GILL BOOKS

SPRING–SUMMER 2019
NEW BOOKS CALENDAR
TITLE ISBN HB PB E AUTHOR

JANUARY
The Book of Healing Affirmations 978 0 7171 8354 8 • Abby Wynne

The Burnout Solution 978 0 7171 8094 3 • Siobhán Murray

Reverse Your Diabetes 978 0 7171 8132 2 • Dr Eva Orsmond

FEBRUARY

Spuds and the Crock of Gold 978 0 7171 8377 7 • Seamus Ó Conaill, illustrated
by Daniele Archimede

Get Running 978 0 7171 8376 0 • • Mary Jennings

Pocket Old Irish Stories 978 0 7171 7942 8 •

A Pocket Guide to Old Irish Castles 978 0 7171 7940 4 •

A Pocket History of the Irish Revolution 978 0 7171 7941 1 •

Historical Irish Oddities 978 0 7171 8472 9 • • Allen Foster

MARCH

The Positive Habit 978 0 7171 8330 2 • • Fiona Brennan

Fragile 978 0 7171 8322 7 • • Stella O'Malley

Be an Irish Explorer 978 0 7171 8348 7 • Bex Shelford

Brian Boru: The Warrior King 978 0 7171 8456 9 • John and Fatti Burke

Tracing Your Irish Ancestors 5th edition 9978 0 7171 7465 2 • John Grenham

The Baby-Friendly Family Cookbook 978 0 7171 8167 4 • Aileen Cox Blundell

The President's Cat 978 0 7171 8484 9 • Peter Donnelly

The Magic Moment 978 0 7171 8486 6 • Niall Breslin

APRIL

All in a Doctor's Day 978 0 7171 8325 8 • • Lucia Gannon

Mediterranean Mood Food 978 0 7171 8337 1 • Paula Mee

The Doctor Who Sat for a Year 978 0 7171 8457 6 • • Brendan Kelly

Dying to Survive 10th Anniversary Edition 978 0 7171 8425 5 • • Rachael Keogh

At All Costs 978 0 7171 8487 3 • • Davy Fitzgerald,

with Vincent Hogan

My Brother Jason TBC • • Tracey Corbett-Lynch,

with Ralph Riegel

Fighter 978 0 7171 8489 7 • • Andy Lee, with Niall Kelly

The Accidental Adventures of Onion O'Brien 978 0 7171 8488 0 • Jason Byrne, illustrated by Oisín Byrne

Renaissance Nation 978 0 7171 8490 3 • • David McWilliams

The Importance of Being Aisling 978 0 7171 8491 0 • • Emer McLysaght & Sarah Breen

MAY

Missing 978 0 7171 8393 7 • • Barry Cummins

WELCOME TO THE GILL BOOKS
CATALOGUE OF NEW BOOKS

Books on prescription

We hope that this season’s catalogue of books will help make you feel
good!

Three of our authors this season are doctors: Brendan Kelly, whose
wry and brilliantly observed The Doctor Who Sat for a Year follows his
attempts to try his own medicine and meditate for 15 minutes every
day; Lucia Gannon’s life-affirming All In a Doctor’s Day follows her life
and those of her patients in a small Tipperary village, illuminating the
universal fears, dramas and anxieties that touch all our worlds; and
Dr Eva Orsmond’s revolutionary Reverse Your Diabetes, which
encourages anyone suffering from type 2 diabetes to take control of
their health.

You’ll find lots of books to inspire you to live a better life, from Paula
Mee’s Mediterranean Mood Food to Mary Jennings’ Get Running, as
well as Stella O’Malley’s groundbreaking Fragile, Fiona Brennan’s The
Positive Habit and Siobhan Murray’s The Burnout Solution.

Children will enjoy the next book in the Little Library series from John
and Fatti Burke, Brian Boru: The Warrior King; the return of Spuds in
Spuds and the Crock of Gold, and a boredom-busting art activity book,
Be an Irish Explorer, which will keep them entertained for hours – surely
the best medicine for everyone!

We hope there’s a book here for you.

Gill Books

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272 PP
234 X 156 MM
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WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8457 6
€16.99 £15.99

The Doctor
Who Sat for a
Year
BRENDAN KELLY

AU T H O R
Brendan Kelly is Professor
of Psychiatry at Trinity
College Dublin and
Consultant Psychiatrist
at Tallaght University
Hospital. He is the author
of Mental Health in Ireland:
The Complete Guide for
Patients, Families, Health
Care Professionals and
Everyone Who Wants to Be
Well.
T H E T W E LV E- M O N T H P R O J E C T O F A S E L F-
C O N F E S S E D ‘ Z E N FA I LU R E ’
As a psychiatrist, Brendan Kelly is used to doling out
prescriptions and advice. This is the story of what
happened when he decided to try his own medicine and
take up meditation for a year.
Can this busy psychiatrist, dad and Buddhism enthusiast
improve his life by meditating for 15 minutes every day?
Will it improve his relationships with his family and
patients? Will he ever be more mindful than Trixie, the
cat that peacefully observes his daily practice, always
seeming more zen than the meditating doctor?
This is the journal of a self-confessed ‘Zen failure’ who
believes there is much to be said for sitting quietly but
soon realises that there are also many distractions. The
Doctor Who Sat for a Year is a funny, thoughtful and
inspiring book about embracing both meditation and our
imperfections.

