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‘Quinn’s summary, so concise and compact, will clearly be of immense service, not only to students of history at all levels, but also to those still seeking to find an understanding that contents them of Ireland’s history.’
📰 Thanks to Peter Costello for this glowing review of Bloody Summer
📰 Thanks to Peter Costello for this glowing review of Bloody Summer
On Monday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin opened 'The Soldiers of Destiny, Fianna Fáil in Kerry 1926–1933', a Centenary exhibition on Fianna Fáil in Kerry curated by UCD Press author Dr. Owen O'Shea.
🖼️ The exhibition will be on display from 16 to 28 Feb in Tralee and 10 to 31 March in Killarney.
🖼️ The exhibition will be on display from 16 to 28 Feb in Tralee and 10 to 31 March in Killarney.
February 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
On Monday, Taoiseach Micheál Martin opened 'The Soldiers of Destiny, Fianna Fáil in Kerry 1926–1933', a Centenary exhibition on Fianna Fáil in Kerry curated by UCD Press author Dr. Owen O'Shea.
🖼️ The exhibition will be on display from 16 to 28 Feb in Tralee and 10 to 31 March in Killarney.
🖼️ The exhibition will be on display from 16 to 28 Feb in Tralee and 10 to 31 March in Killarney.
'These vast and oppressive buildings, designed to isolate as much to treat, remain among the most imposing architectural relics of the State ... It is this uneasy inheritance that underpins Killeen's exhibition.'
📰Our thanks to Enniscorthy Guardian for this beautiful spread on Walls of Containment.
📰Our thanks to Enniscorthy Guardian for this beautiful spread on Walls of Containment.
February 17, 2026 at 5:22 PM
'These vast and oppressive buildings, designed to isolate as much to treat, remain among the most imposing architectural relics of the State ... It is this uneasy inheritance that underpins Killeen's exhibition.'
📰Our thanks to Enniscorthy Guardian for this beautiful spread on Walls of Containment.
📰Our thanks to Enniscorthy Guardian for this beautiful spread on Walls of Containment.
Happy Valentine’s Day from UCD Press 💗
From our backlist to recently published books, it’s clear we’re fond of red books – any of which would make a great gift! Explore our wider catalogue on www.ucdpress.ie
From our backlist to recently published books, it’s clear we’re fond of red books – any of which would make a great gift! Explore our wider catalogue on www.ucdpress.ie
February 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day from UCD Press 💗
From our backlist to recently published books, it’s clear we’re fond of red books – any of which would make a great gift! Explore our wider catalogue on www.ucdpress.ie
From our backlist to recently published books, it’s clear we’re fond of red books – any of which would make a great gift! Explore our wider catalogue on www.ucdpress.ie
For our American readers — find UCD Press books in the Great Chicago Book Sale from now through 15 June, 2026. Save up to 90% with prices as low as $4.99.
📚 Shop at press.uchicago.edu/resource/Sal...
📚 Shop at press.uchicago.edu/resource/Sal...
February 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
For our American readers — find UCD Press books in the Great Chicago Book Sale from now through 15 June, 2026. Save up to 90% with prices as low as $4.99.
📚 Shop at press.uchicago.edu/resource/Sal...
📚 Shop at press.uchicago.edu/resource/Sal...
UCD Press authors Sarah Durcan and Lian Bell will be featured in Canada Ireland Foundation's upcoming Resistance, Resilience, Reflection – #WakingTheFeminists in Conversation event.
📅 February 18
🕔 5 PM EST / 10 PM Dublin
🎟️ Free – www.canadairelandfoundation.com/cif_event/im...
📅 February 18
🕔 5 PM EST / 10 PM Dublin
🎟️ Free – www.canadairelandfoundation.com/cif_event/im...
February 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
UCD Press authors Sarah Durcan and Lian Bell will be featured in Canada Ireland Foundation's upcoming Resistance, Resilience, Reflection – #WakingTheFeminists in Conversation event.
📅 February 18
🕔 5 PM EST / 10 PM Dublin
🎟️ Free – www.canadairelandfoundation.com/cif_event/im...
