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She was the perfect wife, with the perfect life. You would kill to have it.Ciara Dunphy has it all—a loving husband, well-behaved children, and a beautiful home. Her circle of friends in their small Irish village go to her for tips about mothering, style, and influencer success—a picture-perfect life is easy money on Instagram. But […]

Home means many things. It’s a place for family, friends and solitude. It’s a safe haven and a retreat. It provides shelter, security and independence. And for those who have lived without a home, it means everything. The Gathered Table: A Taste of Home is a collection of 55 recipes from across Ireland’s food world. Bakers […]

They roam our hills and wander our country lanes; graze in our valleys and frolic in our fields. Sheep have lived happily beside us in Ireland for some five thousand years – it’s no wonder they’re an unofficial national symbol. Celebrate our wonderful woolly friends, who not only fill our meadows, but also our history […]

Mícheál Ó Gaoithín (1904–74), poet and writer, was born 3 January 1904 on the Great Blasket island, one of the six surviving children of renowned storyteller Peig Sayers and her husband, Pádraig ‘Flint’ Ó Guithín, a small farmer and fisherman. Mícheál Ó Gaoithín became a fisherman after finishing primary school and worked on the family […]

The Road to Riverdance by Bill Whelan is a skilfully attuned record of one of Ireland’s most famous and influential composers. Riverdance exploded across the stage at Dublin’s Point Theatre one spring evening in 1994 during a seven-minute interval of the Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Ireland. It was a watershed moment in the cultural history of […]

Edited by Martin Dyar, with a foreword by Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D. Higgins, Poetry Ireland’s Vital Signs is a collection of powerful and courageous responses to the human experience of illness and healing. Representing the best of contemporary and classic poetry, Vital Signs is a book for our times, a book for every reader, and a testament to […]

Here is the story of Ireland’s Civil War in colour – a defining moment in Irish history brought to life for the first time in hand-coloured photographs. The events of 1922–1923 are revealed using photographs painstakingly hand-coloured by John O’Byrne. His attention to detail gives a vivid authenticity that brings the events alive. Many of […]

Ireland’s Instagram sensation Meditations for the Anxious Mind takes us on a trip around Ireland of the likes you’ve never seen before, from the trolley-filled Liffey to the glamour of Navan. Ever been curious about Limerick’s ancient mysteries or wondered what secrets Drogheda might hold? Well now you can visit the trolleys in the Liffey […]

From the award-winning, Booker longlisted author of the number one bestseller, STRANGE FLOWERS, a searing, jubilant novel about four generations of women and the love and stories that bind them. The Aylward women are mad about each other, but you wouldn’t always think it. You’d have to know them to know – in spite of […]