Books Ireland (April-May 2004): A Hundred Books due in June-August.
Archaeology
The Burren and Aran islands: Exploring the archaeology. Carleton Jones. Collins Press. 220pp. €35 hb 24 cm sq. 1-903464-61-7; €25 pb 1-903464-49-8. With 160 colour and b/w photos, drawings and plans. June
Autobiography
Memories of an Islander: a life on Scattery and beyond. Don Scanlan. Clasp Press. 86pp. €10pb 16 x 21cm 1-900545-17-9. Recollections of a unique way of life during 19205 to 405. June
The Same Age as the State. Máire Cruise-OBrien. OBrien. €19.95 £13.99 pb 0-86278-885-4. Paperback of the book reviewed in our April issue. August
A Spring in my Step. Joan McDonnell. Collins Press. 220pp €12.95 pb 20 cm 1-903464-60-9. Poignant memoir about growing up with polio. June
The Storyteller. Eamon Kelly. Mercier Press. 320pp. €16.95 1-85635-439-3. The definitive autobiography of Irelands master storyteller. June.
Aviation
Army Aviation in Ulster. Guy Warner and Ken Boyd. Colourpoint 208pp. £16 pb 26 cm 1-904242-27-8. From 1913 to 2004, fully illustrated. July
Biography
Maeve Brennan of the New Yorker. Angela Bourke. Cape. 192pp. £16.99 hb 23 cm 0-224-06260-3. life of the Dublin writer, daughter of the WW2 Irish Minister in Washington DC. June
Criticism
Studies in Childrens literature, 1500-2000. ed. Celia Keenan & Mary Shine Thompson. Four Courts. €45; £40 $45 hb 1-85182-853-2. June
Dance
The Story of Irish Dance. Helen Brennan. Brandon. 188pp. €14.99 22 cm 0-86322-328-1. Reissue of an entertaining and useful study. 9 June
Folklore
Folklore of Clare. Thomas Johnson Westropp. Clasp Press. 132pp. €12.00 pb 24 cm 1-900545-16-0. Comprehensive survey of lore relating to forts, lakes, rivers, wells. June
Food
A Taste of the Place: food and recipes from the 32 counties. Éamon Ó Catháin. Liberties. NPG 0-9545335-3-4. June
Guides
Cork: a pocket guide. Paul Cussen. Collins Press. €8.99 pb 18 cm 1-903464-53-6. The 2005 European City of Culture: what to see and where to eat. June
History
Irish Governments and the Guardianship of Historical Records, 1922-72. Gerard OBrien. Four Courts. €55 £50 $55 hb 1-85182-864-8. June
The Irish Ordnance Survey: history, culture and memory. Gillian Smith. Four Courts. €45 £40 $45 hb 1-85182-861-3. June
The Land for the People: the land question in independent Ireland. Terence Dooley. UCD Press. 304pp. €25 £18.95 pb 1-904558-15-1; 1E50 £39.95 hb -14-3. History of land distribution in Ireland after independence. June.
Medicine and Charity in Ireland 1718-1851. Laurence M. Geary. UCD Press. 304pp. €25 £18.95 pb 1-904558-18-6; i65o £39,95 hb -17-8. July.
History Local
The Antiquities of County Clare. John ODonovan & Eugene Curry. Clasp Press. 323pp. C2too pb 23 cm 1-900545-i5-2. from Ordnance Survey letters, 1839: details of every parish in the county June
Dictionary of Irish Local History. Joseph Byrne. Mercier Press. 288pp. €20 pb 1-85635-423-7. One-stop resource for all historians. June.
Listowel and its Vicinity Since 1973. J. Anthony Gaughan, Currach Press, 168pp. €10.99 pb 21 cm 1-85607-912-0. Recent history of town and hinterland covering art, sport, commerce and education. June.
Medieval Dublin V. ed. Sein Duffy. Four Courts. €55 £45 $55 hb 1-85182-801-X, €24.95 £19.95 $30 pb -8o2-8. July
Humour
Pints of Porter. John B. Keane. Mercier Press. 128pp. €10.95 1-85635-438-5. Collection of essays by best-loved writerjohn B. Keane. June
Ross OCarroll-Kelly: the miseducation years. Paul Howard. OBrien. €9.95 £6.99 pb 0-86278-852-8. Our heros early years as rugger-bugger at Castlerock. June
Joyceana
A Bloomsday Postcard. Niall Murphy. Lilliput, 336pp. €20 pb 1-84351-043-X €40 hb -050-2. Reproductions Of 240 postcards mailed in Dublin on 16 June 1904. June
Faithful Departed: the Dublin of James Joyces Ulysses. Kieran and Des Hickey. Lilliput 104pp. €15.00 pb 1-84351-044-8. Reissue of haunting turn of the century photos from the Lawrence collection. June
James Joyce’s Dublin: a topographical guide to the Dublin of Ulysses. Ian Gunn and Clive Hart. Thames & Hudson. 160pp. £28 hb30 cm 0-500-51159-4. With over a hundred maps and photos. June
Joyce in Art. ed. Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes. Lilliput. 400pp €35 Pb 1-84351-052-9. Book of the RHA exhibition with reproductions from Man Ray, Matisee, Bacon and many more. June
The Joyce We Knew: memoirs of joyce. ed. Ulick OConnor. Brandon. 128pp. €11.99 pb 20 cm 0-86322-324-9.The man himself. June [rep.]