📅 February 18
🕔 5 PM EST / 10 PM Dublin
🎟️ Free – www.canadairelandfoundation.com/cif_event/im...
BACK IN PRINT
Norbert Elias was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. On the Process of Civilisation is one of the best selling titles in the series. Delighted to have all 18 volumes available again, individually and as a set.
Read more here www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Norbert Elias was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. On the Process of Civilisation is one of the best selling titles in the series. Delighted to have all 18 volumes available again, individually and as a set.
Read more here www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
BACK IN PRINT
Norbert Elias was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. On the Process of Civilisation is one of the best selling titles in the series. Delighted to have all 18 volumes available again, individually and as a set.
Read more here www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Norbert Elias was one of the greatest sociologists of the twentieth century. On the Process of Civilisation is one of the best selling titles in the series. Delighted to have all 18 volumes available again, individually and as a set.
Read more here www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
🗝️ New Exhibition in Killarney and Tralee: ‘Soldiers of Destiny’
Historian and UCD Press author Dr Owen O’Shea presents a new exhibition on the early years of Fianna Fáil in County Kerry, which will go on public display at Kerry library branches during February and March.
@owenoshea.bsky.social
Historian and UCD Press author Dr Owen O’Shea presents a new exhibition on the early years of Fianna Fáil in County Kerry, which will go on public display at Kerry library branches during February and March.
@owenoshea.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
🗝️ New Exhibition in Killarney and Tralee: ‘Soldiers of Destiny’
Historian and UCD Press author Dr Owen O’Shea presents a new exhibition on the early years of Fianna Fáil in County Kerry, which will go on public display at Kerry library branches during February and March.
@owenoshea.bsky.social
Historian and UCD Press author Dr Owen O’Shea presents a new exhibition on the early years of Fianna Fáil in County Kerry, which will go on public display at Kerry library branches during February and March.
@owenoshea.bsky.social
📚 ICYMI
Check out our latest digital newsletter, which overviews all of the exciting events from festivals to podcasts, book reviews and more since autumn.
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Happy reading!
Check out our latest digital newsletter, which overviews all of the exciting events from festivals to podcasts, book reviews and more since autumn.
Subscribe to the UCD Press email newsletter, and find the latest iteration at eepurl.com/jwmcHU
Happy reading!
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
📚 ICYMI
Check out our latest digital newsletter, which overviews all of the exciting events from festivals to podcasts, book reviews and more since autumn.
Subscribe to the UCD Press email newsletter, and find the latest iteration at eepurl.com/jwmcHU
Happy reading!
Check out our latest digital newsletter, which overviews all of the exciting events from festivals to podcasts, book reviews and more since autumn.
Subscribe to the UCD Press email newsletter, and find the latest iteration at eepurl.com/jwmcHU
Happy reading!
⭐️ Today marks the birthday of Irish writer and republican activist Dorothy Macardle.
On this bank holiday Monday in honour of St Brigid, browse a variety of biographies about women in Irish history under the Gender Studies category on www.ucdpress.ie
On this bank holiday Monday in honour of St Brigid, browse a variety of biographies about women in Irish history under the Gender Studies category on www.ucdpress.ie
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
⭐️ Today marks the birthday of Irish writer and republican activist Dorothy Macardle.
On this bank holiday Monday in honour of St Brigid, browse a variety of biographies about women in Irish history under the Gender Studies category on www.ucdpress.ie
On this bank holiday Monday in honour of St Brigid, browse a variety of biographies about women in Irish history under the Gender Studies category on www.ucdpress.ie
🔔 Talking Heads by Paul Muldoon is back in stock!
The latest installment in our Poet’s Chair series is available for purchase at www.ucdpress.ie
The latest installment in our Poet’s Chair series is available for purchase at www.ucdpress.ie
January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
🔔 Talking Heads by Paul Muldoon is back in stock!
The latest installment in our Poet’s Chair series is available for purchase at www.ucdpress.ie
The latest installment in our Poet’s Chair series is available for purchase at www.ucdpress.ie
'[A] detailed, fluently written and exhaustively researched account of Crawford’s life and career.'
