Books Ireland (March 2004): A Hundred Books due in April & May.

Adventure
  • Mayday! Mayday! Lorna Siggins. Gill & Macmillan 224pp. €12.99 £9.99 pb 22cm 0-171m3529-2. Tales from the air-sea rescue service. April.

Anthology
  • Later On: the Monaghan Bombing Memorial Anthology. ed. Evelyn Conlon. Brandon. 128pp. €15 pb 22cm 0-86322-325-7; €20 hb -326-5. Pieces by many hands to mark the 30th anniversary. May.

Archaeology
  • Excavations 2002: Summary Accounts of Archaeological Excavations in Ireland. ed. Isabel Bennett. Wordwell. 500pp. €f25 hb 30cm 1-86985-769-0. The biggest yet illustrated annual recording me latest digs and finds. April.

Biography & Autobiography
  • A Fallen Leaf: A Journey Through Bereavement. Alice Taylor. Brandon. 160pp. €14.99 hb 20cm 0-86322-307-9. A moving memoir by the School Through the Fields writer. May.
  • A Memoir. Terry de Valera. Currach Press. 368pp. €24.99 hb 23cm 1-85607-911-2. Memoir from Dev’s son and father of Síle, covering the lifetime of the Irish state. April.
  • Rathcormick: A Childhood Recalled. Homan Potterton. Vintage. 320pp. £7.99 pb 0-09946179-X. Vintage put this under ‘non-fiction originals’, but it originally appeared three years ago. April.
  • Then the Walls Came Down: A Prison Journal. Danny Morrison. Mercier Press. 300pp. €12.991-85635-277-3. Gripping journal and letters of a leading Republican activist. April.
  • ’Tis Herself: A Memoir. Maureen O’Hara with John Nicoletti. Simon & Schuster TownHouse. 384pp. €21.99 hb 23cm 1-903650-65-8. Intimate autobiography of a legend of the silver screen. May.
  • The Joyce We Knew. ed. Ulick O’Connor. Brandon. 128pp. €11.99 pb 20cm 0-86322-324-9. Memoirs by a number of people who knew the man himself, for the Bloomsday centenary. May [reprint].
  • Thomas Finlay SJ, 1848-1940: Educationalist, Editor Social Reformer. Thomas Morrissey. Four Courts. €35 £30 $35 hb 1-85182-827-3. April.
  • Hostage: Notorious Irish Kidnappings. Paul Howard. O’Brien Press. 224pp. €9.95 pb B 0-86278-769-6. The inside story of Ireland’s most famous abduction cases. May.
  • Two Little Boys: An Account of the Dublin & Monaghan Bombings and Their Aftermath. Edward O’Neill with Barry J. Whyte. Currach Press, 224pp. €4.99 pb 21cm 1-85607-909-0. Story of the O’Neill family who lost their father in the Dublin bombings of 17 May 1974, and their search for justice. May

Criticism
  • Brendan Kennelly: A Host of Ghosts. John McDonagh. Liffey Press. 200pp. €16.50 21cm 1-904148-44-1. Critical introduction to the work of one of Ireland’s most popular poets. April.
  • Come All Good Men and True: Essays from the John B. Keane Symposium. ed. Gabriel Fitzmaurice. Mercier Press. 144pp. €14.95 1-85635-435-0. A series of essays on John B. Keane, the man and writer. April.
  • Die grüne Tinte: kleiner Leittaden durch die irische Literatur. Friedhelm Rathjen. Editions Rejoyce (distrib. Books on Demand, Norderstedt). 168pp. €17 pb 3-00-013190-6. German critic discusses 33 books by Irish writers, with the general reader in mind. April.
  • The Scandal of Ulysses: The Life and Afterlife of a 20th-century Masterpiece. Bruce Arnold. Liffey Press. 325pp. €21.95 23cm 1-904148-45-X. History of Joyce’s Ulysses, including the ‘corrected text’ years after his death, copyright battles and the ferocious literary controversies. May.

Education
  • Curriculum and Ideology: Irish Experiences, International Perspectives. ed. Ciaran Sugrue. Liffey Press. 325pp. €19.95 pb 23cm 1-904148-43-3. Critical review of current curriculum reforms in the cultural, political and global context. April .
  • Pearse’s Patriots: St Enda’s and the cult of boyhood. Elaine Sisson. Cork UP. 240pp. €49 $49 £30 hb 22cm 1-85918-325-5. How the idea of modern boyhood became reality in St Endas. April.

