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New Books Calendar
W e l c o m e t o t h e
G i l l & M a c m i l l a n
TITLE ISBN HB PB E AUTHOR
January
c a t a l o g u e o f n e w b o o k s
Eat Yourself Well 978 0 7171 5639 9 • • Bernadette Bohan
Dr Eva Orsmond’s 10lb Diet 978 0 7171 6009 9 • • Dr Eva Orsmond
Ready to Paint Irish Landscapes 978 07171 6034 1 • Dermot Cavanagh
FEBRUARY
The Extra Virgin Kitchen 978 07171 5933 8 • Susan Jane White
Ireland (English) 978 07171 5933 8 • Peter Zoeller and
Michael Diggin
Ireland (French) 978 0 7171 5742 6 • Peter Zoeller and
Michael Diggin
Ireland (German) 978 0 7171 5748 8 • Peter Zoeller and
Michael Diggin
The Irish Granny’s Pocket Recipe Book 978 07171 5900 0 •
Pocket Irish Legends 978 0 7171 5899 7 •
MARCH
Finding Birds in Ireland 978 0 7171 5925 3 • Eric Dempsey and
Michael O’Clery
The Great Irish Famine 978 0 7171 6010 5 • Enda Delaney
APRIL
In My Room 978 0 7171 5951 2 • • Jim Lucey
Plan B 978 07171 6176 8 • • Cormac Lucey
100 First Irish Words Sticker Book 978 07171 6210 9 •
Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf 978 0 7171 6207 9 • Seán Duffy
Tom Gilmartin 978 0 7171 6047 1 • • Frank Connolly
The Pleasures of the Table 978 0 7171 5967 3 • Theodora FitzGibbon and
Donal Skehan
may
The Ballymaloe Cookbook 978 07171 6180 5 • Myrtle Allen
JUNE
Celtic Calligraphy 978 0 7171 5727 3 • Kerry Richardson
This season, be inspired by our authors, who help make a difference
to the world we live in.
If you feel like this is your year to get fit and fabulous, DR EVA
ORSMOND will get you off to the right start with her 10lb Diet.
BERNADETTE BOHAN and SUSAN JANE WHITE are two
inspirational women who took control of their health and want to
show you how you can too.
Or perhaps you feel inspired to take up a new hobby? We’ve got
books that will get you started on a range of activities, like Celtic
calligraphy, landscape painting, bird watching and cookery. MYRTLE
ALLEN started a food revolution when she opened Ballymaloe
House in the 1960s and we are delighted to bring back her muchloved
Ballymaloe Cookbook in time for Myrtle’s 90th birthday.
And get ready to rediscover the voice of legendary food writer
THEODORA FITZGIBBON, a change-maker in Irish food, in a brand
new compilation of recipes selected and photographed by DONAL
SKEHAN.
Finally, we are delighted to publish psychiatrist PROFessor JIM
LUCEY, who meets people every day in his room at St Patrick’s
University Hospital, to listen to their fears, traumas and very real
human predicaments. While the patients’ stories are diverse, one
common theme emerges – that of recovery. This book will restore
your faith in the human experience.
So, whatever you pick, we hope it will inspire positive change in your
life this season.
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self-help
self-help
January
April
272 pp
256 pp
216 x 135 mm
216 x 135 mm
Paperback and ebook
Paperback and ebook
978 0 7171 5639 9
978 0 7171 5951 2
€16.99 / £14.99
€16.99 / £14.99
Eat Yourself
Well
In My Room
Jim Lucey
Bernadette
Bohan
Au t h o r
au t h o r
Bernadette Bohan is an
ordinary wife and mother
who twice beat cancer and
became a powerful advocate
for changing one’s lifestyle
to overcome disease. She
is an inspirational speaker
at health conferences and
her memoir, The Choice,
was a bestseller. She is
also the author of The
Survivor’s Mindset. For
more information about
Bernadette visit
www.changesimply.com.
A p r o g r a m m e o f c h a n g e fo r b et t e r
h e a lt h f r o m t h e wo m a n w h o b e at
ca n c e r t w i c e
In order to help herself through a second diagnosis of
cancer, Bernadette Bohan began to research how the
food we eat can help or hinder our health. Based on the
evidence she found through her work, she made radical
changes to her diet and lifestyle, which brought about her
full recovery.
News of her story spread rapidly, with a huge demand for
her to reveal how she did it. She developed a programme
for change and began to share her story with people who
wanted to increase their wellbeing too. Here she shows us
how to introduce change for better health. The book also
includes many of her delicious, healing recipes.
