Two fantastic history titles - both out now online and in all good book shops!

John Crotty
Warren Farrell

TAP's very own Primary and Junior Cycle Coordinator Warren Farrell launches his debut book

So Once Was I: Forgotten Tales from Glasnevin Cemetery

Thursday 16th May in Chapters Bookstore at 6:30pm

All are welcome and Warren would love to see you there!

Three Castles Burning (Donal Fallon)

RTE TODAY.. ⁦It was great to be back in Cork and even better to join Maura and daithi_m57-se ⁦daithi_m57_ose⁩ in the studio discussing my Memoir Eyewitness To War And Peace. I am indebted to Denise Lavelle for all her work. ⁦Caitriona Perry⁩ Marty morrissey

Wow, prestigious company & thanks Easons.

‘Spike Island’ is in store and online now, sharing 1300 years of trials & tribulations at Irelands historic island

#Cork

A first ever Sunday Times article. Míle Buíochas

A red letter day.

#cork #WritingCommunity

Massive thank you to Tomás Conneely from thebookshop.ie TheBookshop.ie for featuring my debut book So Once Was I in his interview with the Irish Examiner when asked about his desert island books! Launch on Thurs 16th May in Chapters Bookstore Dublin All welcome! Merrion Press

Great morning spent with both the National Collins22 Society & the Glasnevin Genealogy Group chatting about the cemetery and it's many stories famous and forgotten! Merrion Press Chapters Bookstore Dublin Visited the grave of Emmet Dalton who features in my new book! Thanks everyone!

Another great review for FUGITIVE: The Michael Lynn Story!

So Once Was I is full of interesting facts about our national necropolis - out now!

In 1983 24 year old Catholic taxi driver Kevin Barry Artt was sentenced to life for a murder he did not commit.

The epic legal saga that followed spanned 1 ocean, 2 court systems and nearly 3 decades, as Artt fled to the US, pursued by the UK govt and the FBI.

Out May 16th!

There it is now. In the local newspaper.

No offence to the big boys, but if you’re from West Waterford there’s only one Leader & Observer that counts! 😉🫡

Dungarvan Leader #Waterford

Some extraordinary characters are associated with Spike Island

Many of them titans of Irish and British history

They tangled over the island in stories that span centuries

Here are some historical nuggets of Irish/British collision over a remote island in the Celtic Sea (1)

So Once Was I: Forgotten Tales from Glasnevin Cemetery by Warren Farrell, new from Merrion Press.

The first book to share the full and varied 1300 year history of Spike Island, one of our most extraordinary historical sites. John Crotty’s illustrated book is rich with stories from the characters who visited, made the island their home or were sentenced to its shores.

One thing for sure about a chat with Oliver Callan - it’s never boring!

We covered dynamite, horses, train robbers, monks, transportation, map making and all things Spike Island in under 15 minutes!

Hear our chat here: thanks Oliver Callan

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I read a lot of cracking books in April. Here’s a round up of the best nine books I read for the first time this month

April was an affluent month of books & authors with May marvellously turning pages too. May more books, authors, readers & visitors embrace & engage #localbookshops ! Delighted to welcome Anne Madden Seán Beattie & and #DenisBradley plus... 1/3

The tragic story of Kevin O’Higgins encapsulates the bitter divisions of a time in Irish history that continue to echo in today’s Ireland.

Walled in by Hate by Arthur Mathews (co-creator of Father Ted) is out soon!

If you read and enjoyed Carl Frampton: My Autobiography, do vote!

It was great to visit Eason #patricksstreet to sign copies of ‘Spike Island’

The book features interviews with former island residents, stories of military & monastic endeavour and challenging tales of famine era convicts

Now in store #Cork