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256 PP
234 X 156 MM
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978 0 7171 8325 8
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All In a
Doctor’s Day
DR LUCIA
GANNON

AU T H O R

Dr Lucia Gannon qualified

as a GP in 1990. She has
special interests in mental
health, infant nutrition and
medical education. She is
an Assistant Programme
Director with the South
East GP Training Scheme
and a GP Clinical Tutor
for University of Limerick
Graduate Entry Medical
School (GEMS), and
works with her husband at
Killenaule Surgery, Thurles,
Co. Tipperary.
STEP INTO THE DOCTOR’S SURGERY
The local doctor occupies a privileged position in Irish
society. Pillars of the community and privy to the most
intimate details of people’s lives, we often imbue them
with superhuman qualities and expect them to have all
the answers. Rarely do we get to see the person behind the
ever-calm, professional exterior and experience how they
handle the responsibility that comes with the role.
Step into the surgery of Dr Lucia Gannon. Arriving in the
small village of Killenaule, Co. Tipperary, 20 years ago
– her husband, also a GP, and children in tow – Gannon
was a blow-in determined to build a practice that would
provide solace for the sick, worried and confused.
Journey with her as she builds a life in this tight-knit
community, and discover what it means to be the one
people bring their problems to – problems that are
not always medical, but which still require discretion,
kindness and the willingness to provide a listening ear.

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MAY
304 PP
216 X 135 MM
PAPERBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8393 7
€14.99 £13.99

Missing
BARRY CUMMINS

AU T H O R

Barry Cummins is a news

journalist with RTÉ and the
author of four bestsellers:
Missing, Lifers, Unsolved
and Without Trace. His
most recent book is The
Cold Case Files. He is the
recipient of three Justice
Media Awards. In 2013 he
helped to co-ordinate the
inaugural National Missing
Persons Day.
T H E N E W E D I T I O N O F T H E C L A S S I C N O. 1
B E S T S E L L E R F R O M RT É ’ S B A R R Y C U M M I N S
Barry Cummins has closely followed the unsolved cases
of Ireland’s vanished women and children for decades. In
this new edition of his bestselling book on the subject, he
provides updates on the cases that have in turn fascinated,
puzzled and horrified the Irish public.
Fully updated and revised, including two new chapters,
Missing looks at the leads and developments of Ireland’s
most famous missing persons cases – among them Annie
McCarrick, Mary Boyle, Jo Jo Dullard and Fiona Pender –
and considers if a serial killer is responsible for some of the
cases of women who disappeared in Ireland in the 1990s.
With the assistance of the gardaí and the families concerned,
Missing is a comprehensive and shocking account of the
last 30 years of investigating cases of people abducted and
murdered in Ireland.

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240 PP
197 X 128 MM
PAPERBACK
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978 0 7171 8425 5
€9.99 £8.99

Dying to
Survive
RACHAEL KEOGH

AU T H O R

Rachael Keogh is a mother

of one, living in Dublin.
1 0 -Y E A R A N N I V E R S A R Y E D I T I O N O F T H E
CLASSIC BESTSELLER

It has been ten years since Rachael Keogh was catapulted

into the public consciousness, when a shocking image
of her needle-ravaged arms – skin burnt from injecting
heroin into her wasted veins – made front pages around
the country. Desperate for help, she made a public appeal
to secure one of just 27 detox beds in Ireland so that she
could reclaim her life from the drugs that had ravaged
it. What followed was an extraordinary story of grit and
determination as she embarked on her recovery journey. It
became an instant bestseller.
This edition contains a new introduction from Rachael
where she reflects on her story ten years on.
‘This book should be on the school curriculum’ Evening
Echo

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COOKERY

MARCH
304 PP
247 X 189 MM
HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8167 4
€22.99 £19.99

The Baby-
Friendly
Family
Cookbook
AILEEN COX
BLUNDELL
FROM THE SMALLEST TO THE BIGGEST –
F U S S - F R E E FO O D E V E R YO N E I N T H E FA M I LY
AU T H O R CA N E N J OY

Aileen Cox Blundell is In this gorgeous and practical new book, Aileen Cox
a mother of three and Blundell presents 150 fuss-free recipes suitable for
the creative force behind
everyone in the family, including weaning babies.
Baby-Led Feeding, the
multi-award-winning food From lunch box inspiration to nailing the art of advance
blog which shares natural
meal preparation and efficient food shopping, Aileen
and wholesome recipes for
babies that the entire family gives step-by-step instructions on combatting fussy
will also love. It has been eating and introducing healthier options to mealtimes.
the winner of both Best Irish Expand your range of dinnertime ‘go-tos’ with dishes like
Parenting Blog and Best Slow-Cooker Stew, Moroccan Turkey Meatballs and Baby-
Irish Food & Drink Blog.
Friendly Chicken Tikka Masala. One family – one meal!
Aileen’s no. 1 bestselling
book The Baby-Led Feeding
Cookbook was published in
March 2017.

