 1-85371-516-6. April 1996.
  • God Made Sunday and other stories. Walter Macken. Brandon. 222pp. £5.95 pb 0-86322-217-X. April 1996.
  • Green Hills and other stories. Walter Macken. Brandon. 216pp. £5.95 pb 0-86322-216-1. April 1996.
  • Stranger and other stories. ed. Clement Cairns. Fish Publishing, Durrus, Bantry, Co Cork. 143pp. £5.99 pb 0-9523522-5-7. April 1996.
  • Social Mobility and Social Class in Ireland. Richard Breen and Christopher T. Whelan. Gill & Macmillan. 207pp. £14.99 pb 0-7171-2055-4. April 1996.
  • Different Lives. Jane Mitchell. Beacon (Poolbeg). 186pp. £3.99 pb 1-85371-507-7. April 1996.
  • Ecstasy and other stories. Ré Ó Laighléis. Beacon (Poolbeg). 112pp. £3.99 pb 1-85371-611-1. April 1996.
  • Iontais na hÉireann. Séamas Ó Maitiú. An Gúm. 84pp. £2.50 pb 1-85791-173-3. April 1996.
  • Tango’s Baby. Martin Waddell. Poolbeg. 189pp. £3.99 pb 1-85371-616-2 (Britain: Walker, Stg£3.99 pb 0-7445-4304-5). April 1996.
  • Emma’s Hat / Emma and Julian in the Kitchen / Julia in the Garden. Lucinda Jacob. Poolbeg. ea. 24pp. £2.99 brochure 17 x 17 cm 1-85371-513-1, -514-X and -515-8. April 1996.
  • Authors and Artists (Introduction series 2). ed. Heather Brett et al. Windows Publications. 52pp. £4 pb 0-9520242-4-1. 139.96 May 1996.
  • Extended Wings 3: Rathmines Writers. ed. Maureen Charlton and Brian MacGuigan. Swan Press, 32 Joy Street, Dublin 4. 51pp., advertisements. £4 pb 0-9521342-2-5. 139.96 May 1996.
  • God’s Architect: a life of Raymond McGrath. Donal O’Donovan. Kilbride Books. 367pp. £50 30 x 21 cm 0-948018-30-5; ltd edn 150 copies half-bound in leather £150 -31-3. 139.96 May 1996.
  • Living in the City. ed. Vivienne Brophy et al. Energy Research Group, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh Drive, Dublin 14. 95pp. £20 pb 30 x 23 cm 1-898473-30-7. 139.96 May 1996.
  • New Irish Architecture 11: AAI Awards 1996. ed. John O’Regan and Nicola Deary. Gandon Editions for AAI. 75pp. inc. advertisements. £9.50 pb 22 x 22 cm 0-946641-70-6, ISSB 0780-0578. 139.96 May 1996.
  • Zephyr: European passive cooling architectural ideas competition. ed. Dearbhla McClean et al. Energy Research Group, UCD, Richview, Clonskeagh Drive, Dublin 14. 71pp. £20 pb 30 x 23 cm 1-898473-26-9. 139.96 May 1996.
  • Art for Film. Gandon. 96pp. inc. advertisements. £4.95 pb 15 x 21 cm (wide). 139.96 May 1996.
  • Brian Kennedy: the Lagganstown prints. Peter Murray. Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork (distrib. Gandon). 32pp. £10 0-946641-73-0. 139.96 May 1996.
  • EV+A 96. ed. Paul M. O’Reilly. Gandon Editions. 100pp. £7.50 pb 22 x 22 cm 0-9517352-5-X. 139.96 May 1996.
  • National Collection of Contemporary Drawing, volume 1. ed. Paul M. O’Reilly. Limerick City Gallery of Art (distrib. Gandon). 143pp. £20 22 x 22 cm 0-946641-71-4. 139.96 May 1996.
  • Profile: Pauline Flynn. ed. John O’Regan. Gandon Editions. 48pp. £7.50 pb 22 x 22 cm 0-946641-72-2. 139.96 May 1996.
  • South Seas and a Box of Paints. Pauline Bewick. Art Books International. 144pp. Stg£24.95 23 x 28 cm (wide) 1-874044-12-0. 139.96 May 1996.
  • Tom Fitzgerald: ephemeral lexicon. Paul O’Reilly and Sheila Deegan. Project Arts Centre and Limerick City Gallery of Art (distrib. Gandon). 24pp. £3 brochure 21 x 21 cm 0-946641-68-4. 140.96 May 1996.
  • Cowslips and Chainies: a memoir of Dublin in the 1930s. Elaine Crowley. Lilliput. 176pp. £6.99 pb 1-874675-80-5. 140.96 May 1996.
  • I Call to the Eye of the Mind. Sara Hyland. Attic Press. 205pp. £12.99 pb 1-85594-148-1. 140.96 May 1996.
  • Drinking Life. Pete Hamill. Wolfhound. £280pp. £7.99 pb 0-86327-529-X. 140.96 May 1996.
  • Object Lessons: the life of the woman and the poet in our time. Eavan Boland. Vintage. 270pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-09-958061-6. 140.96 May 1996.
  • Onlooker in France. William Orpen. Parkgate Publications. 223pp. £35 ltd edn of 550 copies plus review copies 0-9523109-4-5; including special edn with hand-printed jacket, in slip case £75. 140.96 May 1996.
  • To School through the Fields / Quench the Lamp / Country Days. Alice Taylor. Brandon. 154, 173, 156pp. ea £5.99 pb 0-86322-099-1, -112-2, -168-8. 140.96 May 1996.
  • Erskine Childers. Jim Ring. John Murray. 352pp., 16 of photos. Stg£19.99 0-7195-5681-3. 140.96 May 1996.
  • Last of the Duchess. Caroline Blackwood. Picador. 240pp. Stg£5.99 pb 0-330-33948-6. 140.96 May 1996.
  • Malcolm MacDonald: bringing an end to empire. Clyde Sanger. Liverpool University Press, UK and McGill-Queen’s University Press, Canada. 528pp. NPG 0-85323-900-2. 140.96 May 1996.
  • World of Samuel Beckett, 1906-1946. Lois Gordon. Yale University Press. 250pp. Stg£19.95 0-300-06409-8. 140.96 May 1996.
  • Kilfenora Teaboy: a study of Paul Durcan. ed. Colm Tóibín. New Island. 173pp. £7.99 pb 1-874597-31-6. 141.96 May 1996.
  • Literature in Ireland: studies Irish and Anglo-Irish. Thomas MacDonagh. Relay. 223pp. £7.95 pb 0-946327-16-5. 141.96 May 1996.
  • Priestly Fictions: popular Irish novelists of the early 20th century. Catherine Candy. Wolfhound. 212pp. £12.99 pb 0-86327-334-3. 141.96 May 1996.
  • Through Irish Eyes: Australian and New Zealand images of the Irish 1788-1948. Patrick O’Farrell. Aurora Books, 300 Victoria Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121. 144pp. NPG 28 x 21 cm 1-86355-042-9. 141.96 May 1996.
  • Learning to Learn. S. A. Malone. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, London. 95pp. NPG pb 30 x 20 cm 1-874784-43-4. 141.96 May 1996.
  • Maximum Points, Minimum Panic: the essential guide to surviving exams. Kevin Flanagan. Marino. 127pp. £5.99 pb 1-86023-038-5. 141.96 May 1996.
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  • Bed and Breakfast Ireland. Elsie Dillard and Susan Causin. Appletree. 283pp. £6.99 0-86281-497-9. 142.96 May 1996.
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  • Hidden Gardens of Ireland: where to find them. Marianne Heron. Gill & Macmillan. 288pp. £9.99 pb 0-7171-2427-4. 142.96 May 1996.
