General catalogue - The O'Brien Press

The Will to Win
Seán Boylan with John Quinn
The story of manager Seán Boylan who
made Meath a potent force in Gaelic Football
– winning four All-Ireland titles.
288 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-1-84717-004-0
€24.95 hb
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Hidden Soldier
An Irish Legionnaire’s Wars from Bosnia
to Iraq
Padraig O’Keeffe with Ralph Riegel
The extraordinary story of life and training in
the French Foreign Legion, UN and NATO
missions in Cambodia and Bosnia, and security
work in the killing fields of Iraq and Haiti.
336 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-1-84717-032-3/€9.99 pb
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All Hell Will Break Loose
Austin Currie
The fascinating story of a veteran of Irish and
Northern Irish politics. Currie gives a behindthe-scenes
account of the people and events
that changed the history of Northern Ireland,
and how violence affected his own family.
464 pages/photographs/€22.99 hb
ISBN 978-0-86278-815-5/Rights available W
Joe Cahill
A Life in the IRA
Brendan Anderson
A unique inside story from a lifelong member
of the IRA, revealing the workings of this
paramilitary organisation over the past sixty
years.
432 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-1-84717-101-6
€12.95 pb/Rights available W
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Mother from Hell
Two Brothers. A Sadistic Mother.
A Childhood Destroyed
Ken Doyle & Patrick Doyle with Nicola Pierce
The harrowing tale of two brothers subjected
to deprivation, beatings and humiliation at the
hands of their own mother, which continued
despite numerous official reports of abuse.
256 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-143-6
€11.99 pb/Rights available W/Rights sold B/C &
EUxIR (EL)
An Irish Voice
Niall O’Dowd
The remarkable account of an Irish emigrant
to the US who became a publisher, a leading
advocate for immigration reform, played a
pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace process,
and became known as ‘the authentic
voice of the Irish in America’.
320 pages/photographs/€12.99 pb
ISBN 978-1-84717-223-5
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Staying the Distance
Ronnie Delany
In 1956 Ronnie Delany won the gold medal in
the 1500m Olympic final in Melbourne, setting
a new Olympic record in the process. The
life and career of one of Ireland’s best-loved
sportsmen written in his own engaging style.
208 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-1-84717-044-6/€14.95 pb
ISBN 978-0-86278-975-6/€24.95 hb
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Oliver St. John Gogarty
Ulick O’Connor
An insightful biography of one of Ireland’s most
exuberent characters: the inspiration for Buck
Mulligan in Ulysses, a senator, playwright,
champion athlete and surgeon, Gogarty was
called ‘one of the greatest lyric poets of the
age’ by Yeats.
328 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-0-86278-597-0
€19.99 pb/Rights available W
Young Tigers and Mongrel Foxes
A Life in Politics
Paddy Harte
A frank account by the former Fine Gael TD.
Tells of Harte’s efforts to bring about peace in
Northern Ireland, and his role in the creation of
a memorial in Belgium to the Irish who died in
World War l.
360 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-0-86278-865-0/€24.95 hb
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Enemy of the Empire
Life as an International Undercover IRA
Activist
Eamon McGuire
Eamon McGuire’s IRA activities forced him to
go on the run, hiding in remote parts of Africa.
Captured by the CIA, he spent several years
in various prisons in South Africa, Ireland and
the US.
312 pages/photographs/€11.95 pb
ISBN 978-0-86278-909-1/Rights available W
Holy Terrors
Michael Clemenger
Chilling, passionate and unflinching, this is the
story of how one boy survived the terrors of
Ireland’s notorious institutions and made a real
life for himself.
‘Harrowing’ The Kingdom
424 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-1-84717-187-0
€11.99 pb
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John Charles McQuaid
Ruler of Catholic Ireland
John Cooney
An important and revealing biography of the
enigmatic cleric whose iron rule influenced all
aspects of life in Ireland for three decades.
576 pages/photographs
ISBN 978-0-86278-811-7
€29.99 pb
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