Professor Jim Lucey is
Medical Director at St
Patrick’s Mental Health
Services, and Clinical
Professor of Psychiatry
at TCD. He has more
than 25 years’ experience
in psychiatry. He also
maintains his clinical
practice at St Patrick’s. He
gives public lectures and
is a regular broadcaster on
mental health matters on
The Today Show on RTÉ
Radio 1.
T h e r ecov e ry j o u r n e y as e n co u n t e r e d
by a p syc h i at r i st.
Professor Jim Lucey has been working for over 25 years
with patients suffering from mental health disorders.
Every day, people at their most vulnerable present to Jim
in his room at St Patrick’s University Hospital to reveal
their fears, their traumas, and their very real human
predicaments.
Each chapter of this book distils the stories of Jim’s
patients. Throughout, we hear the narratives of many
different people as we touch upon such themes as
Depression, Balance, Truth, and Memory. One common
theme emerges – that of recovery. This book will give you
many moments of reflection as you journey with Jim’s
patients towards recovery, and will restore your faith in
the human experience.
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cookery
Cookery/Health
February
January
272 pp
224 pp
247 x 189 mm
245 x 190 mm
Hardback
Paperback and ebook
978 0 7171 5933 8
978 0 7171 6009 9
€27.99 / £24.99
€19.99 / £17.99
The Extra
Virgin
Kitchen
Susan Jane
White
Dr Eva
Orsmond’s
10lb Diet
Dr Eva
Orsmond
AU T H O R
Susan Jane White is
a specialist cook and
food columnist with The
Sunday Independent. A
former president of Oxford
University’s Gastronomy
Society, she is a popular
broadcaster on health
and nutrition. She lives in
Dublin with her husband
and two little boys.
R ec i p es fo r W h e at- F r e e , S u g a r - F r e e
a n d Da i ry- F r e e E at i n g
As a student surviving on a diet of caffeine and refined
white carbs, Susan Jane’s health took a sudden nosedive
and she ended up in hospital. She eventually discovered
that wheat and sugar were lethal to her system. When
she cut them out and recovered, she realised the intimate
connection between energy levels and the food we eat.
As she expanded her repertoire to cater for her
sensitivities, she was pleasantly surprised to find there
was nothing restrictive about her new diet. Her food
intolerances were, in fact, an opportunity to escape the
shackles of energy-sapping processed food. Here she
shares her much sought after, delicious recipes for sugarfree,
dairy-free and wheat-free eating.
Au t h o r
Dr Eva Orsmond, MD MPH
is a medical doctor who runs
Orsmond Clinics, which are
dedicated to the treatment
of overweight and obesity.
She appeared for a number
of years on RTÉ’s popular
Operation Transformation.
Her first book, The Last
Diet, was a No.1 bestseller.
She is a regular contributor
to a number of publications,
including The Irish Daily
Mail. She lives in Wicklow
with her husband, two sons
and three dogs.
Los e 1 0 l b i n 3 o r 1 2 w e e k s w i t h
D r E va’s fast o r s low d i et p l a n s a n d
low- ca lo r i e r ec i p es
Dr Eva has helped thousands of people to lose weight
through her weightloss clinics and no-nonsense approach
on RTÉ’s Operation Transformation. Now, in her fantastic
new cookbook and diet plan, Dr Eva puts you in control.
Choose between ‘The Fast Way’ and lose 10lb in 3 weeks –
perfect for that wedding, holiday or party you’ve just been
invited to! Or ‘The Slow Way’ and lose 10lb in 12 weeks
– perfect for kick-starting long-term lifestyle change
without working too hard.
Packed with 100 low-calorie recipes and easy-to-follow
plans, motivation tips and exercises, this book is all you
need to take control of your weight once and for all.
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cookery
April
336 pp
242 x 178 mm
Hardback
978 0 7171 5967 3
€24.99 / £22.99
cookery
May
360 pp
247 x 189 mm
Hardback
978 0 7171 6180 5
€24.99 / £22.99
The
Pleasures of
the Table
Theodora
FitzGibbon
Recipes selected
and photographed by
Donal Skehan
Au t h o r s
Theodora FitzGibbon, an
Irish Times food columnist
for many years, was the
author of more than thirty
books including her
encyclopaedic The Food
of the Western World and
A Taste of Ireland. She
published two volumes of
autobiography, With Love
and Love Lies a Loss. She
died in 1991.