  • Hill Walkers Connemara and Mayo. David Herman. Shanksmare Publications, 41 Meadow Grove, Dublin 16. 72pp. £3.50 brochure 0-9514547-3-0. 142.96 May 1996.
  • Bridgestone Irish Food Guide. John and Sally McKenna. Estragon (distrib. Gill & Macmillan). 309pp. £13.99 pb 1-874076-17-0. 142.96 May 1996.
  • Kids’ Day Out. Brídóg Ní Bhuachalla. Marino. 205pp. £8.99 pb 1-86023-016-4. 142.96 May 1996.
  • Way-marked Trails of Ireland. Michael Fewer. Gill & Macmillan. 288pp. £9.99 pb 0-7171-2386-3. 142.96 May 1996.
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  • Censorship in Ireland, 1939-1945: neutrality, politics and society. Donal Ó Drisceoil. Cork University Press. 366pp. £35 1-85918-073-6; pb £16.95 -074-4. 143.96 May 1996.
  • Dublin Burning: the Easter Rising from behind the barricades. W. J. Brennan-Whitmore. Gill & Macmillan. 184pp., 8 of photos. £9.99 pb 0-7171-2413-4. 143.96 May 1996.
  • In Time of War: Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality 1939-45. Robert Fisk. Gill & Macmillan. 653pp. £14.99 pb 0-7171-2411-8. 143.96 May 1996.
  • Inventing the American Primitive: politics, gender and the representation of native American literary traditions, 1789-1936. Helen Carr. Cork University Press. 296pp. £27.95 1-85918-098-1. 143.96 May 1996.
  • `An Irish Empire’? aspects of Ireland and the British Empire. ed. Keith Jeffery. Manchester University Press. 236pp. Stg£40 0-7190-3873-1. 143.96 May 1996.
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  • Path to Freedom. Michael Collins. Mercier Press. 153pp. £6.99 pb 1-85635-148-3. 143.96 May 1996.
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  • Donegal History & Society. ed. William Nolan, Liam Ronayne and Mairead Dunlevy. Geography. 948pp. £40 0-906602-45-9. 143.96 May 1996.
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  • Little Book of Stars. Sheila Gilheany. Appletree Press. 60pp. Stg£4.99 15 x 10 cm 0-86281-555-X. June 1996.
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  • Walk Guide: East of Ireland. David Herman and Miriam Joyce McCarthy. Gill & Macmillan. 174pp. £6.99 pb 0-7171-2428-2. June 1996.
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  • History and the Shaping of Irish Protestantism. Desmond Bowen. Peter Lang AG, Jupiterstrasse 15, CH-3000 Bern 15, Switzerland. (Supplied by Emerald Isle Books, 539 Antrim Road, Belfast BT15 3BU). 740pp. Stg£35 0-8204-2750-0. June 1996.
  • Nations and nationalisms: France, Britain, Ireland and the eighteenth-century context. ed. Michael O’Dea and Kevin Whelan. Voltaire Foundation, 99 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6JX. 388pp. NPG 0-7294-0510-9 (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 335, ISSN 0435-2866). June 1996.
  • Past Apart: studies in the history of Catholic Belfast 1850-1950. A. C. Hepburn. Ulster Historical Foundation. 271pp. Stg£9.99 pb 0-901905-72-0. June 1996.
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  • Law and the Emergence of Modern Dublin: a litigation topography for a capital city. W. N. Osborough. Irish Academic Press in assocn with the Irish Legal History Society. 249pp. £24.95 24 x 19 cm 0-7165-2583-6. June 1996.
  • Works: celebrating 150 years of Inchicore works. Gregg Ryan. Iarnród Éireann, Connolly Station, Dublin 1. 102pp., 48pp. of photos. £5.95 pb. June 1996.
  • It’s an awful world thank God! Aubrey Malone. Web Publications, 5 Eyre Street, Newbridge, Co Kildare, tel. 045-435365. 189pp. £5.95 pb 0-9528009-0-X. June 1996.
  • English Origins of Old French Literature. D. R. Howlett. Four Courts Press. 190pp. £45 1-85182-185-6. June 1996.
  • First Glossary of Hiberno-English. Lis Christensen. Odense University Press, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark. 144pp. 140.00 DKK (= c. £15) pb 87-7838-189-4. June 1996.
  • Gift of the Gab: the Irish conversation guide. Tadhg Hayes. GAB Publications, Cromane, Killorglin, Co Kerry. 74pp. £4.99 pb 18 x 13 cm 0-9527745-0-X. June 1996.
  • Irish Family Law Reports. Peter Ward and Peter Byrne. Baikonur. 127pp. £175 annual subscription for 10 parts. Ring binder in boards. 1-899794-10-7; ISSN 1393-2357. June 1996.
  • Psychiatric Detention: civil commitment in Ireland. Tom Cooney and Orla ONeill. Baikonur. 368pp. £23.95 pb 1-899794-07-7; `Kritik’ series 1. June 1996.
  • Folk Music and Dances of Ireland. Breandán Breathnach. Ossian. 160pp. NPG pb 1-900428-65-2. June 1996.
  • Last Night’s Fun: a book about Irish traditional music. Ciaran Carson. Jonathan Cape. 208pp. Stg£15.99 0-224-04141-X. June 1996.
  • Turtle Was Gone a Long Time. Volume 1: Crossing the Kedron. John Moriarty. Lilliput. 277pp. £18 1-874675-63-5. June 1996.
  • Don’t Get Mad, Get Even. Tom Coffey. Marino. 224pp. £9.99 pb 1-86023-040-7. June 1996.
  • Green Diamond. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn. Marino. 496pp. £6.99 pb 1-86023-041-5. June 1996.
  • One by One in the Darkness. Deirdre Madden. Faber. 187pp. Stg£14.99 0-571-17550-3. June 1996.
  • Rebel Heart. Padraic O’Farrell. Brandon. 317pp. £5.99 pb 0-86322-221-8. June 1996.
  • Athnuachan. Máirtín Ó Cadhain. Coiscéim. 422pp. £8 pb. June 1996.
  • Sky. Deirdre Purcell. Town House. 528pp. £5.99 pb 1-86059-022-5. June 1996.
  • Sophocles’ Antigone. Brendan Kennelly. Bloodaxe Books. 63pp. Stg£6.95 pb 1-85224-364-3. June 1996.
  • Irish Love Poems: Dánta Grá. ed. Paula J. Redes. Roberts Books, Dublin, & Hippocrene Books, New York. 146pp. £9.99/$17.50 0-7818-0396-9. June 1996.
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  • Seacláidí Van Gogh. Críostóir Ó Floinn. Coiscéim. 70pp. £4 pb. June 1996.
  • Shape of Water. Pat Boran. Dedalus. 80pp. £5.95 pb 1-873790-85-6; hb £8.95 -86-4. June 1996.
  • Soundings. Yvonne Boydell. Author at Millhill Pottery, Sandon, Nr Chelmsford, Essex CM2 7TF. 47pp. Stg£3 brochure. June 1996.
  • Dancing to History’s Tune: history, myth and politics in Ireland. Brian Walker. Institute of Irish Studies. 197pp. Stg£8.50 pb 0-85389-619-4; hb Stg£19. June 1996.
  • Church in a new Ireland. ed. Seán MacRéamoinn. Columba. 95pp. £5.99 pb 1-85607-170-7; Columba Explorations 2. June 1996.
  • Lights in Darkness: forerunners of the liturgical movement. J. D. Crichton. Columba. 176pp. £9.99 pb 1-85607-152-9. June 1996.
  • No Vipers in the Vatican: an anthology of sorts. Joseph Dunn. Columba. 332pp. £9.99 pb 1-85607-167-7. June 1996.