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APRIL
240 PP
230 X 188 MM
PAPERBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8337 1
€19.99 £17.99

Mediterra-
nean Mood
Food
PAULA MEE

AU T H O R

Paula Mee, BSc, Dip I M P R OV E YO U R M O O D W I T H FO O D

Dietetics, MSc in Health
Sciences, MINDI, is a
state-registered dietitian.
She lectures on a unique
master’s programme, the
MSc in Applied Culinary
Nutrition at Technological
University Dublin. She
provides a range of health
and wellness services to
corporates and the food
industry. Paula contributes
regularly to national media
and is the co-author of Gut
Feeling and Your Middle
Years: Love Them, Live
Them, Own Them.
It has been well established that adhering to a traditional
Mediterranean diet brings many heart, circulatory and
physical health benefits. Now new evidence suggests
that the Mediterranean diet may also help lower the
risk of depression too, with those who follow the diet
experiencing a significant reduction in symptom severity.
Inspired by this fascinating new research, dietitian Paula
Mee outlines a modern Mediterranean way to eat that
is rich in healthy fats, wholegrains, unrefined carbs, and
proteins. With over 70 easy-to-prepare recipes included,
Mediterranean Mood Food promises that you can stay in
great shape physically and mentally while still enjoying
delicious food.

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 HEALTH

JANUARY
304 PP
247 X 189 MM
PAPERBACK
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978 0 7171 8132 2
€19.99 £17.99

Reverse Your
Diabetes
DR EVA ORSMOND

AU T H O R

Dr Eva Orsmond, MD,

MPH, is a medical doctor
with a special interest in
weight management and
the treatment of overweight
and obese adults and
children. She appeared for
a number of years on RTÉ’s
hugely popular Operation
Transformation. Her two
previous books, The Last
Diet and The 10lb Diet, were
bestsellers. She is a regular
contributor to a number of
publications including the
Irish Daily Mail.
I R E L A N D ’ S M O S T FO R M I A B L E D O C T O R
TA K E S O N O N E O F T H E C O U N T R Y ’ S B I G G E S T
H E A LT H C H A L L E N G E S
Over 200,000 people in Ireland suffer from type 2 diabetes
and are dependent on medication to manage it. Most
health professionals consider it a chronic disease for which
medication is the only solution.
But there is an alternative.
Dr Eva Orsmond has successfully helped her patients reverse
their type 2 diabetes through diet, supplements and hard
work. Dr Eva is passionate about empowering sufferers to
take control of their health and here she shares her complete
diet plan for reversing the disease.
Based on proven results and the latest research, and
including over 60 delicious recipes, Dr Eva’s four-phase diet
plan is a clear and effective programme for anyone wishing
to turn around their health and potentially come off diabetes
medication for good.

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FEBRUARY
256 PP
215 X 150 MM
PAPERBACK
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978 0 7171 8376 0
€16.99 £15.99

Get Running
MARY JENNINGS

AU T H O R

Mary Jennings started

coaching family and friends
to enjoy running just for
fun, but as they started
to improve, look for new
challenges and tell their
friends, Mary left her
‘proper job’ and, in 2007,
started coaching running
full time. Over the past ten
years, her business, Forget
The Gym, has expanded
to now teach everyone
from beginners right up to
seasoned marathon runners.
T H E U LT I M AT E R U N N I N G G U I D E F R O M T H E
WO M A N B E H I N D T H E I R I S H T I M E S ‘G E T
R U N N I N G ’ C O LU M N A N D P O P U L A R FO R G E T
THE GYM COMMUNITY
Every day people realise that running is one of the simplest,
cheapest and most effective ways to feel good, get fit, gain
confidence and relieve stress. For newcomers, though, the
obstacles can seem fierce: fears of pain and embarrassment,
busy schedules and not knowing where or how to start.
Get Running provides all the information aspiring runners
need to take their first steps, as well as inspiration for
staying motivated. The book presents readers with tips
for smart training and injury prevention that enable
recreational runners of all levels to achieve gradual,
tangible progress while learning to enjoy running.
Avoid expensive gym fees, get the endorphins flowing,
build your confidence and make new friends with this
inspirational guide.

