€11.99
What makes playing a golf course a great experience? Kevin Markham travelled 6,800 miles in a 20-year-old camper van, walked 2,100 miles, lost countless balls, and wore out three pairs of golf shoes to find out. He played and rated every 18-hole course - all 350 of them. The result is the most comprehensive, best-researched guide to Irish golf courses from expensive, well-known courses to ... more»

 

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High risk, adrenaline rushes, extreme weather, knife-edge decisions, rivalries and challenges in the toughest environment are all in a day's work for exceptional Irish sailor, Damien Foxall. From a remote bay in Kerry to the Southern Ocean, Damien has raced around the world eight times. Ocean Fever traces his early years as a restless teenager and description of his successes and failures on many ... more»

 

€14.39
From the author of the best-selling and controversial Unlimited Heartbreak. From 1933 to 1940 Limerick hurlers dominated the game. Mick Mackey was key in that era, driving his team to three All-Ireland titles, five Munster championships and five national leagues. Mackey also achieved success as a Railway Cup player with Munster, and with Ahane, who were masters of Limerick hurling for many ... more»

 

€23.99
People and place, sport and identity are at the heart of this book, telling the story of how the GAA has left a unique imprint on every Irish county and Irish communities overseas. Organised county by county, the highs and lows of on-field activity are charted and the various forces that have shaped the personality of the GAA across each county - social, economic, geographic and political - are ... more»

 

€19.99
How many of us ever take the time to think about the history of Ireland's sporting sites? This book urges us to do just that. From national stadia to local pitches, from exclusive golf courses to derelict sites of former sporting glory, it explores the spaces where ordinary people have congregated and community identities have been formed; why sporting sites are located in particular places and ... more»

 

€19.99
'I think this is the most beautiful book I have seen about the hills of Ireland. I've throughly enjoyed reading about the mist and the magic, the timeless nature of the hills, the solitary wanders and those giants that lie on the very edge of Europe. This is a book in a thousand. Buy it, read it, then go west' -- Cameron McNeish, review, TGO May 2011 'From High Places reveals a primeval ... more»

 

€14.99
'Fabulous addition to any hiker's library' -- RTE Guide 'A literary, informative, uplifting guide to walks in south west Ireland' --Irish Examiner These three peninsulas dominate the spectacular landscape of southwest Ireland. Their rugged peaks, dramatic ridges, captivating valleys, glittering lakes and stunning Atlantic coastline form a treasure chest of walking options. This ... more»

 

€9.60
with bog paintings by Brenda Fitzmaurice. "The collection affirms, with a fine balance, a margin of hope in a battered but beautiful world."  -- Declan Kiberd "Deeply moving. I bless your Road to Autumn!"  -- Les Murray MORE PRAISE FOR GABRIEL FITZMAURICE "[T]he best contemporary, traditional, popular poet in English". -- Ray Olson, Booklist (US) "Fitzmaurice is a ... more»

 

€10.00
Seán Lyons is an award winning writer whose work has featured in festivals throughout Ireland, from the Bard of Armagh to Listowel Writers Week. He is one of Ireland's best known writers of humorous poetry and has collected here some of his most popular verses. There is also a CD of Se´n reciting the poems in his inimitable style. All proceeds from this book and CD will go to the ... more»

 

€14.99
In this extraordinary life story Moss Keane tells the honest account of how an awkward boy who couldn't get onto his school team became the rugby icon who played his 50th Cap for Ireland in Twickenham. Making his debut in Currows under-14 GAA football team, he graduated to playing for Kerry's under-21s and University College Cork, where Sigerson Cup victories followed. But when a challenge from ... more»

 

€15.00
In 1999, the hurlers of St Joseph's Doora-Barefield won the All-Ireland club championship. That winter, they became only the second club in history to win successive Munster club titles, and the following March they became the only Munster club to reach successive All-Ireland club finals. Ten years on, St Joseph's is in a totally different place, well down the pecking order not just nationally, ... more»

 

€20.00
From the Stones is a collaborative celebration of those influences that nourish and inspire us all. Working together Brenda Fitzmaurice and Mary Kennelly explore the importance of place and people and story. This work is an open love letter to their place yet within its pages we find resonances of our own cultural legacy and our daily concerns. 'But I know this is my place, I could not ... more»

 

€13.60
Explores the remarkable journey of how the GAA has been a breeding ground for Irish politicians for over a century. In Dáil Stars, Conor McMorrow picks an All-Star team of politicians whose prowess on the playing field or in GAA administration has been  matched by their success in Irish politics. By devoting a chapter to each of the 15 'Dáil Stars' the book tells each ... more»

 

€19.99
I have often state here in this column and on Radio that the greatest game of Gaelic football I have ever seen was the re-play and extra time of the 1976 Munster final. Most observers have said that the greatest game ever in the history of the GAA was the 1977 All Ireland semi final when Dublin beat Kerry as they scored two late goals, however I don't go along with that. It may be all of twenty ... more»

 

€16.00
For 16 years, Darragh Ó Sé has worn the number 8 jersey for Gaelic football's most celebrated county, stoking the fires in Kerry's engine room. With six All-Ireland medals, he is the most decorated footballer of the modern era. Darragh's name is synonymous with his county's unrelenting appetite for success, but throughout his illustrious career he has held his counsel, allowing his ... more»

 

€13.59
Celebrate Kerry football in all its glory with this fantastic book. Kerry is the football county. Winner of more All-Ireland titles than any other. It has never failed to win the Championship in any decade since the start of the twentieth century. Joe O'Mahony's book traces the history of the game in the Kingdom from its earliest origins, and explains why it has an almost religious hold over ... more»