  • Psalm-Prayers for every mood. Kevin Lyon. Columba. 175pp. £7.99 pb 1-85607-164-2. June 1996.
  • Springs of Living Water: reflections on the message of Lourdes. John Lochran. Columba. 128pp. £4.99 pb 1085607-163-4. June 1996.
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  • ‘The Fragility of her Sex?’: medieval Irish women in their European context. ed. Christine. E. Meek and M. Katharine Simms. Four Courts Press. 208pp. £11.95 pb 1-85182-206-2 (hb £35 -172-4). June 1996.
  • Measuring Civil Service Performance. Richard Boyle. Institute of Public Administration. 103pp. £15 pb 30 x 21 cm1-872002-33-1. June 1996.
  • Saving the Dark Planet. Mary Arrigan. Attic Press. 142pp. £4.99 pb 1-85594-178-3. June 1996.
  • She Fades Away. Michael Carroll. Poolbeg Dark Shadows. 190pp. £3.99 pb 1-85371-621-9. June 1996.
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  • Austin Clarke Remembered: essays, poems and reminiscences to mark the centenary of his birth. ed. R. Dardis Clarke. The Bridge Press, 21 Pleasants Street, Dublin 8. 133pp. £12 0-9519417-7-1 limited to 200 copies of which 10 numbered and signed; pb £7.50 -2-0 (400 copies). ISBNs wrong on jacket. 247.96 Sept. 1996.
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  • Price of a Cigar. Peter Wood. Anchor Books, 54 Whiteadder Way, London E14 9UR; tel. 0171-515-1160, fax -538-1257. 228pp. Stg£9.95 pb 0-9528167-0-9. Oct. 1996.
  • Life in Victorian Ireland. Deirdre Brown and Rhonda Glasgow. Blackstaff Press. 48pp. Stg£4.99 brochure 26 x 20 cm 0-85640-556-6. For Key stage 2 (primary schools). Oct. 1996.
  • Irish Law Officers. James Casey. Round Hall Sweet & Maxwell. 412pp. £45 1-85800-061-0. A revised edition of The Office of the Attorney General (1980) Oct. 1996.
  • From Belfast to Peking 1866-1869: a young Irishman in China. Francis Knowles Porter. Irish Academic Press. 160pp. £27.50 0-7165-2599-2. Oct. 1996.
  • Celibacy: a way of loving, living and serving. A. W. Richard Sipe. Gill & Macmillan. 199pp. £8.99 pb 0-7171-2493-2 (under a different imprint in USA). Oct. 1996.
  • Future-Memory and Time: a new skill of mind. Sean O’Donnell. PreCall Press, 36 Shantalla Road, Galway, tel/fax 901-526723. 254pp. £7.95 pb 0-9528409-0-1. Oct. 1996.
  • Healing Power of Stories. Daniel Taylor. Gill & Macmillan. 192pp. £8.99 pb 0-7171-2500-9. Oct. 1996.
  • Bend for Home. Dermot Healy. Harvill Press. 319pp. Stg£14.99 1-86046-081-X. Oct. 1996.
  • Dare to Die: a thriller with attitude. Gareth O’Callaghan. Poolbeg. 688pp. £5.99 pb 1085371-635-9. Oct. 1996.
  • Evening Class. Maeve Binchy. Orion. 407pp. Stg£16.99 0-75280-451-0. Oct. 1996.
  • Final Judgement. Daniel Easterman. HarperCollins 331pp. Stg£16.99 0-00-224156-0. Oct. 1996.
  • Playing Dead. Rory McCormac. Arrow. 312pp. Stg£4.99 pb 0-09-960721-2. Oct. 1996.
  • Reading in the Dark. Seamus Deane. Jonathan Cape. 239pp. Stg£13.99 0-224-044045-2. Oct. 1996.
  • Story of the Night. Colm Tóibín. Picador. 318pp. Stg£15.99 0-330-34017-4. Oct. 1996.
  • Legendary Ireland. photos Tom Kelly; text Peter Somerville-Large. Town House (Ireland) and Roberts Rinehart (USA). 156pp. £19.99 26 x 26 cm 0-946172-52-8. Oct. 1996.
  • Don Juan nó An Lé le Céimseata. Max Frisch. Cló Iar-Chonnachta. 143pp. £6 pb 1-874700-94-X. Oct. 1996.
  • Unionism in Modern Ireland: new perspectives on politics and culture. ed. Richard English and Graham Walker. Gill & Macmillan. 251pp. £14.99 pb 0-7171-2465-7; outside Ireland: Macmillan £14.99 pb 0-333-64673-8, £40 hb -64672-X. Oct. 1996.
  • Carnival of Neglect. William and David Larkin. Dillons Publishing, 641 Castle Lane West, Bournemouth BH8 9TS. 134pp. Stg£10/$15 pb 0-9520438-4-X. Oct. 1996.
  • Cold Irish Earth: new and selected poems of Ireland 1965-1995. Knute Skinner. Salmon. 128pp. £6.99 pb 1-897648-68-5. Oct. 1996.
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  • Remembered Kisses: an illustrated anthology of Irish love poetry. ed. Fleur Robertson. Gill & Macmillan. 138pp. £12.99 23 x 20 cm 0-7171-2446-0. Oct. 1996.
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  • Village Sings. Gabriel Fitzmaurice. Ireland: Cló Iar-Chonnachta; Britain: Peterloo Poets, Calstock, Cornwall PL18 9SA; USA: Story Line Press, Three Oaks Farm, Brownsville, OR 97327. 96pp. £6.95 pb 1-900693-14-3; Stg£6.96 pb 1-871471-61-3; $9 pb 1-885266-29-4. Oct. 1996.
  • Guide to Evening Classes, Cork City & County, 1996-97. ed. Maria O’Donovan. Collins Press. 96pp. £2.99 pb 1-898256-10-1. Oct. 1996.
  • Feminine Face of God: the unfolding of the sacred in women. Sherry Ruth Anderson and Patricia Hopkins. Gill & Macmillan. 253pp. £9.99 pb 0-7171-2499-1. Oct. 1996.
  • Green Fields: Gaelic sport in Ireland. Tom Humphries. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 176pp., 64 of colour photos. Stg£16.99 0-297-83566-1. Oct. 1996.
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  • Blackboard Jungle Quiz Book. Ray D’Arcy. Gill & Macmillan. 95pp. £3.99 pb 0-7171-2480-0. Oct. 1996.
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  • New Series: Departures vol. 1. ed. John Doorty. Editor at Carrowkeal, Kilshanny, Kilfenora, Co Clare. 58pp. £3.95 brochure ISSN 0791-6566. Nov. 1996.
  • Three Men on an Island. James MacIntyre. Blackstaff Press. 160pp. Stg£20 27 x 21 cm 0-85640-582-5. Nov. 1996.
  • Angela’s Ashes: a memoir of childhood. Frank McCourt. Harper Collins. 363pp. Stg£16.99 0-00-225443-3. Nov. 1996.
  • Before the Dawn. Gerry Adams. Heinemann in assocn with Brandon. 347pp., 12 of photos Stg£17.99 0-434-00341-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Black Puddings with Slim: a Downpatrick boyhood. Maurice Hayes. Blackstaff Press. 266pp. Stg£8.99 pb 0-85640-590-6. Nov. 1996.
  • Enchanted by Dreams: the journal of a revolutionary. Joe Good. Brandon. 222pp., 8 of photos £9.99 pb 0-86322-225-0. Nov. 1996.