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JANUARY
272 PP
216 X 135 MM
HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8354 8
€12.99 £11.99

The Book
of Healing
Affirmations
ABBY WYNNE

AU T H O R
Abby Wynne is a Shamanic
Psychotherapist who works
in a holistic way with
body, mind and soul. She
has a master’s degree in
science and is accredited
with the Irish Association
of Counselling and
Psychotherapy (IACP). She
is the author of the One Day
at a Time Diary and How to
Be Well.
WO R D S T O I M P R OV E YO U R L I F E , O N E D AY AT
A TIME
As we navigate the multiple roles our busy lives demand, we
can often feel anxious and uncertain. Affirmations can help
anchor us to the present moment so that we can return to our
true selves.
Divided into 14 topics, each containing affirmations for
different needs, such as emotional release, abundance,
gratitude, acceptance, manifestation, relationships and
growth, The Book of Healing Affirmations provides guidance
on how to cultivate a daily affirmation practice that will
empower you to become the master of your thoughts and
emotions, rather than allowing them to be the master of you.
Get ready to discover a whole new positive way of thinking,
acting and feeling.

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MARCH
352 PP
216 X 135 MM
HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8330 2
€16.99 £14.99

The Positive
Habit
FIONA BRENNAN

AU T H O R

Fiona Brennan is a clinical

hypnotherapist, mindfulness
and NLP practitioner,
mental health expert on
TodayFM, TEDx speaker,
blogger and an ambassador
for positivity in the media.
With a busy clinic and a
long waiting list, Fiona
launched her online,
five-star hypnotherapy
programme in 2016 which
now helps people all over
the world.
D I S C OV E R H OW T O G E N E R AT E S I X H A B I T S
T H AT W I L L G U I D E YO U F R O M N E G AT I V I T Y
T O P O S I T I V I T Y – W H I L E YO U S L E E P
Love, calmness, confidence, gratitude, hope and
happiness: these are the six habits that tip the balance of
our mindset in favour of a positive outlook rather than a
negative one. Wouldn’t it be great to feel these positive
emotions most of the time? Now you can with Fiona
Brennan’s ultimate manual for the mind.
With a chapter on each habit, and practical steps on how
to cultivate them, this profound, practical plan utilises
mindfulness, positive psychology, and neuroscience. It
will show you how to train your brain to embrace negative
thoughts with courage and love, and transform them into
positive ones.
Accompanied with an audio-hypnotherapy meditation
plan that even works while you sleep, this book will
transform your mental health.

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224 PP

125 X 177 MM

PAPERBACK

WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES

978 0 7171 8094 3

€14.99 £12.99

The Burnout
Solution
SIOBHÁN MURRAY

AU T H O R

Siobhán Murray started

her career in the music
industry but was inspired
to change when she became
a single mum to her two
sons. She established her
clinic in 2010 and has been
helping people overcome
burnout ever since. Siobhán
holds a BA in counselling
and psychotherapy and a
diploma in mindfulness. She
is a master NLP practitioner,
a certified life coach and
a mediator. She recently
contributed to the popular
RTÉ documentary Stressed.
1 2 W E E K S T O A CA L M E R YO U
Burnout is a state of chronic stress that leads to physical
and emotional exhaustion, cynicism, detachment, feelings
of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment – many of the
same symptoms as depression. Burnout is on the increase as
we struggle to juggle the pressures of work and family life
with a constant feeling of always being switched on.
Through her own experience of burnout, and her work as a
psychotherapist, Siobhán Murray has developed a 12-week
plan for overcoming this condition. The Burnout Solution
offers a step-by-step path through feelings of stress and
anxiety towards renewed clarity of mind and an ability to
prioritise the important things in life. Learn the beauty
of saying no, rethink your boundaries, find your ‘non-
negotiables’ and regain your power, passion and sense of
purpose.

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288 PP
234 X 156 MM
PAPERBACK

WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES

978 0 7171 8322 7
€14.99 £13.99

Fragile
STELLA O’MALLEY

AU T H O R S

Stella O’Malley is a
psychotherapist, bestselling
author, public speaker and
a parent with many years’
experience working as a
mental health professional.
Stella contributes
extensively to national
media on mental health
issues.
WHY WE FEEL MORE ANXIOUS, STRESSED
A N D OV E RW H E L M E D T H A N E V E R , A N D W H AT
W E CA N D O A B O U T I T
Stella O’Malley is the author of Cotton Wool Kids and
Bully-Proof Kids. This new book moves beyond parenting
books to general self-help and explores the reasons why
so many people are feeling so anxious.
The first half of the book examines why we feel so
overwhelmed and anxious, with the second half of the
book focusing on tapping into our inner strength so that
we can learn to stop giving our power away. More than
anything, this book, with a series of simple thinking tools,
helps the reader to move forward to a place where they
can experience challenges to their mental health and yet
feel adequately empowered to address their issues.

