Search Results: Authors starting with K from Coolim Books

Used - Paperback - As New - 2001 - 104 pages. Book appears unread and is in very good condition.

Used paperback - 1996 - 140 pages - fair condition. Cover in good condition, interior suffers from spotting, particularly in the early pages. This book explores the subject suicide in Ireland from the perspective of the author, a psychiatrist who founded the Suicide Research Foundation.

Used Paperback - 2011- 374 pages, with 16 pages of plates - very good condition. The biography of John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890) by Ian Kenneally. As a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (aka the Fenians) O'Reilly was involved in the recruitment of British soldier to that organisation. Discovery and imprisoned he was transported to Australia. After two years there he escaped to the USA, where he became a newspaper editor in Boston, known for his support of causes such as worker's rights and Irish Freedom.

As New, unread book. Five stories set in West Cork.

Paperback - 1995 - 124 pages - Very good condition. This book tells the story of 19th century emigration from parishes on the Mizen Peninsula in West Cork to North America, including the ancestors of the famous singer, Bing Crosby.

Paperback - 1985 - 133 pages - Good Condition. Clean copy of William Kingston's history of the West Carbery region of County Cork. Chapters cover the story of this area from pre-history up until nineteenth century, with extra chapters covering the castles, churches, monasteries, towns and villages of West Carbery.

Used - Hardcover - Fair - 1960 - 443 pages. Cover is in good condition, but is coming away from body of the book. Former owner's signature on front free endpaper and there are minor notes on the inside of the back cover. Interior pages are in good condition and are free of notes or marks.

Paperback - 112 pages - 1994 - very good condition. General study of Cape Clear Island, the southernmost inhabited island off the Irish coast, this book is a collection of essays, stories and poems illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.