  • Fun Palace. Agnes Bernelle. Lilliput Press. 256pp., 16 of photos £9.99 pb 1-874675-28-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Life on the Open Road. James Mateer. Edyplus Publications, 50 Groomsport Road, Bangor, Co Down BT20 5NE, tel. 01247-468532. 231pp. Stg£5.95 pb 0-9527487-0-3. Nov. 1996.
  • Mike & Me. Mike Murphy. Town House. 256pp. £15.99 1-86059-029-2. Nov. 1996.
  • Straight Furrow. Vivienne Draper. Brandon. 156pp. £6.99 pb 0-86322-224-2. Nov. 1996.
  • Big Guide to Irish Children’s Books. ed. Valerie Coghlan and Celia Keenan. Irish Children’s Book Trust. 159pp. £5.99 pb 1-872917-01-1. Nov. 1996.
  • Gordon Wilson: an ordinary hero. Alf McCreary. Marshall Pickering. 196pp., 16 of photos Stg£6.99 pb 0-551-03026-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Hazel: a life of Lady Lavery, 1880-1935. Sinéad McCoole. Lilliput Press. 255pp., 24 of plates. £15 pb 1-874675-55-4 (hb £25 -84-8). Nov. 1996.
  • Samuel Beckett: the last modernist. Anthony Cronin. Harper Collins. 655pp., 12 of plates. Stg£25 0-246-13769-X. Nov. 1996.
  • Competing through Innovation. Bertrand Bellon and Graham Whittington. Oak Tree Press. 416pp. £19.95 pb 1-86076-035-X. Nov. 1996.
  • Once a Customer Always a Customer. Chris Daffy. Oak Tree Press. 262pp. £16.95 pb 1-86076-034-1. Nov. 1996.
  • Freedom and Censorship: is there a solution? Rosemarie Rowley. Rowan Tree Press, 53 Rosemount Court, Booterstown, Co Dublin, tel. 01-278-0037. 16pp. £2 brochure 1-872224-03-2. Nov. 1996.
  • Hard Cases: true stories of Irish crime. Gene Kerrigan. Gill & Macmillan. 343pp., 16 of photos. £7.99 pb 0-7171-2470-3. Nov. 1996.
  • Images of Invention: essays on Irish writing. A. Norman Jeffares. Colin Smythe. 363pp. Stg£33 0-86140-326-2; Irish Literary Studies 46. Nov. 1996.
  • International Aspects of Irish Literature. ed. Toshi Furomoto et al. Colin Smythe. 462pp. Stg£35 0-86140-363-0; Irish Literary Studies 44 and IASAIL-Japan series 5 (ISSN 0276-6079). Nov. 1996.
  • Irish Writers and their creative process. ed. Jacqueline Genet and Wynne Hellegouarc’h. Colin Smythe. 159pp. Stg£22.50 0-86140-384-3; Irish Literary Studies 48. Nov. 1996.
  • Literary Inter-relations: Ireland, Egypt and the Far East. ed. Mary Massoud. Colin Smythe. 436pp. Stg£35 0-86140-377-0 (Irish Literary Studies 47). Nov. 1996.
  • Rural Ireland, Real Ireland? ed. Jacqueline Genet. Colin Smythe. 245pp. Stg£28 0-86140-385-1; Irish Literary Studies 49. Nov. 1996.
  • Writing to the Moment: selected critical essays 1980-1996. Tom Paulin. Faber. 318pp. £16.99 0-571-17581-3. Nov. 1996.
  • Singular Pluralism: the European Schools 1984-1994. Desmond Swan. Institute of Public Administration. 148pp., 8 of photos £9.99 pb 1-872002-97-8. Nov. 1996.
  • Time of Grace: school memories. ed. J. Matthew Feheney FPM. Veritas. 198pp. £7.95 pb 1-85390-356-6. Nov. 1996.
  • Year’s Turning. Michael Viney. Blackstaff Press. 240pp. Stg£14.99 0-85640-562-0. Nov. 1996.
  • Uncertain Dawn: Hiroshima and the beginning of post-western civilisation. Desmond Fennell. Sanas Press, PO Box 4056, Dublin 4. 198pp. £15.99 0-9522582-1-8. Nov. 1996.
  • Erin’s Orange Lily and Summer Loanen and other stories. Sam Hanna Bell. Blackstaff Press. 224pp. Stg£7.99 pb 0-85640-589-2. Nov. 1996.
  • Consuming Passions. Ian Parmenter. Killeen, Cork. 120pp., 8 of colour plates. £7.99 pb 1-873548-41-9. Nov. 1996.
  • Healy Story: Oidhreach Mhuintir Uí Ealaithe. Dónal Ó hEalaithe-Healy. Milini Publishers, Coolea, Macroom, Co Cork, tel. 026-45132. 331pp. £12 pb. Nov. 1996.
  • From Intent to Action: the management of strategic issues in the public sector. ed. Richard Boyle and Tony McNamara. Institute of Public Administration. 160pp. £12.95 pb 1-872002-58-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Trip through Tipperary Lakeside. Nancy Murphy. Relay. 96pp. £3.95 brochure 0-946327-21-1. Nov. 1996.
  • Healing with /Meditation. Doriel Hall. 0-7171-2420-7. /Homeopathy. Peter Chappell and David Andrews. -2421-5. /Colour. Helen Graham. -2422-3. /Reflexology. Rosalind Oxenford. -2424-X. /Herbs. Judith Hoad. -2454-1. /Osteopathy. Peta Sneddon and Paolo Coseschi. -2464-9. Gill & Macmillan. ea 128pp. £4.99 pb 21 x 11 cm. Nov. 1996.
  • When Ill-Health Becomes Your Enemy. Gillian Moore-Groarke and Sylvia Thompson. Mercier Press. 128pp. £6.99 pb 1-85635-152-1. Nov. 1996.
  • Clann: the Story of Clann na Poblachta. Kevin Rafter. Mercier. 208pp. £9.99 pb 1-85635-141-6. Nov. 1996.
  • Cromwellian Settlement of Ireland. J. P. Prendergast. Constable. 380pp. Stg£16.95 0-09-476620-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Europe and Ethnicity: World War I and contemporary ethnic conflict. ed. Seamus Dunn and T. G. Fraser. Routledge. 230pp. Stg£13.99 pb 0-415-11996-0. Nov. 1996.
  • Mere Irish and Fíor-Ghael. Joep Leerssen. Cork University Press. 468pp. £17.95 pb 1-85918-112-0. `Critical Conditions: Field Day monographs’. Nov. 1996.
  • Remembrance and Imagination. Joep Leerssen. Cork University Press. 333pp. £15.95 pb 1-85918-111-2. `Critical Conditions: Field Day monographs’. Nov. 1996.
  • Politics, Law and Order in Nineteenth-century Ireland. Virginia Crossman. Gill & Macmillan. 298pp. £35 0-7171-2001-5. Nov. 1996.
  • Discover Dursey. Penelope Durell. Ballinacarriga Books, Allihies, Beara, Co Cork. 283pp., 8 of colour photos. £5.99 pb 0-9521899-0-9. Discover Dursey Map. 43 x 62 cm folded to 22 x 17 cm. Nov. 1996.
  • Portrait of a Parish: Monsea and Killodiernan, Co Tipperary. Daniel Grace. Relay. 358pp. £12 pb 0-946327-13-3. Nov. 1996.
  • Short History of Dublin. Daniel Hynes. Killeen, Cork. 64pp. £4.99 pb 1-873548-39-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Eyewitness to 1798. ed. Terence Folley. Mercier Press. 92pp. £5.99 pb 1-85635-153-X. Nov. 1996.
  • Anals of Ballyturdeen. John Morrow. Lagan Press. 165pp. Stg£5.95 (bar-code states Stg£4.95) pb 1-873687-61-3. Nov. 1996.