A New and Complex Sensation: essays on Joyces Dubliners. ed. Oona Frawley. Lilliput 272pp. €20 pb 1-84351-051-o. Twenty fresh perspectives on his short stories. June
Language
Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State 1922-1939. Philip OLeary. UCD Press. 784pp. €90 £65 hb 1-904558-13-5. A selection with original Irish and English translations. July.
Irish Grammar Book. Nollaig Mac Congáil. Cló Iar-Chonnachta. 222 pp, €15 pb 21 cm 1-902420-49-7. The rules of Irish grammar presented in English. July.
Nature
Flora Hibernica: the wild flowers, plants and trees of Ireland. Jonathan Pilcher and Valerie Hall. Collins Press. €25 pb 28 cm 1-903464-51-X. Colour illustrated description including habitats. June
Hope and History: making peace in Ireland. Gerry Adams. Brandon. 416pp. €12.99 pb 0-86322-330-3. Into paperback for an essential account. 15 June
Representing the Troubles: text and images, 1970-2000 ed. Brian Cliff & Eibhear Walshe. Four Courts. €55 £55 $55 hb 1-85182-854-0. June
The SAS in Ireland. Raymond Murray. Mercier Press. 502 pp. €20 pb 1-85635-437-7. History of British Army Special Services Air Services Regiment in Ireland from 1969 through 1989. June
Novels
Fillums. Hugh Leonard. Methuen. 240pp. £15.99 hb 0-413-77166-0. Hypocrisy and scandal in a wartime seaside town. 25 June.
Gazumped! Sarah OBrien. Hodder. 432pp. €8.99 pb 0-340-83564-8. The course of true love in the property business. July
The Virgo Club. Suzanne Power. Hodder. 456pp. €8.99 pb 0-340-83565-6. Four women cook up a wicked plan. June
Obiter Dicta
Talk Nation: Irish people on everything and anything, Aubrey Malone. Currach Press. 300pp. €12.99 pb 13 cm 1-85607-913-9. Bite-sized chunks of wit and wisdom for beside your bed or in the loo. June.
Poetry
Drunken Sailor. John Montague. Gallery Press. 88pp. €11.40 pb 1-85235-360-0; €17.50 hb 1-85235-361-9. Irelands beloved elder poet muses on the themes Yeats embraced in later poems - friends, family and the so many deaths. July
The Book of the Angel. Medbh McGuckian. Gallery Press. 88pp. €11.40 pb 1-85235-362-7, €17.50 hb 1-85235-363-5. In her tenth collection, the Belfast poet contemplates the eternal mystery of the incarnation. June
Dark Pool. Ben Howard. Salmon. 88pp. €12 pb 20 cm 1-903392-32-2. Howards fifth collection, titled for Dublin. July
Fiacha Fola. Celia de Fréine. Cló Iar-Chonnachta. 70pp. €8 pb 22 cm 1-902420-88-8. A moving personal account of the Hepatitis C scandal. August.
Funeral Game. Noel Monahan. Salmon. 72pp. €12 pb 20 cm 1-903392-12-8. Monahans fourth collection. Title poem won the SeaCat National Poetry Award. June
Refuge at DeSoto Bend. Eamorm Wall. Salmon. 80pp. €12 pb 20 cm 1-903392-36-5. Fourth collection from a well-known expatriate. June
Time Out: poems in remembrance of madness. Thomas Krampt. Salmon. 104pp. €12 pb 20 cm 1-903392-38-1. long-awaited collection from American poet on madness and transformation. June
Reference
Guide to Evening Classes in Cork city and county. Collins Press. €5 pb 17 cm 1-903464-66-8. Annual guide to self-improvement. July
Religion
The Cosmic Circle: Jesus and ecology. Edward P. Echlin. Columba. 144pp. €8.99 pb 22 cm 1-85607-451-X. On the inclusion of the earth in his ministry. June
Homilies for Weddings and Funerals. Joseph Pollard. Columba. 128 pp. €8.99 pb 22 cm 1-85607-448-X. Priming the homilists head and heart. June
In Search of Christ: a prayer book for searchers. James O’Halloran SDB. Columba. 144pp. €12.99 pb 19 cm 1-85607-452-8. Getting to know Christ the man. June
New Life for old: on desire and becoming human. Vincent MacNamara. Columba. 64pp. €6.99 pb 22 cm 1-85607-439-0. Towards integral human development. June
Short stories
The Stealing Steps. John Arden. Methuen. £7.99 pb. Into paperback for a book recently praised in BI. 1 July
Sociology
The Information Revolution and Ireland: prospects and challenges. Lee Komito. UM Press. 256pp. €22 £15.9s pb 1-904558-07-0. How new information and communications technology is an integral part of society. August.
Sport
OBrien Pocket History of Gaelic Sports. Eamonn Sweeney. OBrien. €6.95 £4.99 pb 0-86278-854-4. Useful pocket-history by a leading journalist. August
Topography
The Hook Peninsula. Billy Coffer. Cork UP. 260pp. €40 $40 £25 hb 30 cm 1-85918-378-6. Well illustrated study of landscape, archaeology and more. June
Young People
Helpful Hannah. Mane Burlington. OBrien. €5.50 £3.99 pb 0-86278-837-4. Hannah had the best of intentions ... Author illustrates. August.
Shoestring Soup. Fergus Lyons. OBrien. €5.50 £3.99 pb 0-86278-871-4. No. 30 in the early-reader Panda series. August.