Books of the Week

In The Ranks Of Death: The Irish In The Second World War

BY RICHARD DOHERTY
THIS is the 16th book from Ireland’s leading military history author Richard Doherty in which he explores the role of Irish men and women in the Second World War.

The Soldier’s Song

BY ALAN MONAGHAN
THIS debut novel from Alan Monaghan is a poignant and deeply moving story about the human spirit.

BY KATIE FORDE
AFTER finding herself agreeing to help organise a literary festival deep in the heart of the English countryside, romantic Laura Horsley travels to Ireland to try and persuade the infamous recluse author Dermot Flynn to come out of hiding.

The Village

BY ALICE TAYLOR
THIS is the third account of Alice Taylor’s unique life in the Irish countryside, which is filled with love, nature, family and a real zest for life.

The Pen Friend

BY CIARAN CARSON
THIS is a beautifully-written and unique take on the novel that follows a love story through postcards and letters.

Blazing Tar Barrels And Standing Orders: Tipperary North’s First County And District Councils, 1899-1902

BY DONAL A. MURPHY
AN IN-DEPTH and fascinating look at the English and Ulster Unionist genesis and passage of the new Local Government Constitution of 1898 — it also provides the election results for three sets of new authorities and gives an informative account and assessment of those first three years.

An Irish Soldier’s Diaries

BY MICHAEL MORIARTY
FROM 1949 until 1992 Michael Moriarty served with the Irish Army, where he rose to the rank of Colonel and served in many of the world’s conflict hot spots such as the Congo, Cyprus, Angola and Lebanon as part of UN peacekeeping operation.

Samuel Beckett

BY ANDREW GIBSON
THIS new biography from the professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Royal Holloway, University of London considers the writer’s work in relation to the historical circumstances of his life and provides an original insight into one of Ireland’s greatest writers.

In My Mother’s Shoes

BY ALISON WALSH
THIS is a unique book about three generations of Irish motherhood.

Chasing Rainbows

BY NUALA WOULFE
ALI HUGHES wants more from life — she’s sick of her dead end job with the boss from hell then having to go home to her small pokey flat.