Our thanks to Elizabeth Malcolm and the IHS for this review of @petergray47.bsky.social's William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism.
🔗 Find the book at www.ucdpress.ie or bookshops nationwide
Our thanks to Elizabeth Malcolm and the IHS for this review of @petergray47.bsky.social's William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism.
🔗 Find the book at www.ucdpress.ie or bookshops nationwide
January 23, 2026 at 11:07 AM
'[A] detailed, fluently written and exhaustively researched account of Crawford’s life and career.'
Our thanks to Elizabeth Malcolm and the IHS for this review of @petergray47.bsky.social's William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism.
🔗 Find the book at www.ucdpress.ie or bookshops nationwide
Our thanks to Elizabeth Malcolm and the IHS for this review of @petergray47.bsky.social's William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism.
🔗 Find the book at www.ucdpress.ie or bookshops nationwide
‘Quinn’s summary, so concise and compact, will clearly be of immense service, not only to students of history at all levels, but also to those still seeking to find an understanding that contents them of Ireland’s history.’
📰 Thanks to Peter Costello for this glowing review of Bloody Summer
📰 Thanks to Peter Costello for this glowing review of Bloody Summer
January 22, 2026 at 1:12 PM
‘Quinn’s summary, so concise and compact, will clearly be of immense service, not only to students of history at all levels, but also to those still seeking to find an understanding that contents them of Ireland’s history.’
📰 Thanks to Peter Costello for this glowing review of Bloody Summer
📰 Thanks to Peter Costello for this glowing review of Bloody Summer
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Only just caught up with this, because I've also just ordered the book!
"Enduring Ruin - Justin Dolan Stover in conversation with Dr Marie Coleman."
Very interesting.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ4i...
"Enduring Ruin - Justin Dolan Stover in conversation with Dr Marie Coleman."
Very interesting.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ4i...
Enduring Ruin - Justin Dolan Stover in conversation with Dr Marie Coleman
YouTube video by UCD Press
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January 19, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Only just caught up with this, because I've also just ordered the book!
"Enduring Ruin - Justin Dolan Stover in conversation with Dr Marie Coleman."
Very interesting.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ4i...
"Enduring Ruin - Justin Dolan Stover in conversation with Dr Marie Coleman."
Very interesting.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ4i...
🔔 TONIGHT 🔔
Exhibition Panel Discussion | Walls of Containment
📅 Friday 16 January 2026
⏰ 7:30pm
📍 Presentation Arts Centre
🎟️ Free – booking required at wexfordartscentre.ie
Get the book:
Walls of Containment by Patrick Quinlan with photography by David Killeen at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Exhibition Panel Discussion | Walls of Containment
📅 Friday 16 January 2026
⏰ 7:30pm
📍 Presentation Arts Centre
🎟️ Free – booking required at wexfordartscentre.ie
Get the book:
Walls of Containment by Patrick Quinlan with photography by David Killeen at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🔔 TONIGHT 🔔
Exhibition Panel Discussion | Walls of Containment
📅 Friday 16 January 2026
⏰ 7:30pm
📍 Presentation Arts Centre
🎟️ Free – booking required at wexfordartscentre.ie
Get the book:
Walls of Containment by Patrick Quinlan with photography by David Killeen at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
Exhibition Panel Discussion | Walls of Containment
📅 Friday 16 January 2026
⏰ 7:30pm
📍 Presentation Arts Centre
🎟️ Free – booking required at wexfordartscentre.ie
Get the book:
Walls of Containment by Patrick Quinlan with photography by David Killeen at ucdpress.ie/page/detail/...
