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Non-Fiction

From biography, memoir and essays to history and current affairs, you’ll find New Island books at the leading edge of Irish non-fiction.

Reeling in the Queers: Tales of Ireland’s LGBTQ Past

Reeling in the Queers: Tales of Ireland’s LGBTQ Past

€16.95
Wild Atlantic Women - Walking Ireland’s West Coast

Wild Atlantic Women - Walking Ireland’s West Coast

€12.95
Parcels in the Post : Growing Up With Fifty Siblings

Parcels in the Post : Growing Up With Fifty Siblings

€17.95
Herbert Simms - An Architect for the People

Herbert Simms - An Architect for the People

€16.95
Reggie's Guide to Social Climbing

Reggie's Guide to Social Climbing

€10.95
Sunday Miscellany: A Selection, 2018–2023

Sunday Miscellany: A Selection, 2018–2023

€19.95
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Pilgrim Soul: W.B. Yeats and the Ireland of His Time

€17.95
Face Down: The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer

Face Down: The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer

€16.95
Teasáras Gaeilge-Béarla | Irish-English Thesaurus

Teasáras Gaeilge-Béarla | Irish-English Thesaurus

€54.95
Island of Woods: How Ireland Lost its Forests and How to Get them Back

Island of Woods: How Ireland Lost its Forests and How to Get them Back

€19.95
Patrick: From Patron Saint to Modern Influencer

Patrick: From Patron Saint to Modern Influencer

€24.95
Voices of Connemara

Voices of Connemara

€22.95
From Rake to Radical: An Irish Abolitionist

From Rake to Radical: An Irish Abolitionist

€18.95
Away Days: Thirty Years of Irish Footballers in the Premier League

Away Days: Thirty Years of Irish Footballers in the Premier League

€17.95
Courting: Tractor Dates, Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland

Courting: Tractor Dates, Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland

€16.95
Three Castles Burning - A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets

Three Castles Burning - A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets

€15.95
The Presidents' Letters: An Unexpected History of Ireland

The Presidents' Letters: An Unexpected History of Ireland

from €21.95
A Year's Turning

A Year's Turning

€19.95
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Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman

€14.95
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Guardians of the Peace: The Early Years of the Irish Police Force

€19.95
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Peig sayers Vol. 1: Labharfad le Cách / I Will Speak to You All

€19.95
Peig Sayers Vol. 2: Níl Deireadh Ráite / Not the Final Word

Peig Sayers Vol. 2: Níl Deireadh Ráite / Not the Final Word

from €19.95
Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey

Ulysses: A Reader's Odyssey

€15.95
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Life In Medieval Ireland: Witches, Spies and Stockholm Syndrome

€14.95
An Unconsidered People: The Irish in London - 2021 Edition

An Unconsidered People: The Irish in London - 2021 Edition

€14.95
Emerald Exiles: How the Irish Made Their Mark on World Football

Emerald Exiles: How the Irish Made Their Mark on World Football

€17.95
The New Frontier: Reflections From the Irish Border

The New Frontier: Reflections From the Irish Border

€21.95
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NOTIFY ME!

Ireland's Hidden Histories - A Story a Day from Our Little-Known Past

€14.95
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The Visibility Trap

€16.95
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If Memory Serves Me Wrong

€16.95
Donkey's Years

Donkey's Years

€14.95
A Very Strange Man

A Very Strange Man

€17.95
Banished Babies: The Secret History of Ireland's Baby Export Business 2nd edition

Banished Babies: The Secret History of Ireland's Baby Export Business 2nd edition

€16.99
Kiss My …! Dictionary of English-Irish Slang

Kiss My …! Dictionary of English-Irish Slang

€8.95
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In Her Shoes

from €17.95
Peace After the Final Battle

Peace After the Final Battle

€14.95
Making Ryan's Daughter: The Myths, Madness and Mastery

Making Ryan's Daughter: The Myths, Madness and Mastery

€17.95
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Are You Somebody? Anniversary Edition