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LITTLE LIBRARY
O M E T O T H E F I R S T B O O K I N YO U R L I T T L E L I B R A R Y.
N YO U R C O L L E C T I O N I S C O M P L E T E YO U ’ L L H AV E

32 PP
A LITTLE LIBRARY – AND BIG KNOWLEDGE!

247 X 189 MM
BRIAN BORU THE WARRIOR KING

the REBEL HARDBACK

GIRL that was GRANUAILE!
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
Gráinne O’Malley) was the daughter of a great trader
ptain, Eoghan O’Malley of Mayo, 500 years ago. They

978 0 7171 8456 9

astle in Clew Bay and Granuaile spent her childhood
ts of all shapes and sizes. Granuaile’s parents wanted

€12.99 £9.99
ady and get married, but Granuaile had other ideas.

o she cut off her hair and set out to sea …

J O H N & F AT T I B U R K E

Brian Boru:
The Warrior
King
www.gillbooks.ie

JOHN BURKE AND

J O H N & FAT T I B U R K E
KATHI ‘FATTI’
Cover design by grahamthew.com
CHILDREN’S
Cover illustrations by Fatti Burke

BURKE 13/12/2018 13:35

LEARN ABOUT THE LIFE AND TIMES OF

AU T H O R A N D BRIAN BORU IN THE SECOND BOOK IN JOHN
I L LU T R ATO R A N D FAT T I B U R K E ’ S L I T T L E L I B R A RY
John Burke and Kathi Get ready to make your knowledge a bit bigger by
‘Fatti’ Burke are the father– learning all about the warrior king that was Brian Boru.
daughter team behind the
bestselling, award-winning Brian Boru grew up in a large warrior family over 1,000
series of books that include years ago in Killaloe, Co. Clare. One of twelve sons, Brian
Irelandopedia, Historopedia
and his brothers practised raids on other counties from
and Foclóiropedia. Kathi
is an illustrator and John the River Shannon. Eventually, Brian’s army and navy
is a retired primary school grew to be so big that he became King of all Ireland. But
teacher. The first book in up in Dublin, the Vikings were invading. So he gathered
their Little Library series, his men and went into battle …
Granuaile: The Pirate
Queen, was published in
autumn 2018.

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MARCH
64 PP
192 X 287 MM
HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8348 7
€8.99 £7.99

Be an Irish
Explorer
BEX SHELFORD

AU T H O R

Bex Shelford is a teacher

and art therapist and lives
in Co. Dublin near the sea.
She knows everyone is
imaginative and creative
and wishes people would
not get too worried about
whether they can draw
something that looks like
something, because that
is called ‘representational
drawing’, and not creativity!
A B O R E D O M - B U S T I N G A C T I V I T Y PA D T H AT
W I L L K E E P C H I L D R E N E N T E RTA I N E D FO R
HOURS
Be an Irish Explorer is the ideal travel companion for
young art lovers. Each page explores a different location,
from Newgrange to Bunratty, the Giant’s Causeway to
the Cliffs of Moher. Activities include drawing the sights,
designing your own postcards, colouring Irish dancing
dresses and creating your own comic!
You will learn all about Saint Patrick, discover each
county’s GAA team colours and find out about Irish
customs and traditions. An exciting and interactive way to
discover Ireland, this exciting activity pad will keep young
brains active over the holidays.

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32 PP
277 X 219 MM
PAPERBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 8377 7
€8.99 £7.99

Spuds and
the Crock of
Gold
SEAMUS Ó
CONAILL,
ILLUSTRATED
BY DANIELE THE SECOND BOOK IN THE POPULAR SERIES
ARCHIMEDE A B O U T S P U D S T H E L E P R E C H AU N

‘Shamrock shakes and chocolate cakes! My crock of gold is

gone!’
AU T H O R A N D
I L LU S T R ATO R It was the first of May, the start of summer, but for Spuds
Seamus Ó Conaill teaches Potsofgold it was not a good day. Two things had gone
in UCD. His short fiction horribly wrong. The first was that his precious crock of gold
has been published in a had disappeared while he was taking a nap, the second was
number of journals and that he couldn’t stop sneezing!
featured on RTÉ Radio.
Daniele Archimede is a How will Spuds solve the mystery of his missing crock of
Dublin-based illustrator gold, and what is to be done about his allergy to Steve, his
from Milan. pet mouse?
His work can be found at
www.danielearchimede.com.

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FEBRUARY
256 PP
140 X 124 MM
HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 7944 2
€5.99 £4.99

A Pocket
History of
the Irish
Revolution

A N I N T R O D U C T I O N T O I R E L A N D ’ S D R A M AT I C
F I G H T FO R S OV E R E I G N T Y

Gaining independence from British rule has dominated

Irish history since the plantation of Ulster. This book
focuses on the lead up to the 1916 Rising, and especially
its aftermath. It covers the War of Independence, the great
leaders de Valera and Collins, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and
the Civil War. Told in captivating prose, it is the perfect gift
for anyone interested in Irish history.