NOW OPEN
David Killeen’s Walls of Containment
🏛️ Sun. 11 Jan. to Sat. 21 Feb
⏰ Mon.–Thurs. 10am–1pm & 2pm–5pm, Fri. 10am–1pm & 2pm–4pm, Sat. 10am–2pm
📍Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy, Wexford
🎟️ Free
Learn more at firstfortnight.ie
David Killeen’s Walls of Containment
🏛️ Sun. 11 Jan. to Sat. 21 Feb
⏰ Mon.–Thurs. 10am–1pm & 2pm–5pm, Fri. 10am–1pm & 2pm–4pm, Sat. 10am–2pm
📍Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy, Wexford
🎟️ Free
Learn more at firstfortnight.ie
January 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM
NOW OPEN
David Killeen’s Walls of Containment
🏛️ Sun. 11 Jan. to Sat. 21 Feb
⏰ Mon.–Thurs. 10am–1pm & 2pm–5pm, Fri. 10am–1pm & 2pm–4pm, Sat. 10am–2pm
📍Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy, Wexford
🎟️ Free
Learn more at firstfortnight.ie
David Killeen’s Walls of Containment
🏛️ Sun. 11 Jan. to Sat. 21 Feb
⏰ Mon.–Thurs. 10am–1pm & 2pm–5pm, Fri. 10am–1pm & 2pm–4pm, Sat. 10am–2pm
📍Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy, Wexford
🎟️ Free
Learn more at firstfortnight.ie
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The "Mussolini of Ballymacelligott" and some of the other tales of violence during election campaigns in Kerry in the 1920s
A short extract from my book on politics and electioneering in the years after the Civil War in Kerry
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social
owenoshea.ie/the-mussolin...
A short extract from my book on politics and electioneering in the years after the Civil War in Kerry
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social
owenoshea.ie/the-mussolin...
'The Mussolini of Ballymacelligott': violence during election campaigns in Kerry in the 1920s
The Civil War in Kerry was more bitter, divisive and prolonged than most of the rest of the country. It was inevitable, therefore, that those divisions would come to a head during election campaigns a...
owenoshea.ie
January 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The "Mussolini of Ballymacelligott" and some of the other tales of violence during election campaigns in Kerry in the 1920s
A short extract from my book on politics and electioneering in the years after the Civil War in Kerry
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social
owenoshea.ie/the-mussolin...
A short extract from my book on politics and electioneering in the years after the Civil War in Kerry
Available now from @ucdpress.bsky.social
owenoshea.ie/the-mussolin...
Today marks Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas🎄
To celebrate, why not treat yourself to one of the books in our expanding gender studies category? Find biographies like Mary MacSwiney (pictured) or bestselling titles The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn and Irish Women’s Speeches.
🔗 www.ucdpress.ie
To celebrate, why not treat yourself to one of the books in our expanding gender studies category? Find biographies like Mary MacSwiney (pictured) or bestselling titles The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn and Irish Women’s Speeches.
🔗 www.ucdpress.ie
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Today marks Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas🎄
To celebrate, why not treat yourself to one of the books in our expanding gender studies category? Find biographies like Mary MacSwiney (pictured) or bestselling titles The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn and Irish Women’s Speeches.
🔗 www.ucdpress.ie
To celebrate, why not treat yourself to one of the books in our expanding gender studies category? Find biographies like Mary MacSwiney (pictured) or bestselling titles The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn and Irish Women’s Speeches.
🔗 www.ucdpress.ie
🎄Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and best wishes in the New Year!
The UCD Press Team
The UCD Press Team
December 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎄Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and best wishes in the New Year!
The UCD Press Team
The UCD Press Team
'Erudite, witty and illuminating read from one of Ireland’s great thinkers'
A superb review of our latest Poet's Chair book entitled Talking Heads by Paul Muldoon.
Copies available in bookshops nationwide and at ucdpress.ie
A superb review of our latest Poet's Chair book entitled Talking Heads by Paul Muldoon.
Copies available in bookshops nationwide and at ucdpress.ie
December 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
'Erudite, witty and illuminating read from one of Ireland’s great thinkers'
A superb review of our latest Poet's Chair book entitled Talking Heads by Paul Muldoon.
Copies available in bookshops nationwide and at ucdpress.ie
A superb review of our latest Poet's Chair book entitled Talking Heads by Paul Muldoon.