  • Egg on my Face. ed. Seán Power. Gill & Macmillan. £9.99 pb 0-7171-2541-6. Nov. 1996.
  • Noble Art of Politics: political cartoons 1994-96. Martyn Turner. Blackstaff Press. 119pp. Stg£5.99 pb 20 x 21 cm 0-85640-583-3. Nov. 1996.
  • Dúchas na Gaeilge. Maolmhaodhóg Ó Ruairc. Cois Life, 62 Páirc na Rós, Ascaill na Cille, Dún Laoghaire, tel. 01-280-7951. 245pp. £8 pb 1-901176-01-0. Nov. 1996.
  • Child Care Law: a comparative review of new legislation in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Kerry O’Halloran and Robbie Gilligan. Southern Health and Social Services Board, 20 Seagoe Industrial Area, Portadown, Craigavon BT53 5QD. 81pp. Stg£6.00 pb 30 x 21 cm 1-900725-02-9. Nov. 1996.
  • Competition Law and Policy in Ireland. Patrick Massey and Paula O’Hare. Oak Tree Books. 457pp. £24.95 pb 1-86076-021-X. Nov. 1996.
  • Rethinking the War on Drugs in Ireland. Tim Murphy. Cork University Press. 100pp. £4.95 pb 1-85918-070-1 (Undercurrents). Nov. 1996.
  • Open Your Heart to Angel Love: a workbook. Margaret Neylon. Angelgate Publishing, 33 Lower Pembroke Street, Dublin 2, tel. 01-662-5669. 119pp. £6.99/Stg£7.99 pb 0-9528723-1-5. Nov. 1996.
  • Reach for the Stars. Margaret Lawlor. Angelgate Publishing (address above). 118pp. £6.99/Stg£7.99 pb 0-9528723-0-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Table Quiz: 1,500 questions and answers. Noel Coffey. Mercier Press. 124pp. £4.99 pb 1-85635-155-6. Nov. 1996.
  • Cathair Phrotastúnach. Denis Ireland. Coiscéim. 135pp. £5 pb. Nov. 1996.
  • Rethinking Unionism: an alternative vision for Northern Ireland. Norman Porter. Blackstaff Press. 266pp. Stg£10.99 pb 0-85640-585-X. Nov. 1996.
  • Ganglands. T. S. O’Rourke. Breffni Books, 14 York Road, Dublin 6, tel. 01-497-5063 (distrib. Eason). 200pp. £5.99 pb 0-9528580-0-2. Nov. 1996.
  • Impossible Things. Penny Perrick. Black Swan. 336pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-552-99693-9. Nov. 1996.
  • Inheritance. Keith Baker. Headline. 288pp. Stg£16.99 0-7472-1827-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Kissing the Frog. Anne Dunlop. Poolbeg. 245pp. £5.99 pb 1-85371-440-2. Nov. 1996.
  • Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men. Colin Bateman. Harper Collins. 334pp. Stg£5.99 pb 0-00-649612-l. Nov. 1996.
  • Valkyrie. Conor Cregan. Hodder & Stoughton. 287pp. Stg£16.99 0-340-67254-4. Nov. 1996.
  • When My Father Died. William and David Larkin. Dillons Publishing, 641 Castle Lane West, Bournemouth BH8 9TS. 266pp. Stg£10/$15 pb 0-9520438-6-6. Nov. 1996.
  • Father Browne’s England. E. E. O’Donnell. Wolfhound Press. 127pp. £25 28 x 25 cm 0-86327-490-0. Nov. 1996.
  • Catching the Light. Mark Roper. Lagan Press. 68pp. Stg£4.95 pb 1-873687-47-8. Nov. 1996.
  • Emergency Kit: Poems for Strange Times. ed. Jo Shapcott and Matthew Sweeney. Faber 306pp. Stg£9.99 pb 0-571-17207-5. Nov. 1996.
  • Eye to Eye. Cliff Wedgbury. Three Spires Press. 28pp. NPG brochure 19 x 12 cm 1-873548-23-0. Nov. 1996.
  • Mearcair. Pádraig Mac Fhearghusa. Coiscéim.46pp. £3 brochure. Nov. 1996.
  • New and Selected Poems of Patrick Galvin. ed. Greg Delanty amd Robert Welch. Cork University Press. 153pp. £12.95 1-85918-079-5; pb £7.95 -091-4. Nov. 1996.
  • Selected Poems. Macdara Woods. Dedalus. 195pp. £7.95 pb 1-873790-88-0; hb £10.95 -89-9. Nov. 1996.
  • Sunny Side Plucked: new and selected poems. Rita Ann Higgins. Bloodaxe. 159pp. Stg£8.95 pb 1-85224-375-9. Nov. 1996.
  • Ireland: the Promise of Socialism. Joe Craig et al. Socialist Democracy, PO Box 40, Belfast BT11 9DL. 138pp. Stg£5 pb 0-9528906-0-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Politics of the Common Good. Patrick Riordan SJ. Institute of Public Administration. 191pp. £15 pb 1-872002-43-9. Nov. 1996.
  • Boyzone on the Road. Rob McGibbon. Boxtree. 64pp. Stg£3.99 pb 28 x 22 cm 0-7522-2252-X. Nov. 1996.
  • Advent Journey. Donal Neary SJ. Columba Press. 28pp. £0.99 brochure 1-85607-178-2. Nov. 1996.
  • Another Ireland: an introduction to Ireland’s ethnic-religious minority communities. Maurice Ryan. Stranmillis College, Belfast BT9 5DY. 183pp., 32 of colour photos. Stg£6.95 pb 0-903009-25-0. Nov. 1996.
  • Music of What Happens: Celtic spirituality a view from the inside. John J. Ó Ríordáin CSSR. Columba Press (USA: St Mary’s Press). 119pp. £5.99 pb 1-85607-174-X. Nov. 1996.
  • Mark: realistic theologian. The Jesus of Mark. Wilfrid J. Harrington OP. Columba Press. 149pp. £8.99 pb 1-85607-169-3. Nov. 1996.
  • Season of Emmanuel: daily reflections for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Kay Murdy. Columba Press (USA: Resource Publications). 144pp. £4.99 pb 15 x 10 cm 1-85607-179-0. Nov. 1996.
  • Stories for All Seasons. Gerard Fuller OMI. Columba Press (USA: Twenty-Third Publications). 157pp. £7.99 pb 1-85607-145-6. Nov. 1996.
  • Irish Scientist: 1996 year book. ed. Charles Mollan. Samton, 17 Pine Lawn, Newtownpark Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin. 104pp. £6 30 x 21 cm 1-898706-08-5; pb £3 -09-3. ISSN 0791-878X. Nov. 1996.
  • Irish Christmas Stories. ed. David Marcus. Bloomsbury. 256pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-7475-2782-2. Nov. 1996.
  • Best of About Women. Mary Cummins. Marino. 159pp. £7.99 pb 1-86023-047-4. Nov. 1996.
  • Can Timmy Save Toyland? Vincent McDonnell. Relay Books. 144pp. £3.95 pb 0-946327-22-X. Nov. 1996.
  • Child’s Book of Irish Rhymes. ed. Alice Taylor (illus. Nicola Emoe). Gill & Macmillan (UK: Barefoot Books). 48pp. £6.99 27 x 22 cm 0-7171-2495-9. Nov. 1996.
  • Den Adventure: Dustin and Soky in the pirate’s den. Tom Richards. Gill & Macmillan and Radio Telefís Éireannn. 64pp. £5.99 pb 30 x 21 cm 0-7171-2577-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Granny Learns to Fly. Tony Hickey. The Children’s Press. 79pp. £2.95 pb 0-847962-96-4. Nov. 1996.