Donal Skehan first came to
attention through his blog
Good Mood Food. He has
written three cookbooks
and has presented two
cookery shows on RTÉ. He
also writes a column with
Delicious magazine, is a
presenter on BBC1’s Junior
Masterchef and recently
launched Feast magazine.
I r e l a n d ’s a n sw e r to J u l i e a n d J u l i a :
w h e n D o n a l m et T h eo d o r a
Gill & Macmillan first published Theodora FitzGibbon’s
cookery book 40 years ago. Now Ireland’s most exciting
young foodie, Donal Skehan, discovers the art of
Theodora, the much-loved Irish Times food writer. In
this beautiful new collection Donal selects her very
best dishes: classics to be made time and again, always
accompanied by her marvellous sense of style.
Life-long fans will be delighted with this replacement
for their battered and much-used books (or ancient
newspaper clippings!) and a new generation of food lovers
will discover the delight of Theodora FitzGibbon for the
first time.
The
Ballymaloe
Cookbook
Myrtle Allen
AU T H O R
Born in Cork in 1924,
Myrtle Allen is an Irish
Michelin-star-winning
chef. Together with her
husband, Ivan, she bought
Ballymaloe House in 1947.
Her pioneering work there
created the road map for
Ireland’s current status as
a force to be reckoned with
on the global culinary scene,
and the name Ballymaloe
has become synonymous
with great Irish cooking.
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T h e co o k b o o k t h at b eg a n a
fo o d r e vo lu t i o n
In 2014, Myrtle Allen will celebrate her ninetieth birthday and
Ballymaloe House will celebrate fifty years open to the public.
This new edition of The Ballymaloe Cookbook, first published
in 1977, marks the occasion. Illustrated with stunning
photographs and including previously unseen recipes, this is
a celebration of modern Irish cooking at its best.
From humble beginnings in 1964, Myrtle Allen’s
Ballymaloe House went on to win hundreds of accolades,
including a Michelin star. At the heart of this success are
fresh, locally available ingredients, cooked to perfection.
This new edition of the classic cookbook brings the
Ballymaloe philosophy to a new generation of foodies.

CURRENT AFFAIRS
Current Affairs
april
April
160 pp
288 pp
197 x 129 mm
234 x 156 mm
Paperback and ebook
Paperback and ebook
978 0 7171 6176 8
978 0 7171 6047 1
€12.99 / £11.99
€16.99 / £14.99
Plan B:
How Leaving
The Euro Can
Save Ireland
Tom
Gilmartin
Frank
Connolly
Cormac Lucey
Au t h o r
Au t h o r
Cormac Lucey is one
of Ireland’s foremost
commentators on economic
affairs. In addition to
lecturing at UCD’s Smurfit
School of Business, he
teaches finance at the Irish
Management Institute and
Chartered Accountants
Ireland. He also writes
a weekly column for the
Irish Daily Mail. He was a
special advisor to Michael
McDowell from 2002 to
2007.
L e a d i n g eco n o m i st p r o p os es a r a d i ca l
c h a n g e i n t h e way w e t h i n k a b o u t
I r i s h s ov e r e i g n t y
The Irish economy currently exists in a state of economic
quarantine, paralysed by debt, powerless to effect its
course.
If things are to change, the course of action is clear:
Ireland must renege on its existing debt commitment and
abandon the single currency.
The political classes remain steadfast in their refusal to
consider default, but there is a viable alternative waiting
to be heard. Here, at last, it gets the airing it deserves.
Frank Connolly is a
distinguished investigative
journalist whose work
on political and police
corruption led to the
establishment of two
judicial inquiries, the Flood/
Mahon and the Morris
tribunals. He is currently
Head of Communications
with SIPTU, Ireland’s largest
trade union.
T h e m a n w h o b r o u g h t d ow n a
Tao i s e ac h a n d e x p os e d t h e g r e e d
a n d co r r u p t i o n at t h e h e a rt o f
I r i s h p o l i t i cs
A successful property developer returning from England
in the late 1980s, Tom Gilmartin had ambitious plans for
major retail developments in Dublin. Little did he know
that in order to do business in the city, senior politicians
and public officials would want a slice of the action in
large amounts of cash.
Gilmartin blew the whistle on the corruption at the heart of
government and the city’s planning system, and the fallout
from his claims ultimately forced Bertie Ahern to resign as
Taoiseach in 2008. The developer, who died in November
2013, was thoroughly vindicated in the final report of the
Mahon tribunal and the fallout from his claims.