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256 PP
140 X 124 MM
HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 7942 8
€5.99 £4.99

Pocket Old
Irish Stories

M O R E O F T H E G R E AT E S T I R I S H S T O R I E S
FROM THE PRODUCERS OF THE POCKET
SERIES

Kings and farmers, monsters and fairies, magic and

mayhem – all the ingredients of classic legends are to
be found between the pages of this book. Packed with 19
age-old tales drawn from Ireland’s ancient tradition of
storytelling, including stories of the legendary Fionn Mac
Cumhaill, these yarns will delight younger readers, and
those young at heart – as they have for generations.

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FEBRUARY
256 PP
140 X 124 MM
HARDBACK
WORLD, ALL LANGUAGES
978 0 7171 7940 4
€5.99 £4.99

A Pocket
Guide to Irish
Castles

A P O C K E T G U I D E T O I R I S H CA S T L E S

Majestic and magnificent, designed to both intimidate

and inspire, castles are a common feature across Ireland’s
landscape, with over 1,000 examples remaining – some intact,
some in ruins, all awesome. This book celebrates the most
popular Irish castles, from the Norman fortress of Bunratty to
the five-star splendour of Ashford, from medieval Malahide
to dramatic Dunluce, as well as introducing you to some of
Ireland’s most famous castle owners such as Grace O’Malley
(Rockfleet) and W.B. Yeats (Thoor Ballylea).

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Tracing
Your Irish
Ancestors
JOHN GRENHAM

AU T H O R
T H E F I FT H E D I T I O N O F T H E U LT I M AT E
John Grenham came to
G U I D E T O F I N D I N G YO U R A N C E S T O R S I N
professional genealogy in
1981 as one of the panel of IRELAND
researchers in the Office The fifth edition of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors retains its
of the Chief Herald of
Ireland. He is a fellow of
familiar three-part structure, combining a detailed guide
the Irish Genealogical for beginners with thorough descriptions of all the useful
Research Society and the sources and county-by-county reference lists. Additionally,
Genealogical Society of all of the changes that have been brought about by modern
Ireland. He wrote the ‘Irish technology – internet records and DNA testing, which make
Roots’ column and ran the
Irish Ancestors website for
researching your family background easier than ever – are
The Irish Times for years explained in this indispensable guide.
and features frequently on
the TV series Who Do You
Think You Are?

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HUMOUR

FEBRUARY
S T OR IC A L
HI

H IS TOR IC A L
224 PP
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Strange, zany and at times downright baffling,
IRISH
Historical Irish Oddities is a quirky compendium
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ODDI T I E S
of true stories from all over Ireland. It is essential
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978 0 7171 8472 9
a unique cast of characters.

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From the Lismore man who rode to Fermoy in
ODDI T I E S

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AU T H O R PA P E R B A C K E D I T I O N O F T H E Q U I R KY
C O M P E N D I U M O F S T R A N G E , D OW N R I G H T
Allen Foster lives on a
B A F F L I N G , B U T T R U E I R I S H H I S T O R I CA L
farm in Enfield, Co. Meath.
When not tending to his TA L E S
cattle or walking his beloved This compendium of stories from all over the country
dogs, he finds the time to
be a freelance journalist
illustrates how bizarre and wonderful events and people
and researcher. He is the have entertained us throughout history. From the Lismore
author of eight other books, man who rode to Fermoy in a tub pulled by a pig, a badger,
including Foster’s Even two cats, a goose and a hedgehog, to the fortune discovered
Odder Irish Oddities. in a Belfast piano once owned by destitute sisters, and the
Cashel man who insisted on being evicted while lying in
his coffin, this is the perfect gift book for anyone with an
interest in Irish history and a taste for the absurd.

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 FICTION

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The
Importance
of Being
Aisling
EMER McLYSAGHT
AND SARAH BREEN
N E W E D I T I O N P E R F E C T FO R S U M M E R
READING
AU T H O R S
Aisling is 29 and she’s still a complete Aisling. After a tough
Emer McLysaght and year, things between herself and John are back on track,
Sarah Breen are co-authors and life with Sadhbh and Elaine in their notiony Dublin
of the bestselling Oh My
apartment is more craic than ever. But when a shock change
God, What a Complete
Aisling. The Importance of means moving Down Home might be her only option,
Being Aisling won the 2019 Aisling is thrown. Can she give up the sophistication of
Popular Fiction Irish Book brunch and unlimited Pinot Greej? Will she and Mammy
Award. The third book in kill each other living back under the same roof? And where
the Aisling series will be
does that leave her and John?
published in autumn 2019.
When a girls’ trip to Vegas gives Aisling some unexpected
confidence, she decides it’s time to grab Ballygobbard by the
horns. Throw in a surprise engagement, a very public brawl,
new friends and nasty foes, maybe BGB is just what Aisling
needs to discover she’s stronger than she ever imagined.
‘A genuine reflection of the modern Irish woman’
The Irish Times