  • Hotfoot 2: Lucky’s Revenge. Tom Richards. Storylines, 40 Alpine Rise, Dublin 24. 108pp. £3.99 pb 0-9529062-0-1. Nov. 1996.
  • Landscape with Cracked Sheep. Mary Arrigan. The Children’s Press. 127pp. £3.95 pb 0-947962-97-2. Nov. 1996.
  • Powder Monkey: a 1798 story. Bill Wall. Mercier Press. 160pp. £4.99 pb 1-85635-154-8. Nov. 1996.
  • Riders by the Grey Lake. Pauline Devine. The Children’s Press. 144pp. £3.95 pb 0-947962-99-9. Nov. 1996.
  • Riverside: the street-league. Peter Regan. The Children’s Press. 112pp. £2.95 pb 0-947962-46-8. Nov. 1996.
  • Run to the Wild Wood. Tom McCaughren. Wolfhound Press. 176pp. £6.99 0-86327-492-7; pb £3.99 -571-0. Nov. 1996.
  • Séanna. Peadar Ó Laoghaire. Cois Life, 62 Páirc na Rós, Ascaill na Cille, Dún Laoghaire, tel. 01-280-7951. 64pp. £11.00 1-901176-00-2 including Compact Disc (70 minutes) of a complete reading by Liam Ó Muirthile. Nov. 1996.
  • Top Dog: McDonald’s Young Writers. O’Brien Press. 159pp. £4.50 pb 0-86278-438-7. Nov. 1996.
  • Krino 1986-1996. ed. Gerald Dawe and Jonathan Williams. Gill & Macmillan. 435pp. £25 hb £14.99 pb 0-7171-2508-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Conor Fallon (Monograph 1). ed. John O’Regan. Gandon Editions. 71pp. £20 27 x 23 cm 0-946641-69-2. Dec. 1996.
  • Dictionary of Irish Artists, 20th century. Theo Snoddy. Wolfhound Press. 595pp. £50 25 x 19 cm 0-86327-562-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Irish Arts Review yearbook 1997. ed. Homan Potterton. Irish Arts Review. 272pp. inc. advertisements. £22.50 pb 30 x 21 cm 0-9523876-5-4; hb £35 -4-6. ISSN 0791-3540. Dec. 1996.
  • Life and Work of Sarah Purser. John O’Grady. Four Courts Press. 288pp., 32 of colour reproductions. £29.95 25 x 19 cm 1-85182-241-0 (signed edn of 75 copies -293-3). Dec. 1996.
  • Louis le Brocquy: paintings 1939-1996. Alistair Smith. Irish Museum of Modern Art (distrib. Gandon). 110pp. £15 pb 28 x 22 cm 1-873654-46-4. Dec. 1996.
  • NCAD 250: drawings 1746-1996. ed. Noel Sheridan. National College of Art & Design, Dublin (distrib. Gandon). 247pp. NPG pb 30 x 22 cm 1-87022520-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Seán McSweeney (Profile 2). ed. John O’Regan. Gandon. 46pp. £7.50 pb 23 x 23 cm 0-946641-61-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Thinking Long: contemporary art in the North of Ireland. Liam Kelly. Gandon Editions. 247pp. £25 27 x 23 cm 0-946641-66-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Are You Somebody? Nuala O’Faolain. New Island Books. 351pp. £7.99 pb 1-874597-46-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Irish Boyhood. William Magan. Pentland Press. 195pp. Stg£14.50 1-85821-415-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Maura’s Boy. Christy Kenneally. Mercier Press. 128pp. £6.99 pb 1-85635-151-3. Dec. 1996.
  • No Faith in the System. Sister Sarah Clarke. Mercier. 216pp., 4 of photos £9.99 pb 1-85635-128-9. Dec. 1996.
  • Friendship Tree: the life and poems of Davoren Hanna. Jack Hanna. New Island. 234pp., 8 of photos £16.99 1-874597-38-3. Dec. 1996.
  • Wicklow World of Elizabeth Smith 1840-1850. ed. Dermot James and Séamas Ó Maitiú. Woodfield Press, 29 Oaklands Terrace, Dublin 6 tel. 873 0101, fax 492 0676. 170pp. £9.99 pb 0-9528453-0-X; hb £25 -1-X. Dec. 1996.
  • Irish Travel Writing: a bibliography. John McVeagh. Wolfhound Press. 159pp. £35 0-86327-503-6. Dec. 1996.
  • Brian Crowley: Against the Odds. Breda Joy. Brandon. 159pp. £6.99 pb 0-86422-223-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Michael Collins and the women in his life. Meda Ryan. Mercier Press. 224pp., 8 of photos £9.99 pb 1-85635-166-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Modern Irish Lives: dictionary of 20th-century biography. ed. Louis McRedmond. Gill & Macmillan. 348pp. £19.99 0-7171-2198-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Persecuting Zeal: a portrait of Ian Paisley. Dennis Cooke. Brandon. 249pp. £15.99 0-86322-222-6. Dec. 1996.
  • T. M. Healy. Frank Callanan. Cork University Press. 792pp. 1-85918-009-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Tommy Turnbull: a miner’s life. Joe Robinson. TUPS Books, 30 Lime Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2PQ 352pp., 16 of photos Stg£8.99 pb 1-901237-00-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Here’s Looking at You, Kid! Ireland goes to the pictures. ed. Stephanie McBride and Roddy Flynn. Wolfhound Press. 142pp., 16 of photos. £9.99 pb 0-86327-556-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Leading Hollywood. Áine O’Connor. Wolfhound Press. 143pp., 24 of photos. £9.99 pb 0-86327-555-9. Dec. 1996.
  • Bearing Witness: essays on Anglo-Irish literature. Augustine Martin. University College Dublin Press. 279pp. £16.95 pb 1-900621-02-9; hb £26.95 -01-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Coleridge in Italy. Edoardo Zuccato. Cork University Press. 274pp. £35 1-85918-076-0. Dec. 1996.
  • La Nouvelle Irlandaise de Langue Anglaise. ed. Jacqueline Genet. Presses Universitaires du Septentrion, BP 199, F-59654 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cédex. 208pp. 90 FF pb 2-85939-503-2. Dec. 1996.
  • Day by Day with Daniel. O’Brien Press. 120pp. £9.99 16 x 10 cm 0-86278-494-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Irland 1997: Taschenkalender. ed. Jürgen Häusser and Karl-Klaus Rabe. Lamuv Verlag, Göttingen. 256pp. NPG pb 15 x 10 cm 3-88977-449-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Run Wild Diary 1997. Tom McCaughren. Wolfhound. £4.99 pb 0-86327-552-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Blood Wedding. Brendan Kennelly after Federico García Lorca. Bloodaxe. 79pp. Stg£6.95 pb 1-85224-355-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Course. Brendan O’Carroll. O’Brien Press. 126pp., 8 of photos. £5.99 pb 0-86278-493-X. Dec. 1996.
  • Lost Gospel of the Earth. Tom Hayden. Wolfhound Press. 280pp. £14.99 hb £7.99 pb 0-86327-567-2. Dec. 1996.
  • Degree at Last. ed. Margaret Martin and Cathleen O’Neill. Aontas (National Association of Adult Education), 22 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2. 106pp. £4.95 pb 0-906826-04-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Letter to Daniel: despatches from the heart. Fergal Keane. Penguin. 238pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-14-026289-X. Dec. 1996.
  • Best of Irish Breads & Baking: traditional, contemporary, festive. Georgina Campbell. Wolfhound Press. 134pp., 24 of colour photos. £9.99 pb 0-86327-500-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Emotional Cook: food to match your mood. Clare McKeon. O’Brien Press. 143pp. £8.99 pb 22 x 18 cm 0-86278-488-3. Dec. 1996.