In a compelling narrative of official wrong-doing and abuse
of office, Frank Connolly exposes the roots of the political
and the fallout from his claims.
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history
history
April
March
368 pp
304 pp
234 x 156 mm
216 x 135 mm
Paperback and ebook
Paperback and ebook
978 0 7171 6207 9
978 0 7171 6010 5
€14.99 / £12.99
€14.99 / £12.99
Brian Boru
and the
Battle of
Clontarf
The Great
Irish Famine
Enda Delaney
Seán Duffy
Au t h o r
Seán Duffy is Professor of
Medieval History at Trinity
College Dublin and is one of
Ireland’s foremost medieval
historians. Previous books
include Ireland in the
Middle Ages (1997) and The
Concise History of Ireland
(2000), and he is editor of
the long-running Medieval
Dublin series (2000–).
N e w pa p e r b ac k e d i t i o n o f a m a j o r
r e as s es s m e n t o f B r i a n B o r u a n d t h e
B at t l e o f C lo n ta r f, p u b l i s h e d fo r t h e
m i l l e n n i a l a n n i v e r sa ry
Once, we were told that Brian, the great Christian king, gave
his life in a battle on Good Friday against pagan Viking
enemies whose defeat banished them from Ireland forever.
More recent interpretations of the Battle of Clontarf have
played down the role of the Vikings and portrayed it as
merely the final act in a rebellion against Brian, the king of
Munster, by his enemies in Leinster and Dublin.
Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf offers a different
perspective on the role of the Vikings in Irish affairs and
explains how Brian emerged from obscurity to attain the
high-kingship of Ireland because of his exploitation of the
Viking presence. It concludes that Clontarf was deemed a
triumph, despite Brian’s death, because of what he averted –
a major new Viking offensive in Ireland – on that fateful day.
Au t h o r
Born in Dublin, Enda
Delaney is currently Reader
in Modern History at the
University of Edinburgh.
He has written extensively
on the history of modern
Ireland and its diaspora,
including three scholarly
books and two jointly edited
volumes.
F i r st- h a n d acco u n ts o f t h i s h i sto r i c
t r ag e dy combine to c r e at e a complet e
a n d u n i q u e ly p e r s o n a l p i ct u r e o f
e v e n ts
Here Enda Delaney tells the story of the Famine through
the writings of four very different, real-life characters:
Elizabeth Smith: An English lady who was a landlord’s
wife in Wicklow.
John MacHale: The Catholic archbishop of Tuam.
Sir Charles Trevelyan: The infamous Assistant Secretary
to the Treasury who oversaw relief efforts in Ireland.
John Mitchel: An Irish nationalist who uttered the
famous words, ‘The Almighty, indeed, sent the potato
blight. But the English created the Famine.’
‘There are many books on these terrible events but this is
one of the most fluent and original,’
Times Higher Education Supplement.
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tourism
March
128 pp
247 x 189 mm
Paperback
978 0 7171 5743 3
(English)
978 0 7171 5748 8
(German)
978 0 7171 5742 6
(French)
€9.99 / £7.99
Ireland
Photography
by Peter
Zoeller and
Michael Diggin
p h oto g r a p h e r s
Peter Zoeller is a German
photographer who has been
living in Ireland for 30
years. He won the Sunday
Independent/Irish Life
Award for Photography in
1987. He currently lives in
Kenmare, Co. Kerry.
Michael Diggin is a
leading Irish landscape
photographer. Born and
raised in Co. Kerry, his
photography assignments
have seen him working
on every continent in the
world.
A v i s ua l j o u r n e y a r o u n d t h e co u n t i es
o f I r e l a n d i n t h r e e l a n g uag es
Ireland is a collection of 300 contemporary images
of Ireland’s stunning landscape and popular tourist
attractions. Organised by province, it will be a treasured
keepsake for visitors to Ireland who wish to remember
their time here.
The photographs are taken by two of the country’s leading
landscape photographers, Peter Zoeller and Michael
Diggin.
Reference
march
lives in Co. Kerry.
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416 pp
216 x 135 mm
Paperback
978 0 7171 5925 3
€19.99 / £17.99
Finding Birds
in Ireland
(2nd Edition)
Eric Dempsey
and Michael
O’Clery
Au t h o r s
Eric Dempsey is one of
Ireland’s leading bird
experts. Among his
bestselling books, coauthored
with Michael
O’Clery, are The Complete
Field Guide to Ireland’s
Birds and The Pocket
Guide to the Common Birds
of Ireland. He is a team
member of the popular
‘Mooney Goes Wild’ show
on RTÉ Radio 1.