Essays
  • The Politburo Has Decided That You Are Unwell. John Waters. Liffey Press. 250pp. €16.95 23cm 1-904148-46-8. Many of his most controversial and highly-charged pieces from the Irish Times and elsewhere. May

Film
  • Ulysses. Margot Norris. Cork UP 98pp. €15 £9.95 pb 19cm 1-85918-293-3; Ireland into Film series. on the challenge of Ulysses to the filmmaker. May.

Guides
  • Cycle Touring Ireland. Brendan Walsh. Gill & Mactnillan. 144pp. €,99 £7.99 pb 19cm 0-7171-3395-8. Revised routes; where to eat, drink, stop and stare. April.
  • Leisure Walks near Dublin. Joss Lynam. Gill & Macmilan. 144pp. €9.99 £7.99 pb 19cm 0-7171-3562-4. 35 walks not listed in his Easy Walks near Dublin. April.

Folklore
  • Rhyming Weavers and Other Country Poets of Antrim and Down. ed. John Hewitt. Blackstaff. £6.99 0-85640-757-7. Accessible account of country poets from the grand old poet John Hewitt. April

History

  • The Battle of Kinsale. ed. Hiram Morgan. Wordwell. 456pp. €35 pb 25cm 1-86985-770-4. Symposium Of 20 international historians on the 1602 Event. April.
  • Gaelic Ireland, c.1250-1650: Land, Lordship and Settlement. ed. Patrick Duffy et al. Four Courts  €29.95 £30 $35 pb 1-85182-800-l. May.
  • The Hospital in Medieval England: Gift-giving and the Spiritual Economy. Sheila Sweetinburgh. Four Courts. €65 £55 $65 hb 1-85182-794-3 May.
  • Ireland and the Jacobite Cause, 1685-1766. Eamonn Ó Ciardha. Four Courts. €29.95 £25 $35 pb 1-85182-805-2, May.
  • Irish Recollections. Charlotte Elizabeth Torna. UCD Press. 208pp. €18 £13.95 pb 1-904558-10-0. Classics of Irish History. Abridged autobiography, includes memoir of visiting Ireland in mid-1820s. April.
  • The Modern Traveller to the Early Irish Church. Ann Hamlin & Kathleen Hughes. Four Courts. €14.95 £9.95 $14.95 pb 1-85182-194-5. April [reprint].
  • Parnell and his Island. George Moore. UCD Press. 160pp. €17 £13.20 pb 1-904558-16-X. Classics of Irish History. Essays in Moore’s combative style on Ireland in the 1880s. April.
  • Preached at St Patrick’s, Dublin. Robert MacCarthy. Four Courts. €14.95 £9.95 $14.95 pb 1-85182-866-4. April.
  • Sun and Wind. Standish James O’Grady. UCD Press. 160pp. €18 £13.95 pb 1-904558-11-9. Classics of Irish History. O’Grady’s last work, a utopian treatise. April.

History Cultural
  • Golden Ages and Barbarous Nations: Antiquarian Debate and Cultural Politics in Ireland, c.1750-1800. Clare O’Halloran. Cork UP (USA: Univ. of Notre Dame Press). 300pp. €29 £19.95 Pb 23cm 1-85918-374-3. Ideas which shaped the later Celtic revival. May.
  • Native and Natural. Peter McQuillan. Cork UP. 400pp. €49 £30 $49 hb 23cm 1-85918-364-6. How words like cifichas, dithaigh, dual and saoirse evolved in response to prevailing conditions and ideas. April.

History Institutional
  • A Danger to the Men? A History of Women in Trinity College, Dublin 1904-2004. ed. Susan M. Parkes. Lilliput. 256pp. £25 hb 23cm 1-84351-040-5. The long struggle by women to gain admission, with personal reminiscences. Foreword by Mary Robinson. May.

History Popular
  • Cromwell’s Revenge: A True Story. Peter McLoughlin. Mercier Press. 192pp. €12.95. 1-85635-436-9. A family’s struggle for survival during Ireland’s dark history. May.
  • Making the Grand Figure: Lives and Possessions in Ireland, 1641-1770. Toby Barnard. Yale UP. 352pp. £30 hb 23cm 0-300-10309-3. Richness and diversity of lifestyle: the beginnings of consumerism? May.
  • O’Brien Pocket History of the Troubles. Brian Feeney. O’Brien Press. 192pp. €6.95 pb A 0-86278-853-6. Untangles the complex story of Northern Ireland and the Troubles over the past forty years. April.
  • Pirate Queen: The Life of Grace O’Malley. Judith Cook. Mercier Press. 144pp. €12.95. 1-85635-443-1. The story of Grace O’Malley, the terror of the Irish Sea. April.