 

€14.99
The Distant Shore - the follow-up to Colm Keane's No. 1 bestseller Going Home - is packed with a wealth of new Irish stories about life after death. The book features over 70 original interviews with people from all corners of Ireland, north and south. Some have briefly died, only to be revived by resuscitation techniques. Reunions with deceased family and friends, and encounters with a `superior ... more»

 

€19.99
From the author of the acclaimed Christy Ring – Hurling's Greatest, comes this vivid account of the thrills and excitement, the passion and endeavour, the joys and sorrows, the artistry and heroics of Cork's hurlers over the past 125 years. Cork's thirty All-Ireland title victories in this great spectator sport are brought to life again. Memories of the big games, the scores and misses, the ... more»

 

€11.99
The Story of Bobby Beasley and a Wayward Horse Bobby Beasley was a champion jockey, a trait that ran in this famous racing family. By age 26, he had won a Cheltenham Gold Cup (1959), a Champion Hurdle (1960) and a Grand National (1961). But when he was 24, Bobby took his first drink and soon succumbed to alcoholism. He turned a corner after his friend Nicky Rackard urged him to attend Alcoholics ... more»

 

€12.00
Finally, a definitive source on the Championship games of the Kerry teams. No publication in any county has ever come close to the level of detail in this book. All the games, all the scorers, and a unique series of statistical views on Kerry's scoring prowess. Combined with the events of the day, each year is conveniently displayed for the reader. Who got the goals and who got the points; who ... more»

 

€14.95
Kerry's Eye Reporter, Jimmy O'Sullivan Darcy has written a comprehensive history of Kerry GAA from its tentative foundations to the consuming passion it is today. Jimmy freely admits that he isn't an expert on Kerry GAA. In a strange way that was actually part of the inspiration for this book. "I found that people who know the famous Kerry stories, Bill McCorry's penalty, Austin Stack's ... more»

 

€19.95
Epic games and star players who thrilled thousands are recalled with personal contrbutions from players and recollections by those who knew them. For each decade since 1887 Brendan has chosen a hurling personality, hurling game and selected his dream hurling team, a football personality, football game and dream football team. Stars of recent decades inclue camogie and ladies Gaelic football ... more»

 

€19.95
In 1940 Limerick were All-Ireland Champions for the third time in six years. Since then, the McCarthy Cup has returned to Limerick just once, in 1973. This ‘warts and all’ story of Limerick hurling is an absorbing chronicle, based on interviews with over 100 passionate players, dedicated mentors and officials who witnessed everything firsthand and have a story to tell. more»

 

€29.99
As the GAA moves past its 125th anniversary, this is the story of how it carved a unique place at the heart of Irish life. From how and where Gaelic games were played and watched to their impact on Irish communities, the Irish abroad, women in the GAA and much more, this book sets the GAA experience against that of a changing Irish society. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and historical ... more»

 

€16.00
Kerry played in 53 football All-Irelands and is the most successful county in Gaelic football. It has a long history and many heroes. This survey of Kerry footballers since 1903, their first All-Ireland success, features 100 proud wearers of the green and gold. Current stars interviewed include Colm 'Gooch' Cooper and Kieran Donaghy while names from the past range from Joe Barrett and John Joe ... more»

 

€17.99
Christy Ring from Cloyne, County Cork, is regarded as the greatest hurler of all time. Tim Horgan traces his playing career with its many highlights and captures his unique charisma that excited and attracted people to him It pays due respect to his opponents and the drab conditions in which all lived and played. Included is Ben Kiely’s report on Christy playing at the opening of Casement Park, ... more»

 

€18.00
As well as the life story of Gaelic football pioneer and independence fighter, Killarney-born Dick Fitzgerald (1882 1930), this book includes, in facsimile, his 1914 classic How to Play Gaelic Football, the first-ever GAA instruction manual. Dick Fitzgerald, one of Gaelic football's most legendary players in a kingdom of legendary players, had an extraordinary sporting career, winning four Kerry ... more»

 

€12.99
The annual quest to win the Sam Maguire and Liam McCarthy Cups inspires great action on Ireland's GAA playing fields. This engaging collection of 1,500 questions sets out to inform, entertain, and test all GAA fans. Each round of questions covers a specific aspect of the GAA and the chapter order takes the reader through the history of Gaelic games, the matches, the stars, the referees. GAA ... more»

 

€19.95
In this review of Ireland's finest spectator sport, Diarmuid O'Flynn goes in search of the key elements of hurling greatness. He interviews current and former greats, managers and coaches. People who played the game at every level discuss the finer points and skills that make the perfect player. They also recall great performances, great protagonists and humorous anecdotes. The result is a ... more»

 

€20.00
The GAA's founders in 1884 cannot have imagined Croke Park, a sports icon in Ireland’s national consciousness, would host over 80,000 people at an international rugby match. The Gaelic football match in March 2007 between Dublin and Tyrone was the largest sporting event in the world that weekend. Thousands have played there, millions have watched. This world-class stadium symbolises modern ... more»

 

€14.99
Award-winning broadcaster Weeshie Fogarty recounts the life and times of an extraordinary Kerryman, Dr Eamon O'Sullivan. Trainer of the Kerry football team to momentous victories in 1924-26-37-46 and again in 1953-55-59-62, including the jubilee win in 1953, Dr Eamon was a legend in his own time. For the first ever Dr O'Sullivan's autobiographical account incorparting his innovative training ... more»