The Lighthouses of Ireland
A Personal Journey
Richard Taylor.

Foreword by Michael Viney

Lighthouses are associated with the romantic, the mystical and the tragic. There are 86 lighthouses on or off the coast of Ireland, many barely accessible. Richard Taylor takes the reader on a tour around the Irish coast examining the lighthouses and their histories. The result is a book embellished with anecdotes and hair-raising tales of getting on to lighthouses, time spent there, often weeks on end, and getting off.

ISBN-10: 1-905172-15-X
ISBN-13: 978-1905172153

PB
196pp
234 x 156mm
€14.95/£11.99
2006

The Way That I Went
An Irishman in Ireland
Robert Lloyd Praeger.

Introduction by Michael Viney

Written by Ireland's greatest field botanist and first published in 1937, Robert Praeger’s personal tour of Ireland’s natural wonders has had a greater influence on Irish naturalists than any other book. It represents five years of weekends spent walking the countryside, swimming through flooded caverns, staying out all night on islands, sifting fossil bones, and exploring cattle-tramped tombs.

ISBN-10: 1-898256-35-7
ISBN-13: 978-1898256359

PB
394pp
240 x 172mm
€19.95/£14.99
1999
Black & white photos

The West of Ireland
A Photographer’s Journey
Carsten Krieger.

This visual journey through the landscape of the west is a distinctive collection of striking images from the Ring of Kerry to majestic Ben Bulben in Sligo, from MacGillycuddy’s Reeks to Achill Island and the Twelve Bens. Carsten has created a symphony of light, shape and colour to record the West of Ireland in a fresh and unexpected manner.

978-1905172894

HB
160 pp
219 x 127 mm
€27.95/£24.99
2009
Colour photos

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Traditional Boats of Ireland
History, Folklore and Construction
Críostóir MacCárthaigh, compiler.

Shortlisted for the Best Irish-Published Book of the Year in the Irish Book Awards 2009

Two centuries ago sail and oar dominated local Irish trade and fisheries. At least 60 traditional boats operated. This remarkable work, many years in the making, describes these craft, their construction and handling, usage and history, with recollections by men who experienced the often arduous life associated with them. Many craft have survived in the life of coastal and island communities. A revival in traditional boats for leisure and sport now allows them to prosper as many are restored and replicas built. Arranged by coastal area, the contributors include local historians, boat-builders, sailors, former fishermen, and ‘classic boat’ enthusiasts. Gloriously illustrated with evocative photographs, exquisite boat plans and maps, this wonderful work is the finest and most complete description of Ireland’s traditional boats.

978-1905172399

HB
660pp
280 x 280mm
€59.95/£40.00
2008
Full colour maps, photos and boat plans

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Trees of Inspiration
Sacred Trees and Bushes of Ireland
Christine Zucchelli.

This book, illustrated with 150 photographs and line drawings, explores the stories and legends of Ireland’s sacred trees, of Fairy Thorns and Rag Trees, of Mass Bushes and Monument Trees. Their spiritual, social, and historical functions from pagan times to the present are revealed.

978-1848890138

PB with flaps
220 pp
245 x 175 mm
€24.95/£22.99
2009
Colour photos and line drawings

Troubled Epic
On Location with Ryan's Daughter
Michael Tanner.

Ryan’s Daughter won two Oscars. This book, focusing on the locations and interviewing local people involved, describes the troubled shooting of the film, on and off camera, and how its stars – Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones and John Mills – coped with a year on Ireland’s south-west coast in the 1960s. This is the behind-the-scenes story of a film which changed the Dingle Peninsula overnight.

978-1905172382

PB with flaps
224pp
244 x 244mm
€17.95/£12.99
2007
Black & white and colour photos

West Kerry Camera
Ceamara Chorca Dhuibhne
Pádraig Tyers.

Chorca Dhuibne is roughly the Dingle Peninsula. In 1991 Pádraig Tyers published a collection of photographs to illustrate the life and social history of the area from the late nineteenth century. The result was Ceamara Chorca Dhuibhne. This revised and enlarged edition includes many new photographs never published. Every parish is represented as is every aspect of life in those far-off days. Well-known names featured include 'Kruger' Kavanagh, Peig Sayers, Tom Crean, Tomás Ó Criomhthain and Robin Flower.

ISBN-10: 1-905172-33-8
ISBN-13: 978-1905172337

PB
128pp
198 x 128mm
€24.95/£17.99
2006
Colour maps and photos

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