Michael O’Clery is one
of Ireland’s best-known
wildlife artists with
paintings and illustrations
appearing in a variety
of books and journals
worldwide. Over 600 of his
paintings were published
in the bestselling Complete
Guide to Ireland’s Birds. He
A Comprehensive guide to f i n d i n g
b i r ds i n I r e l a n d f r o m l e a d i n g b i r d
e x p e rt E r i c D e m p s e y
Since the first edition of this book was published in 2007,
many noteworthy changes have taken place in the bird
world. Covering almost 550 of the best birdwatching sites
in Ireland, this revised edition details new areas that have
been discovered, changes in access and directions, and
new species recorded at many locations.
Organised county by county, this comprehensive and
beautifully illustrated reference guide is a must-have for
both experienced and novice birdwatchers.

Hobbies & Craft
Hobbies & Craft
June
January
96 pp
48 pp
235 x 190mm
292 x 216 mm
Spiralbound
Paperback
978 0 7171 5727 3
978 0 7171 6034 1
€12.99 / £10.99
€12.99 / £11.99
Celtic
Calligraphy
Kerry
Richardson
Ready to
Paint Irish
Landscapes
Dermot
Cavanagh
Au t h o r
Kerry Richardson first
discovered ancient Celtic
designs during summers
spent living on the west
coast of Scotland. She
has been a full-time
artist for over 20 years,
creating beautiful original
calligraphic design and
frequently exhibiting in art
shows and museums around
the world. She spends most
of her time teaching and
demonstrating calligraphy
across the UK.
T r a n s fo r m yo u r w r i t i n g i n to a
u n i q u e wo r k o f a rt
Celtic calligraphy crosses the boundaries between art,
tradition and craft. With instructions on how to draw
letterforms derived from original Celtic manuscripts like
The Book of Kells, and with step-by-step explanations of
knotwork borders and motifs, as well as illumination, this
book will show you how to transform your writing into a
unique work of art worthy of the mediaeval Celtic scribes.
Starting with materials and basic calligraphy techniques,
it moves on to the development and improvement of
skills.
Au t h o r
A prolific painter all his life,
Dermot Cavanagh holds
painting courses throughout
Britain and Ireland. He has
produced many teaching
DVDs and appears on
various television and
radio programmes, as
well as contributing to
art magazines. Previous
books include Awash with
Colour: A Practical Guide to
Watercolour.
E x p e rt wat e r co lo u r t u to r a n d
t e l e v i s i o n p r es e n t e r , D e r m ot
Cava n ag h , s h ows h ow to pa i n t f i v e
b e au t i fu l I r i s h l a n ds ca p es
Dermot Cavanagh inspired millions of viewers by
teaching a host of celebrities to paint the Irish landscape
in the BBC TV series Awash With Colour. His new book is
for people who want to learn to paint without relying on
their drawing skills. With clear instructions and step-bystep
photographs for five easy-to-follow projects, the book
also includes six reusable tracings to get painters started
on these beautiful, inspiring paintings.
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Cookery/Tourism
FEBruary
256 pp
140 x 110 mm
Hardback
978 0 7171 5900 0
€4.99 / £3.50
The Irish
Granny’s
Pocket Recipe
Book
E nj oy t h e b est o f
t h e I r i s h g r a n n y ’s
c l as s i c r ec i p es
This pocket-sized cookbook
includes all the classic Irish
dishes from Boxty to Barm
Brack. There are breakfasts,
soups, starters, breads, cakes
and biscuits, main dishes,
preserves and a special section
on Irish Christmas favourites.
Every recipe is illustrated with full-colour photography
and easy-to-follow text.
Children’s
April
16pp + 8pp stickers
276 x 216 mm
Paperback
978 07171 6210 9
€6.99 / £6.50
100 First
Irish Words
Sticker Book
Tourism/Children’s
FEBruary
256 pp
140 x 110 mm
Hardback
978 0 7171 5899 7
€4.99 / £3.50
Pocket Irish
Legends
H i g h k i n g s ,
fo r b i d d e n r o m a n c e
a n d a n c i e n t m ag i c
a l l f e at u r e i n t h es e
r i c h a n d co lo u r fu l
myths
Packed with 28 classic tales
drawn from Ireland’s ancient
tradition of storytelling
handed down from
generation to generation,
these legends will delight children of all ages.