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 BIOGRAPHY/SPORTS

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At All Costs
DAVY
FITZGERALD,
WITH VINCENT
HOGAN

AU T H O R S
Davy Fitzgerald is an All-
Ireland winning hurler and
manager. He is currently
the manager of the Wexford
senior hurling team, whom
he guided to the All-Ireland
quarter-finals in 2016.
Vincent Hogan is
an acclaimed sports
biographer, and a journalist
and columnist with the Irish
Independent.
PA P E R B A C K E D I T I O N O F T H E B E S T S E L L I N G
S P O RT S M E M O I R
At All Costs is the story of one of Ireland’s most
recognisable and polarising figures in his own words.
Possessed of an unshakeable work ethic and determination
to succeed, Davy Fitzgerald is an All-Ireland winning hurler
and manager who has established a reputation as one of the
finest hurling talents of his generation.
For Davy, however, a man every bit the perfectionist,
victory has always come at a cost. In this raw and
surprisingly vulnerable account of his life in hurling,
Fitzgerald confronts his legacy, his fiery reputation and
the most enduring controversies of his career, all the while
considering the toll pursuit of victory has taken on him and
on those closest to him.
‘Davy to the max. Davy is here, in all his complicated glory,
never less than interesting, always ready to fight his corner’
The Irish Times

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 POPULAR
ECONOMICS

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Renaissance
Nation
DAVID
McWILLIAMS

AU T H O R
David McWilliams is
one of Ireland’s most
prominent broadcasters
and columnists. Since the
runaway success of his
iconic publishing debut,
The Pope’s Children, he has
emerged as one of Ireland’s
most prescient and trusted
economic commentators.
He is a regular columnist
with The Irish Times and the
Financial Times.
PA P E R B A C K E D I T I O N O F T H E B O O K T H AT
D E F I N E S A G E N E R AT I O N
Here David McWilliams presents the story of modern
Ireland. Surveying four decades, bookended by the papal
visits in September 1979 and August 2018, he explores
how Ireland has become one of the wealthiest and most
progressive nations in the world.
Once we threw off the shackles and replaced the torpor of
collective dogma with the vibrancy of individual freedom,
our economy too started to motor. A triumph of popular
economics and social history, Renaissance Nation is the
story of how, almost without anyone noticing, an insurgent
middle class carried off something extraordinary – a quiet
revolution – and, with it, reshaped our national identity.
Meet the everyman revolutionaries who made it all happen,
heroes like Sliotar Mom and Flat White Man. Feel the
pulse of the Radical Centre and celebrate the optimism of a
tolerant, accepting, ‘live and let live’ nation.

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 BIOGRAPHY/SPORT

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Fighter
ANDY LEE, WITH
NIALL KELLY

AU T H O R S

Andy Lee is a former WBO

middleweight champion of
the world. Over the course
of his professional career, he
accumulated 35 professional
victories. He retired in
February 2018.
Niall Kelly is a journalist
with The42. ie. He
ghostwrote Philly
McMahon’s autobiography,
The Choice, which was the
BGE IBA and eir Sports
Book of the Year in 2017.
PA P E R B A C K E D I T I O N O F 2 0 1 8 ’ S S P O RT S
MEMOIR OF THE YEAR
In 2005, at the age of twenty, Andy Lee decided he was
going to try to make it in the harsh and unforgiving world
of professional boxing. Leaving home for the dust and
faded glamour of Detroit, over the next ten years, under
the guidance of the legendary Manny Steward, he set
about honing his craft, winning fight after fight, and slowly
climbed the professional ranks.
Then, in 2012, his star ascendant, Lee suffered two
devastating blows in quick succession: defeat in his first
world championship bout and the sudden loss of Steward,
his guide and confidant. Bereft, his career in jeopardy, the
path to redemption would test every hard-won lesson of the
previous decade.
‘Not so much a memoir as a lyrical treatise on the great
themes: defeat, death, persistence, redemption, and the
importance of friendship and family’ Sunday Times

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The
Accidental
Adventures
of Onion
O’Brien: The
Great Ape
Escape
THE HILARIOUS CHILDREN’S DEBUT FROM
I R E L A N D ’ S G OT TA L E N T ’ S JA S O N BY R N E –
N OW I N PA P E R B A C K
JASON BYRNE,
ILLUSTRATED BY Meet Onion O’Brien. He’s an ordinary kid growing up in
OISÍN McGANN the suburbs where nothing ever happens. Except when it
does, it always happens to him.
Luckily, his friends have his back. There’s Sive O’Connor,
AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR
Dallan Okoye, Cliona O’Hare and Onion’s big brother
Jason Byrne is one of Derek (who thinks he’s too cool to be in the gang). Together,
Ireland’s most popular they’re the Five O’s.
comedians, a judge on TV3’s
Ireland’s Got Talent and Onion and his friends are taken to the circus, where a
co-host of Wild Things on baby ape manages to escape and find her way into Onion’s
Sky One.
house. Can the Five O’s save her from the evil ringmaster
Oisín McGann is a writer
and keep her hidden in suburbia long enough to get her
and illustrator who has
produced dozens of books, safely to Tota Freedom Wildlife Park?
including Headbomz:
Inspired by Jason Byrne’s own accident-prone suburban
Wreckin’ Yer Head, the Mad
Grandad series and The childhood, this is set to be one of the most exciting debuts
Forbidden Files. in children’s books this year.