€9.95
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Ireland's Pilgrim Paths: Walking the Ancient Trails

€14.95
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Maeve in America

€11.95
Anseo

Anseo

€12.95
Divine Illumination: The Oratory of the Sacred Heart, Dún Laoghaire

Divine Illumination: The Oratory of the Sacred Heart, Dún Laoghaire

€19.95
Miscellany 50: Fifty Years of Sunday Miscellany

Miscellany 50: Fifty Years of Sunday Miscellany

€17.95
People on the Pier

People on the Pier

€24.95
Heroes of Jadotville: The Soldiers’ Story
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Heroes of Jadotville: The Soldiers’ Story

€17.95
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What's That As Gaeilge? An English-Irish Phrasebook

€14.95
Proverbs in Irish

Proverbs in Irish

€14.95
Foster's Book of Irish Murder

Foster's Book of Irish Murder

€11.95
9781848407442 The Ulysses Guide
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The Ulysses Guide

€14.95
The Irish and China

The Irish and China

from €19.95
An Ireland Worth Working For

An Ireland Worth Working For

€14.95
No Laughing Matter: The Life & Times of Flann O'Brien

No Laughing Matter: The Life & Times of Flann O'Brien

€16.95
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When Our Plane Hit the Mountain: A True Story

€13.99
Another Fine Mess: Peculiar and Amusing Ways to Die

Another Fine Mess: Peculiar and Amusing Ways to Die

€18.95
The Curious History of Irish Dogs

The Curious History of Irish Dogs

€14.95
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Yeats in Love

€19.95
New to the Parish: Stories of Love, War and Adventure from Ireland's Immigrants

New to the Parish: Stories of Love, War and Adventure from Ireland's Immigrants

€14.95
Hitler's Irish Slaves

Hitler's Irish Slaves

€15.95
Come Here to Me! – Volume 2

Come Here to Me! – Volume 2

€14.95
On This Day – Volume 2: Irish Histories from Drivetime on RTÉ Radio 1

On This Day – Volume 2: Irish Histories from Drivetime on RTÉ Radio 1

€10.95
Francis Ledwidge: A Life of the Poet
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Francis Ledwidge: A Life of the Poet

€15.95
Mr Pussy: Before I Forget to Remember

Mr Pussy: Before I Forget to Remember

€16.95
The Invisible Art: A Century of Music in Ireland 1916-2016

The Invisible Art: A Century of Music in Ireland 1916-2016

€29.95
How the Irish Won the West

How the Irish Won the West

€13.95
The Splendid Years - The Memoirs of an Abbey Actress and 1916 Rebel

The Splendid Years - The Memoirs of an Abbey Actress and 1916 Rebel

€15.95
Blanketmen

Blanketmen

€15.95
Here's Me Here

Here's Me Here

€13.99
God-Provoking Democrat: The Remarkable Life of Archibald Hamilton Rowan

God-Provoking Democrat: The Remarkable Life of Archibald Hamilton Rowan

€14.99
The Projectionist

The Projectionist

€24.99
D'You Remember Yer Man?

D'You Remember Yer Man?

€9.95
Paul Durcan's Diary

Paul Durcan's Diary

€12.99
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Confronting Shadows: An Introduction to the Poetry of Thomas Kinsella

€24.99
The Pillar: The Life and Afterlife of the Nelson Pillar

The Pillar: The Life and Afterlife of the Nelson Pillar

€12.95
A Question of Duty: The Curragh Incident 1914

A Question of Duty: The Curragh Incident 1914

€12.99
Don't Mention the Wars: A Journey through European Stereotypes

Don't Mention the Wars: A Journey through European Stereotypes

€19.99
Patrick Hillery: The Official Biography

Patrick Hillery: The Official Biography

€29.99
The Irish Male: His Greatest Hits

The Irish Male: His Greatest Hits

€15.99