Item category 1: Research Lending

Michael Bradley joined his school friend's group in Derry, Northern Ireland in the summer of 1974. They had two guitars and no singer. Four years later the Undertones recorded 'Teenage Kicks', John Peel's favourite record, and became one of the most fondly remembered UK bands of the post punk era...

From his debut in 1988, DJ Carey won five All Ireland medals and nine All Stars, making a combined total of 138 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2005. DJ wasn't just a Kilkenny hero on the pitch - his easy charm, generosity, and readiness ...

'New Selected Poems' represents generously each of Eiléan's ten collections. The book culminates in a series of powerful new poems confirming that she is, simply, one of the finest poets at work today.

In 'Ship in Full Sail', Colm Tóibín's 'Laureate Lectures' bookend thirty-four essays, one written each month in the course of his tenure as Laureate for Irish Fiction (2022-2025). The myriad topics they embrace include Artificial Intelligence, reading Ulysses, the discomfort of Salman Rushdie ...

In a county where success is weighed in medals, the Ó Sé brothers all hung up their boots with heavy hearts but even heavier pockets: a combined total of 16 All-Irelands, 28 Munsters and 12 All-Stars making their way back to An Ghaeltacht - a haul which is unlikely to be surpassed by a set of s...

Step into the intimate worlds of Presbyterian women and men who lived, loved and laboured in long-eighteenth-century Ulster. Drawing on letters, diaries, newspapers and church court records, this book reveals the personal moments that shaped the rhythms and rituals of Presbyterian family life. Fr...