Humour
  • Pints of Porter. John B. Keane. Merder Press. 128pp. €10.95 1-85635-438-5. A collection of essays by one of our best-loved writers, John B. Keane. May

Literature
  • Selected Journalism. Oscar Wilde. Oxford UP. 252pp.  £6.99 pb 20cm 0-19-280412-X Where he honed his wit.  May

Music
  • Bach Studies from Dublin: Irish musical studies 8. ed.  Anne Leahy & Tomita Yo. Four Courts E55 £55 $55 hb  1-85182-857-5. April.
  • Karaoke No More: The Real Story of the Beginnings of Westlife. Wraig Meehan. Brandon. 288pp. £14.99 £10.99 pb 20cm 0-86322-32i-4. Big publicity campaign. April.

Nature
  • A Place near Heaven: A Year in West Cork. Damien  Enright. Gill & Macmillan. 192pp. €16.99 £12.99 pb 22 cm 0-7171-3689-2. Rural life month by month. April.

Northern Ireland
  • Fair Employment in Northern Ireland: A Generation On. ed. R. D. Osborne & I. Shuttleworth. Blackstaff. £10.99 0-85640-752-6. Evaluating the effectiveness of fair employment policies in the North. May.
  • From Political Violence to Negotiated Settlement: The Winding Path to Peace in Northern Ireland. ed. Maurice J. Bric & John Coakley. UCD Press. 256pp. €22 £16.95 pb l-900621-84-3. Perspectives in British-Irish Studies. Essays on twentieth-century Irish history. May.
  • The SAS in Ireland. Raymond Murray. Mercier Press. 502pp. €20 1-85635-437-7. Traces the history of the SAS in Ireland from 1969 to 1989. May.

Novels
  • 11 Emerald Street. Hugh O’Donnell. Cape. 224pp. £10 pb 0-224-07182-3. First book from a script-writer and actor, about a boy in forties Dublin. April.
  • Afterglow. Kathy Rogers. Poolbeg. €9.99 pb 1-84223-135-9.  Second novel from the author of Misbehaving. April.
  • Aistrid. Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin. C1ó Iar-Chonnachta. 152pp. €10 pb 21cm 1-902420-38-1. A family moves from Kerry to the newly-established Meath Gaeltacht. April.
  • All Shook Up. Catherine Daly. Poolbeg. €9.99 pb 1-84223-166-9. Her employer is taken over, her childminder leaves and her husband tries to double for the latter. April.
  • All Summer. Claire Kilroy. Faber. 248pp. £7.99 pb 0-571-21563-7. ‘Haunting and compelling’ debut. May.
  • The Daisy Picker. Róisíin Meaney. Tivoli. €9.99 £6.99 pb  0-7171-3673-6. Funny romance or romantic comedy.  May.
  • Dispatching Baudelaire. Ken Bruen. Sitric. 176pp. 197.99 pb 21cm 1-903305-12-8. A gripping thriller about one ordinary man’s descent into a world of pure evil, by the bestselling author of The Guards. April.
  • The Dramatist. Ken Bruen. Brandon. 288pp. €14.99 pb 23cm 0-86322-319-2. More grit-noir crime with Jack Taylor. May.
  • Eating Peaches. Tara Heavey. Tivoli. €9.99 £6.99 pb 0-7171-3605-1. ‘Funny, racy’ about a female solicitor sent beyond the pale. April.
  • Green Poppies. Patricia Hickey. Blackstaff. £6.99 0-85640-756-9. Debut novel with an account of an Irish woman’s experiences in the First World War. May.
  • The Guards. Ken Bruen. Brandon. Brandon. 304pp. €12.99 pb 20cm 0-86322-323-0. Reissue to coincide with his new jack Taylor title. May. [reprint]
  • The Magdalen Martyrs. Ken Bruen. Brandon. 308pp. 612.99 pb 20cm 0-86322-302-8. Another reissue of the third Jack Taylor thriller. May.
  • The Other Side of the Story. Marian Keyes. Poolbeg. €19.99 hb 1-84223-149-9. About women in the world of publishing. May.
  • The Party. Curtis Adler. Simon &-Schuster/Town House 400pp. €9.99 pb 20cm 1-903650-32-1. Evocative and engaging story from the author of January Colours. May.
  • Shade. Neil Jordan. Murray. 400pp. £16.99 hb 23cm P-7195-6i86-8. His first novel in ten years: love and lost innocence. May.
  • Sunrise with Sea Monster. Neil Jordan. Murray. 208pp. £7.99 pb 20cm 0-7195-6189-2. Reissued as his new novel, Shade, appears. May. [reprint]
  • Tara’s Fortune. Geraldine O’Neill. Poolbeg. €9.99 pb 1-84223-134-0. Sequel to Tara Flynn, with the heroine taking some knocks. May.
  • Temptation. Martina Deviin. Poolbeg. €9.99 pb 1-84223-182-0. Three friends make new resolutions about extra-marital matters - will they stick? May.
  • Time in a Bottle. Denise Deegan. Tivoli. 352pp. €51.99 £6.99 pb 0-7171-3604-3. ‘Heart-wrenching story of mother love’. May.
  • Trainers. Jacqui Broderick. Poolbeg. E9.99 pb 1-84223-169-3. A choice of loyalties with a glamorous turf-and-thoroughbred setting. May.
  • The Ultras. Eoin McNamee. Faber. 288pp. £10.99 pb 0-571-20775-8. A sort of Le Carré job on the Troubles of the early seventies. April.