Copies available in bookshops nationwide and at ucdpress.ie
'Lucid, authoritative and brilliantly concise'
'[Bloody Summer] displays academic rigour, scrupulous balance, and a keen eye for telling details'
Thank you Andrew Lynch @martindoyle.bsky.social for this most generous @irishtimes.com review of Bloody Summer by James Quinn
In bookshops nationwide
'[Bloody Summer] displays academic rigour, scrupulous balance, and a keen eye for telling details'
Thank you Andrew Lynch @martindoyle.bsky.social for this most generous @irishtimes.com review of Bloody Summer by James Quinn
In bookshops nationwide
December 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
'Lucid, authoritative and brilliantly concise'
'[Bloody Summer] displays academic rigour, scrupulous balance, and a keen eye for telling details'
Thank you Andrew Lynch @martindoyle.bsky.social for this most generous @irishtimes.com review of Bloody Summer by James Quinn
In bookshops nationwide
'[Bloody Summer] displays academic rigour, scrupulous balance, and a keen eye for telling details'
Thank you Andrew Lynch @martindoyle.bsky.social for this most generous @irishtimes.com review of Bloody Summer by James Quinn
In bookshops nationwide
🎁 A sincere thanks to the Avondhu for this feature of Mary MacSwiney in their Festive Pages.
Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane is available in bookshops nationwide or www.ucdpress.ie @lloislanel.bsky.social
Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane is available in bookshops nationwide or www.ucdpress.ie @lloislanel.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🎁 A sincere thanks to the Avondhu for this feature of Mary MacSwiney in their Festive Pages.
Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane is available in bookshops nationwide or www.ucdpress.ie @lloislanel.bsky.social
Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane is available in bookshops nationwide or www.ucdpress.ie @lloislanel.bsky.social
Give the gift of history – our Classics of Irish History series features over 40 titles that bring back to print groundbreaking, personal and at times controversial perspectives on Irish history.
Our sitewide 20% off sale runs until 25 December at www.ucdpress.ie
Our sitewide 20% off sale runs until 25 December at www.ucdpress.ie
December 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Give the gift of history – our Classics of Irish History series features over 40 titles that bring back to print groundbreaking, personal and at times controversial perspectives on Irish history.
Our sitewide 20% off sale runs until 25 December at www.ucdpress.ie
Our sitewide 20% off sale runs until 25 December at www.ucdpress.ie
Big shout out to UCD Campus Bookshop for this very fine display of all our lead titles and lots of backlist gems.
Titles also available at their sister shops Maynooth campus bookshop and Kilmainham Goal bookshop.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL 📚👏🎄❄️
#supporttheindies #irishbookshops #irishpublishing
Titles also available at their sister shops Maynooth campus bookshop and Kilmainham Goal bookshop.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL 📚👏🎄❄️
#supporttheindies #irishbookshops #irishpublishing
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Big shout out to UCD Campus Bookshop for this very fine display of all our lead titles and lots of backlist gems.
Titles also available at their sister shops Maynooth campus bookshop and Kilmainham Goal bookshop.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL 📚👏🎄❄️
#supporttheindies #irishbookshops #irishpublishing
Titles also available at their sister shops Maynooth campus bookshop and Kilmainham Goal bookshop.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL 📚👏🎄❄️
#supporttheindies #irishbookshops #irishpublishing
🎄A Mary MacSwiney double-page spread in the Holly Bough! How wonderful to see this feature on a book written by a Cork author (@lloislanel.bsky.social) about an important figure in not only local Cork history but also revolutionary Irish history.
December 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🎄A Mary MacSwiney double-page spread in the Holly Bough! How wonderful to see this feature on a book written by a Cork author (@lloislanel.bsky.social) about an important figure in not only local Cork history but also revolutionary Irish history.
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Some great offers here! Can I put in a word for the Hanna Sheehy Skeffington biography and her Collected Writings! 😄
Our gender studies books include an array of biographies, letters & diaries, feminist perspectives, histories of social movements, inspiring speeches and more.
⭐️ This is only a small selection of books in our catalogue now available for 20% off through 25 December. Shop the sale at www.ucdpress.ie
⭐️ This is only a small selection of books in our catalogue now available for 20% off through 25 December. Shop the sale at www.ucdpress.ie
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Some great offers here! Can I put in a word for the Hanna Sheehy Skeffington biography and her Collected Writings! 😄