Books

'... a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...' Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a faminePaperback

Signed by the AuthorA Little History of Dublin is a high-speed history of life in the Irish capital. The key events are explained in short, digesti...

What can a postcard tell you about a city? Everything.  This high-speed history tells the story of Dublin from its roots as a Viking town all the w...

Bono -- artist, activist and the lead singer of U2 —has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of t...

'It would be unfair to expect other people to be as remarkable as oneself' Wilde's celebrated witticisms on the dangers of sincerity, duplicitous b...

In the summer of 2000, a young Irish journalist returned from New York to launch a magazine about life in boomtown Dublin. The Dubliner was an inst...

HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: DUBLIN takes his readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Dublin, exposing all of its most scurrilous se...

From stories of the Pig Woman of Dublin, to the grave robbing students of the College of Surgeons who took a cadaver for a boisterous lunch in Bewl...

Signed by the AuthorThe first biography of the beloved long-time Lord Mayor of Dublin. Alfie Byrne was that rarest of things: a genuinely popular p...

Exploring Dublin City's past, present and future'This book is marvellous. It tells the entire Dublin story and brings it so freshly up to date'. - ...

Oscar Wilde was one of Ireland's finest and most prolific 19th-century writers and a celebrated wit. He became a popular playwright in the early 18...

In the words of Seamus Heaney, great poetry can 'Catch the heart off guard and blow it open'. This beautifully illustrated collection contains the ...

Craic, or crack is a Gaelic word, with no exact English translation. The closest you get is fun. The expression ceoil agus craic, means music and f...

The perfect introduction to Ireland’s dramatic fight for sovereignty Gaining independence from British rule has dominated Irish history since the p...

From its opening in 1796 to finally closing its doors in 1924, Kilmainham Gaol has held an iconic place in Irish history. Built as Dublin’s County ...

Encompassing stories of some of Ireland's best known characters as well as key moments in Ireland's past, this pocket history recalls the country's...

This book explains what happened in the years before and after Ireland's Easter Rising, as well as providing an exciting day-by-day account of the ...

This pocket-sized A to Z encyclopedia celebrates Irish life and culture and covers everything from ancient Irish abbeys to the zoological gardens i...

A fully illustrated history of Ireland’s most famous sporting institution, published in association with the GAA museum in Croke Park. This is a fa...

Containing Ireland's most popular prayers and blessings, this book is packed full of inspirational words to take comfort in. In turn these words pr...

The year 2022 sees the 100th anniversary of the death of solider and politician Michael Collins, the legendary leader of Irish republicanism. Born ...

Hardback The Irish famously have a way with words and this beautifully illustrated selection includes the best of Irish wit and wisdom to amuse and...

Hardback Some of the finest speeches ever made have been spoken in Ireland. This book highlights 45 eminent and influential speeches, from Robert E...

In the 1790s a young artist decided to create a portrait of Dublin. James Malton died in obscurity at the age of thirty-eight, and little is now kn...

More of the greatest Irish stories from the producers of the Pocket series. Kings and farmers, monsters and fairies, magic and mayhem - all the ing...

Peppa and George are going to Ireland for an Irish-dancing festival! But when the band forget their instruments, will Peppa and her family be able ...

Did you know there is a patron saint for warts? Have you always  believed that saints were good all the time? Perhaps you imagine they spent all th...

Kidnapped as a boy and sold to slavery in Ireland, Patrick spent many brutal years away from his family and friends and should have hated the Irish...

Fionn Mac Cumhaill was the greatest warrior-leader the Fianna ever had. Brave, swift and very, very clever, his enemies stood no chance against him...

Oisin was the bravest and most handsome young warrior in The Fianna and he loved adventure. So when a beautiful girl, Niamh, galloped across the wa...

Cúchulainn wanted to be remembered forever. The greatest of heroes, his powers were magical. No one could outdo him in strength, or ever win a race...

The four children of King Lir are happy when their father marries again. Aoife, their new stepmother is very kind to them. But in her heart she is ...

The women of the Irish Suffrage Movement showed immense courage when they fought for the right of women to vote. They encountered great opposition ...

Maebh was a brave, beautiful and powerful warrior queen. Her life was stormy and she created havoc wherever she went. But the wrong she did was bou...

What made them support the Rising in 1916? The answer lies in their childhoods. A skating accident, a Fenian nanny, the loss of a parent, poverty, ...

The true story of a woman who fought tirelessly for Irish freedom. Constance Gore-Booth was born into a rich Anglo-Irish family. She grew up enjoyi...

Measure yourself against the spire on O'Connell street, spot seals at the seaside, zoom down the slide in Stephen's Green playground, and enjoy a G...

Flossie McFluff An Irish Fairy Written by Eoin O'Brien, Illustrated by Audrey Dowling Three stories in rhyme about little fairy Flossie McFluff. ...

Fantastic Facts About Your Favourite Animals Written by Sarah Webb and Alan Nolan A book of animal facts that will appeal strongly to children, i...

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Fiona who lived in Dublin. But Dublin is full of colourful characters and creatures from the fairy...

Published to accompany our exhibition on the works of James Malton, this handsome new book is a miniature biography of Dublin at the height of its ...

Fizzing with energy, these drawings were part of an exhibition in the Little Museum in 2016 to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising. We have als...