Photographs
  • Bloomsday Postcard. Niall Murphy. Lilliput in association with National Library. 224pp. €17.50 pb 26cm 1-84351-043-X  €35.00 hb -050-2. 240 postcards posted in Dublin in 1904, in full colour. May.
  • Departed: the Dublin of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Kieran Hickey. Lilliput in association with National Library. 104pp. €15.00 pb 26cm 1-84351-044-8. Famous collection of Robert French’s photos of Dublin daily life early 1900s. May.

Plays
  • Cyrano de Bergerac. Derek Mahon. Gallery Press. 148pp. €13.90 pb 1-85235-358-9; €20.00 hb -359-7. A new version of Edmond Rostand’s ‘heroic comedy’ celebrating its world première in London. 19 April.

Poetry
  • Small World: Spiritual Poetry in Haiku Form. Dermot O’Brien. Veritas. 192pp. €12.50 pb 19cm 1-85390-703-0. For anyone who has ever had reason to struggle with their faith. April.
  • These Days. Leontia Flynn. Cape. 64pp. £8 pb 20cm 0-224-07191-1. First collection from a Gregory award winner from Belfast, b.1974. April.

Politics
  • Dissecting Irish Politics: Essays in Honour of Brian Farrell. ed. Tom Garvin et al. UCD Press. 272pp. €40 £30 hb 1-904558-12-7. Essays on Irish politics. May.
  • The Naked Politician. Katie Hannon. Gill& Macmillan. 256pp. €10.99 £7.99 pb 20cm 0-7171-3694-9. How the mediocre and cynical (TDs) prosper. May.
  • Politicians and Other Animals. Olivia O’Leary. O’Brien Press. 160pp. €9.95 pb 0-86278-880-3. Thumbnail sketches of Irish life and politics, originally broadcast on Five Seven live radio programme. May.