  • Through my Kitchen Window: a diary of seasonal cooking in Ballymakeigh House. Margaret Browne. Ballymakeigh Press, Killeagh, Co Cork, tel 024-95184, fax -95370. 142pp., 29 of colour photos £9.95 pb 0-9528838-0-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Family Names of County Cork. Diarmuid Ó Murchadha. Collins. 350pp. £11.99 pb 1-898256-13-6. Dec. 1996.
  • Treffpunkt Irland: ein literarischer Reiseführer. Hans-Christian Oeser. Reclam, Stuttgart. 395pp. NPG hb in plastic laminated boards 3-15-010424-6. Dec. 1996.
  • Passing the Test: a guide for the Irish learner driver. Dominic McGinley. Mentor Press, 43 Furze Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18.56pp. £3.99 pb 0-947548-80-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Long Goodbye. Catherine & Siobhán Cuddy talk to Marjorie Quarton. Authors at 67 Kenyon Street, Nenagh, Co Tipperary. 56pp. £4.99 pb 1-901370-00-3. Dec. 1996.
  • Account Roll of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, Dublin 1337-1346. ed. James Mills. Four Courts Press. 276pp. £25 1-85182-238-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Birth of Ulster. Cyril Falls. Constable. 304pp. (NB some unnumbered) Stg£16.95 0-09-476610-X. Dec. 1996.
  • Books Beyond the Pale: aspects of the provincial book trade in Ireland before 1850. ed. Gerard Long. Rare Books Group (Library Association of Ireland). 168pp. £10.50 pb 0-946037-31-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Courts, Crime and the Criminal Law in Ireland, 1692-1760. Neal Garnham. Irish Academic Press. 309pp. £30 0-7165-2508-5. Dec. 1996.
  • From Public Defiance to Guerilla Warfare. Joost Augusteijn. Irish Academic Press. 381pp. £45 hb £17.50 pb 0-7165-2607-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Iona, Kells and Derry: the history and hagiography of the monastic familia of Columba. Máire Herbert. Four Courts Press. 341pp. £19.95 pb 1-85182-244-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Land, Politics and Nationalism: a study of the Irish land question. Philip Bull. Gill & Macmillan. 252pp. £14.99 pb 0-7171-2191-7; hb £35 -2190-9. Dec. 1996.
  • New History of Ireland, volume VI: Ireland under the Union II, 1870-1921. ed. W. E. Vaughan. Oxford University Press. 917pp., 40 of illustrations. Stg£90 (US$155) 0-19-821751-X. Dec. 1996.
  • Revolution in Ireland: popular militancy 1917 to 1923. Conor Kostick. Pluto. 247pp. Stg£12.99 pb 0-7453-1123-7; hb Stg£40 -1122-9. Dec. 1996.
  • Belfast: a pocket history. Jonathan Bardon and David Burnett. Blackstaff Press. 175pp. Stg£7.99 pb 18 x 10 cm 0-85640-588-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Trial of Billy Byrne of Ballymanus. Dee-Jay Publications, 3 Meadows Lane, Arklow, Co Wicklow. 72pp. £5.99 pb 0-9519239-2-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Catholic Church and the Famine. Donal Kerr. Columba Press. 96pp. £5.99 pb 1-85607-175-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Shorter Illustrated History of Ulster. Jonathan Bardon. Blackstaff Press. 325pp. Stg£14.99 pb 0-85640586-8. Dec. 1996.
  • History Wordbank. K. Gormley et al. Colourpoint Books. 48pp. NPG brochure 1-898392-16-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Tales for the Telling: true life stories of Irish `scandals’. Padraic O’Farrell. Collins. £6.99 pb 1-898256-16-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Guinness Book of Humorous Irish Anecdotes. Aubrey Dillon-Malone. Guinness Publishing. 224pp. Stg£8.99 pb 0-85112-620-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Laugh without Prejudice. Pat Ingoldsby. Killeen Books. 207pp. £7.99 pb 1-873548-37-0. Dec. 1996.
  • O’Machiavelli (or how to survive in Irish politics). John O’Byrne. Leopold Publishing, 71 Ranelagh Village, Dublin 6. 122pp. £4.99 pb 0-952-6865-1-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Elcerpajoj el la Irlandlingva Literaturo. ed. Liam Ó Cuirc. Esperanto-Asocio de Irlando, 9 Templeogue Wood, Dublin 6W. 27pp. £1 brochure. Dec. 1996.
  • Guide to Irish Mythology. Daragh Smyth. Irish Academic Press. 201pp. £5.95 pb 0-7165-2612-3. Dec. 1996.
  • Ballads from the Pubs of Ireland, vols 1, 2 and 3. James N. Healy. Ossian. 79, 78 and 69pp. ea £3.99 pb 1-900428-30-X, -35-0, -40-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Die Musik Irlands im 20. Jahrhundert. Axel Klein. Georg Olms, Hildesheim. 526pp. DM 98,00 pb 3-487-10196-3. Dec. 1996.
  • My Generation: rock’n’roll remembered an imperfect history. ed. Antony Farrell et al. Lilliput. 351pp. £12.99 pb 0-874675-51-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Oh Boyz! the new Boyzone book. Aileen C. O’Reilly. O’Brien Press. 96pp. £7.99 pb 30 x 21 cm 0-86278-503-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Seinn an Piano: playing the piano Irish style. Geraldine Cotter. Ossian. 75pp. £8.95 brochure 30 x 21 cm 0-946005-92-3 (-88-5 given inside book). Dec. 1996.
  • Songs of Percy French. ed. James N. Healy. Ossian. 80pp. £3.99 pb 1-900428-25-3. Dec. 1996.
  • Northern Ireland Peace Process 1993-1996: a chronology. Paul Bew and Gordon Gillespie. Serif. 192pp. Stg£9.99/$17.95 pb 1-897959-28-1. Dec. 1996.
  • War and Words: the Northern Ireland media reader. ed. Bill Rolston and David Miller. Beyond the Pale. 474pp. Stg£12.95 pb 1-900960-00-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Byzantium. Stephen Lawhead. Voyager (HarperCollins). 656pp. Stg£16.99 0-00-224636-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Gambler. Christine Dwyer Hickey. Marino. 348pp. £9.99 pb 1-86023-037-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Granny. Brendan O’Carroll. O’Brien Press. 192pp. £5.99 pb 0-86278-489-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Heir. S. J. Michaels. Pan. 671pp. Stg£5.99/Can$8.99 pb 0-330-34614-8. Dec. 1996.
  • King David Dances. Francis Stuart. New Island. 61pp. £5.99 pb 1-874597-44-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Murder in a Cathedral. Ruth Dudley Edwards. HarperCollins. 222pp. Stg£14.99 0-00-232597-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Time for a Smile. George Ryan. Author at 15 Hampton Court, Tyrconnell Road, Dublin 8. 183pp. £4.80 pb. Dec. 1996.
  • Twilight Descending. James E. Quick. Pepper Press (imprint of Attic Press). 633pp. £6.99 pb 1-85594-198-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Moral Philosophy in Britain from Bradley to Wittgenstein. Cahal B. Daly. Four Courts Press. 217pp. £30 1-85182-227-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Dingle Down the Years: a second collection of old photographs. Tom Fox. Holy Stone Publications, The Mall, Dingle, Co Kerry. 192pp. £19.95 0-9528278-0-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Kilkenny City and County: a photographic record. ed. Seamus Costello, Michael O’Dwyer and Kieran White. College Books, College Gardens, Kilkenny. 94pp. £19.95 21 x 30 cm wide. Dec. 1996.