Well-known legends included here are: Fionn Mac
Cumhaill and the Salmon of Knowledge, Oisín in Tír na
nÓg, The Children of Lir, Deirdre of the Sorrows, The
Brown Bull of Cooley, and Cúchulainn. N
100 First Irish Words is an interactive first word book
for young people to learn 100 Irish words, with over 200
stickers to help them.
Children will have fun matching the Irish word and
picture stickers to the pages as they build their Irish
vocabulary using this appealing book.
Topics include At Home, My Body, My Clothes, Feelings,
Animals, In the Park, Transport, Food.
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Gill & Macmillan
Top 20 Bestsellers
The Nation’s
Favourite Food
100 Best-Loved
Recipes Tried, Tested,
Perfected
Neven Maguire
HB | €22.99/£19.99
9780717158553
A Pocket History of
Ireland
Joseph McCullough
HB | €4.99/£4.50
9780717147298
The Irish Times Book of
The Year 2013
Peter Murtagh
HB | €22.99/£19.99
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The Irish
Countrywomen’s
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Home and Family
Irish Countrywomen’s
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Paid For
My Journey Through
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Rachel Moran
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Chapter One
An Irish Food Story
Ross Lewis
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Just Mary
My Memoir
Mary O’Rourke
PB | €10.99/£9.99
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Different Class
My Favourite Sporting
Memories
Jimmy Magee
HB | €19.99/£17.99
9780717158584
National Gallery of
Ireland Diary 2014
HB | €19.99/£17.99
9780717157723
The Meaning of Life
with Gay Byrne
Gay Byrne
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A Portrait of Dublin
in Maps
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The Irish Beef Book
Pat Whelan and Katy
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The Weekend Chef
Easy Food for Lazy
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Catherine Fulvio
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Ireland’s Aviator
Richard Aldous
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The Secret Life of
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Michael Moynihan
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9780717154531
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100 Ways to Save Cash
John Lowe
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Fingers
The Man Who
Brought Down Irish
Nationwide and Cost
Us €5.4bn
Tom Lyons and Richard
Curran
Favourite Irish Legends
for Children
Yvonne Carroll, Fiona Waters
and Felicity Trotman
HB | €9.99/£8.99
9780717148370
Brian Boru and the
Battle of Clontarf
Seán Duffy
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9780717157785
PB | €16.99/£14.99
9780717155835
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it as ‘a welcome enterprise’ and hoped it would become a home for the best of
Irish authors.
Since then, we’ve been honoured to publish the works of great writers such
as Noël Browne, Garret FitzGerald, Maureen Gaffney, Diarmaid Ferriter, Tom
Garvin, Darina Allen, Fintan O’Toole, Tony Bates and Éamon de Buitléar, to
name but a few.
We’ve been there in good times and bad, publishing books you choose to read
on every aspect of Irish life: from the 1960s bestseller Prayers of Life to How
Stormont Fell; from Rachel’s Favourite Food to The Encyclopaedia of Ireland;
from the heady high of The Pope’s Children to the popular reissue of Soundings
in 2010 when perhaps we all needed a bit more poetry in our lives. Each book, in
its own way, captures a slice of life, a slice of the times we live in.
But it was really Michael’s great-great-grandfather who started our story. In
1856, Michael Henry Gill, then the printer to Dublin University, purchased the
publishing and bookselling business of James McGlashan, forming McGlashan &
Gill, which then became M.H. Gill & Son. The bookshop, popularly known as Gills,
was located on Dublin’s O’Connell Street for 123 years until it closed in 1979.
Whether it’s printing, publishing or bookselling, we believe reading matters.
We’ve always believed in Irish talent and we’ve always believed in the curious
mind of the Irish reader. If we’ve managed to help produce something from one
to satisfy that of the other, then it’s been a good day at the office.
Thanks for reading.
The Publishers
Nicki Howard, Deirdre Nolan and Conor Nagle
The Managing Editors
Deirdre Rennison Kunz and Catherine Gough
The Production Chief
Mairead O’Keeffe
The Production Controllers
Jennifer Brady and Anna Carroll
The Photo Researcher
Jen Patton
The Publicist
Teresa Daly
The Sales Guys
Paul Neilan and Chris Carroll
The Staples that Bind the Process Together
Linda Murphy, Deborah Marsh and Audrey Flanagan
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