Religion
  • Controversy, Conflict, Co-Operation: the Irish Council of Churches and the Troubles, 1968-1972, Norman Taggart, Columba Press, 144pp. €999 pb 21cm 1-85607-438-2. Contains important new material, on the first formal contacts between the Council, its member churches and the Roman Catholic Church. April.
  • Eaglais na gCatacómaí. Pádraig Standún. €16 Cló Iar-Chonnochta. 350pp. €12 pb 21cm 1-902420-67-5. An opinion on developments in the Catholic Church in last 30 years. May.
  • Evangelicals in Ireland: an introduction. ed. Robert Dunlop. Columba Press NPG pb 21cm 1-85607-443-9. Essays giving a full picture of evangelicals in their Irish manifestation. May.
  • The God Shift: Our Changing Perception of the Ultimate Mystery. Adrian Smith. Liffey Press. 250pp. €16.95 23cm 1-904148-47-6. Thirteen factors in the present day which require a shift in our perception of God-a shift which will make Him central to our lives again. April.
  • Into the Classroom: Christianity - origins and contemporary expression. Thomas Norris & Brendan Leahy. Veritas. 128pp. €12.95 pb 21cm 1-85390-796-0. Relationships between the ancient and modern. May.
  • Into the Classroom: The Search for Meanings and Values. Eoin G. Cassidy. Veritas. 240pp. €14.95 pb 21cm 1-85390-689-1. Is there a purpose to life? How do we attain it? May.
  • Into the Classroom: Worship, Prayer and Ritual. Christopher O’Donnell. Veritas. 192pp. €13.95 pb 21cm 1-85390-776-6. Explores the spiritual dimension of human life in a variety of cultures. May.
  • Jesus Said It, and I Believe It: Promises in the Gospel. Jack McArdle SSCC, Columba Press, NPG pb 21cm 1-85607-442-0. Spirituality with a scriptural basis from popular author. April.
  • The Navarre Bible: Wisdom Books. Navarre. Four Courts. C37.5 £30 hb 1-85182-741-2. May.
  • New Directions in Religious Education. Finola Cunnane. VeritaS. 208pp. €14.95 pb 21cm 1-85390-772-3. An educationist on new ways of developing an understanding. May.
  • The office of a Bishop: Episcopal Reflections from Cork. R. A. Warke. Columba Press, NPG pb 21cm 1-85607-436-6. On constraints and opportunities of the episcopal office as exercised in the Church of Ireland.
  • The Prayer Books of the Church of Ireland, 1551-2004. ed. Michael Kennedy et al. Columba Press, 48pp. €3.99 pb 21cm 1-85607-446-3. As a new Book of Common Prayer is introduced. this looks back to the 1551 edition, the first book printed in Ireland. April.
  • Providence My Guide. Dame Judy Coyne. Mercier Press. 192pp. €14.95 1-85635-434-2. Story of the woman who developed Knock Shrine into a religious site. April.
  • Time for a Change: A Fresh Look at Spirituality, Sexuality, Globalisation and the Church. Donal Dorr, Columba Press, 264pp. €15.99 pb 21cm 1-85607-444-7 Award-winning author looks at major challenges facing the church today. April.
  • Word, Faith, Culture. ed. Liam Bergin, Columba Press. NPG pb 21cm 1-85607-445-5. Aspects of the liturgy explored by team of international contributors. May.
  • Ascending the Mountain: the Carmelite Rule Today, ed. Eltin Griffin OCarm [sic], Columba Press, 144pp. €10.99 pb 21cm, 1-85607-449-8. International team of contributors explore various aspects of the Rule governing Carmelite orders. April.

    • Society
    • Kicking and Screaming: Dragging Ireland into the Twenty-first Century. Ivana Bacik. O’Brien Press. 176pp. €11.95 pb B 0-86278-860-9. A gifted lawyer on the campaigns to secularise and liberalise Irish society. May.

    Sport
    • Booked! (V. Carefully): Selected Writings. Tom  Humphries. Town House. 416pp. €11.99 pb 20cm  1-86059-212-0. A hilarious collection of columns from  Ireland’s bestselling sportswriter. April.

    Transport
    • Car Ferries of the Irish Sea 1954-2004. Justin Merrigan. Colourpoint. 160pp. £15.99 (prov.) pb 23cm 1-904242-25-1. Sequel to a book on passenger ships l919-69, with 140 colour or b/w pics. April.
    • The Fishbourne Car Ferry: Wight Connection. John Faulkner. Colourpoint. 208pp. £16 pb 23cm 1-904242-30-8. Colour-illustrated history of an Isle of Wight ferry. May.
    • Forty Shades of Steam: The Story of the RPSI. Joe Cassells & Charles Friel. Colourpoint. 144pp. £12 pb 23cm 1-904242-26-X. Celebrating 40 years of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. May.
    • Southern Vectis 1929-2004: 75 years Serving the Isle of Wight. Richard Newman. Colourpoint. 176pp. £15.99 pb 23cm 1-904242-24-3. Story of the main bus operator on the island; colour illustrations. May.

    Stories
    • Night in Tunisia. Neil Jordan. Murray. 256pp. £7.99 pb 20cm 0-7195-6190-6. Reissued as his new novel, Shade, appears. May. [reprint]

    Young People
    • Drochig Gruaige (SOS 9: age 8+). Catherine Doolin.  O’Brien Press. 64 pages, €5.50 pb B 0-86278-866-8. Bá  bhreá le Finn a bheith ‘cúileáite’- ach níl sé ar chor ar  bith. April.

    First Flush
  • Joe Fenwick, ed., Lost and Found: Discovering Ireland’s Past (Wicklow: Wordwell 2003), 350pp.
  • Roy Johnston, Bunting’s Messiah [Belfast Nat. Hist. & Phil. Soc.] (Ulster Foundation [2003]), 158pp.

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