  • Boa Island Janus. Francis Harvey. Dedalus. 82pp. £5.95 pb 1-873790-28-7; hb £9.95 -29-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Christmas Day. Paul Durcan. Harvill Press. 96pp. Stg£9.99/$12.00 1-86046-287-1; pb Stg£6.99 -288-X. Dec. 1996.
  • Old in Rapallo. Rory Brennan. Salmon. 53pp. £5.99 pb 1-897648-82-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Peace of our Minds. ed. Carol McGrath. Mentor Press. 121pp. £3.99 pb 0-947548-95-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Peninsula: poèmes de la Péninsule de Dingle. Desmond Egan, traduit par Jean-Paul Blot. Fédérop, F-24400 Église-Neuve d’Issac. 100pp. 70 F pb 15 x 21 cm (wide) 2-85792-140-3. Dec. 1996.
  • Properties of Stone. Billy Mills. Writers Forum, London. 43pp. Stg£2.50 pb 30 x 21 cm 0-86162-700-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Unshed Tears / Deora nár coaineadh. Áine Ní Ghlinn. Dedalus and Coiscéim. 79pp. £5.95 pb 1-873790-67-8; hb £9.95 -68-6. Dec. 1996.
  • With Green Ink / Mit grüner Tinte. ed. and transl. Eva Bourke. Collibri, Bamberg. 268pp. NPG pb 3-926946-67-9. Dec. 1996.
  • Dreams of Oranges: an eyewitness account of the fall of communist east Germany. Desmond Fennell. Sanas. 167pp. £8.99 pb 0-9522582-2-6. Dec. 1996.
  • Greening of the White House. Conor O’Clery. Gill & Macmillan. 275pp., 16 of photos. £12.99 0-7171-2491-6. Dec. 1996.
  • Irish Almanac and Yearbook of facts 1997. ed. Pat McArt and Dónal Campbell. Artcam Publishing, Burt, Inishowen, Co Donegal, tel. 077-68186. 300pp. inc. advertisements. £9.95 pb 0-9529596-0-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Exploring the Bible. George Otto Simms. Columba and APCK. 141pp. £8.99 pb 1-85607-150-2. Dec. 1996.
  • God of Welcomes: for those who have almost given up. Peter Ward CSsR. Columba. 158pp. £7.99 pb 1-85607-168-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Marriage: theology and reality. Cathy Molloy. Columba. 96pp. £6.99 pb 1-85607-166-9 (Canada: Novalis, 2-89088-854-1). Dec. 1996.
  • Stories for Reflection. Jack McArdle. Columba. 171pp. £8.99 pb 1-85607-172-3. Dec. 1996.
  • Way we Live Now. Maureen Gaffney. Gill & Macmillan. 234pp. £7.99 pb 0-7171-2150-X. Dec. 1996.
  • Magician and other stories. Ivy Bannister. Poolbeg. 157pp. £5.99 pb 1-85371-675-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Plot 100 and other stories. Kevin J. Byrne et al. ONFA Publications, PO Box 3987, Dublin 12, tel. 01-456 2939. 214pp. £4.99 pb 0-9516406-2-3. Dec. 1996.
  • Swans & Angels. Patricia Ellis. Auburn House. 200pp. £7.99 pb 1-897648-71-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Against the Wind: memories of Clare Hurling. Ollie Byrnes. Mercier Press. 188pp. £9.99 pb 1-85635-157-2. Dec. 1996.
  • History of Hurling. Seamus J. King. Gill & Macmillan. 367pp., 48 of photos. £17.99 0-7171-2199-2. Dec. 1996.
  • Our Boys Have Won the Cup! David Potter. John Donald, Edinburgh. 218pp. Stg£8.50 pb 0-85976-454-0. Dec. 1996.
  • Dublin: the fair city. Peter Somerville-Large. Sinclair-Stevenson. 320pp., 32 of colour photos. Stg£25 25 x 19 cm 1-85619-791-3. Dec. 1996.
  • High Skies Low Lands: an anthology of the Wexford Slobs and Harbour. ed. David Rowe and Christopher J. Wilson. Duffry Press, 2 Court Street, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, tel. 054-33822, fax -34570. 363pp. £17.95 pb 21 x 30 cm (wide) 1-901273-00-8; hb £29.95. Dec. 1996.
  • Liffey in Dublin. J. W. de Courcy. Gill & Macmillan. 468pp. £25 hb 0-7171-2433-1. Dec. 1996.
  • After the Darkness. Michael Smith. Adlib (Scholastic Publications). 192pp. Stg£6.99 pb 0-590-54260-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Call Yourself a Friend? Marilyn Taylor. O’Brien Press. 190pp. £3.99 pb 0-86278-500-6. Dec. 1996.
  • Coldest Winter. Elizabeth Lutzeier. Wolfhound Press. 153pp. £3.99 pb 0-86327-557-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Dwellers Beneath. Mary Arrigan. Attic. 122pp. £4.99 pb 1-85594-114-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Hunt for Diarmaid and Gráinne. Liam Mac Uistin. O’Brien Press. 79pp. £3.99 pb 0-86278-480-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Sisters no way! Siobhán Parkinson. O’Brien Press. 224pp. £4.50 pb 0-86278-495-6. Dec. 1996.
  • Banshees of St Brigid’s. Geri Valentine. Poolbeg. 204pp. £3.99 pb 1-85371-637-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Chase the Wind. Pat Hynes. Wolfhound. 186pp. £3.99 pb 0-86327-495-1. Dec. 1996.
  • Cúchulainn the Hero. Anna Donovan. O’Brien Press. 30pp. £3.50 pb 28 x 20 cm 0-86278-454-9. Dec. 1996.
  • Elsie and the Seal Boy. Patrick O’Sullivan. Wolfhound. 126pp. £3.99 pb 08-6327-558-3. Dec. 1996.
  • Flight from Toledo. Michael Mullen. Poolbeg. 223pp. £3.99 pb 1-85371-627-8. Dec. 1996.
  • King of Ireland’s Son. Brendan Behan, illus. P. J. Lynch. Poolbeg UK: Andersen Press. 32pp. £9.99 28 x 21 cm 1-85371-622-7. Dec. 1996.
  • Lottie’s Letter. Gordon Snell. Orion. 24pp. Stg£9.99 25 x 23 cm 1-85881-187-2. Dec. 1996.
  • Mr Bear to the Rescue. Debi Gliori. O’Brien Press (UK: Orchard). 32pp. £4.50 pb 25 x 20 cm 0-86278-498-0. Dec. 1996.
  • O’Brien Book of Irish Fairy Tales & Legends. Una Leavy. O’Brien Press (UK: Orchard). 96pp. £12.99 27 x 20 cm 0-86278-482-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Seven Spiders Spinning. Gregory Maguire. O’Brien Press. 144pp. £3.99 pb 0-86278-487-5. Dec. 1996.
  • Smallest Whale. Elizabeth Beresford. O’Brien Press (UK: Orchard). 32pp. £8.99 31 x 24 cm 0-86278-477-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Stranger and the Pooka. Patrick Devaney. Mentor Press. 141pp. £3.99 pb 0-947548-85-8. Dec. 1996.
  • Titania: the pipes of peace. Colin Vard. Mentor Press. 59pp. £3.99 pb 0-947548-90-4. Dec. 1996.
  • Twelve Dancing Princesses. Jane Ray. O’Brien Press. 32pp. £5.50 pb 30 x 22 cm 0-86278-476-X. Dec. 1996.
  • Zig & Zag’s Dirty Deeds Dossier. Angelo Abela. Boxtree. 96pp. Stg£7.99 pb 24 x 19 cm 0-7522-0379-7. Dec. 1996.

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