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MARCH
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The Magic
Moment
NIALL BRESLIN,
ILLUSTRATED BY
SHEENA DEMPSEY

AU T H O R A N D
I L LU S T R ATO R
Niall Breslin (Bressie)
is an Irish musician and
producer. He is currently
studying for an MSc
in Mindfulness Based
Interventions at UCD. His
first book, Me and My Mate
Jeffrey, was a bestseller.
Sheena Dempsey is a
children’s illustrator from
Cork. Among the books she
has illustrated are the multi-
award-winning Dave Pigeon
series, and Yoga Babies by
Fearne Cotton.
‘ T H E S O RT O F B O O K T H AT C O U L D B E
G E N U I N E LY H E L P F U L T O A N A N X I O U S
CHILD’ THE IRISH TIMES
Beautifully illustrated by Sheena Dempsey, Bressie’s first
picture book for children is now available in paperback.
Freddie is excited about his first trip to the swimming pool.
But when he gets there, he finds it scary. So scary, in fact,
that he just wants to go home …
Later that evening, Nana teaches him a secret trick.
It’s called the Magic Moment Trick and it gives you
superpowers when you’re facing something scary. You
simply close your eyes, think of your happiest memory and
squeeze your finger and thumb together.
The Magic Moment helps children return to the present
moment and is a must for parents or anyone working with
children who want to help them feel the fear and jump in
anyway.

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MARCH
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The
President’s
Cat
PETER DONNELLY

AU T H O R
T H E W I N N E R O F T H E I R I S H B O O K AWA R D I S
Peter Donnelly is an N OW AVA I L A B L E I N PA P E R B A C K
Irish author and award-
winning illustrator. His The President’s Glasses was the no. 1 bestselling picture
debut picture book The book of 2017. This much-loved follow-up was the winner of
President’s Glasses was the Children’s Book of the Year (Junior) at the 2018 Irish
a no. 1 bestseller and Book Awards.
shortlisted for an Irish
The President has just returned from his summer holidays
Book Award. Peter lives
and works in Dublin. His but Áras an Uachtaráin just isn’t the same without the
last pet was a cat named President’s cat.
Rudy. It’s a long story … Luckily the good people of Ireland are ready to help him.
From a Kerry fisherman to a hairy biker and a group of
singing hippies, prepare to meet an array of wonderful
characters on a funny adventure through some of Ireland’s
iconic landmarks.
Will the President’s cat find his way home? And, if he does,
will the Áras have a cat among the pigeons?

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My Brother
Jason
TRACEY CORBETT-
LYNCH, WITH
RALPH RIEGEL

AU T H O R S N E W E D I T I O N O F T H E N O. 1 B E S T S E L L E R

Tracey Corbett-Lynch is
Jason Corbett’s older sister.
She fought for custody of
his two children after his
death and they now live
with her and her husband in
Limerick.
Ralph Riegel is Southern
Correspondent for the Irish
Independent and a regular
contributor to RTÉ, BBC
and TV3. Previous books
include Afraid of the Dark:
The Tragic Story of Robert
Holohan and Shattered:
Killers Do Time, Victims’
Families Do Life. He lives
in Cork.
In August 2014 Limerick man Jason Corbett was murdered
by his wife, Molly Martens, and her father, ex-FBI agent
Tom Martens, in the bedroom of their luxury North Carolina
home. He had been savagely beaten to death with a baseball
bat and brick while his children slept nearby. For his sister,
Tracey Corbett-Lynch, and the rest of his family in Ireland it
was just the beginning of the nightmare that would involve
a custody battle for his orphaned children, an online hate
campaign by Molly Martens and, ultimately, the gripping
trial that would lead to her conviction, alongside her father,
for his murder.
Here, Tracey Corbett-Lynch tells her family’s side of the
story. With full access to Jason’s letters, emails, keepsakes
and photographs, it is the story of how an ordinary, loving
family was torn apart by the brutal murder of their beloved
brother.

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OH MY GOD, WHAT A TIME TO TALK
COMPLETE AISLING Michael Healy-Rae
THE NOVEL
978 0 7171 8315 9
Emer McLysaght and Hardback and ebook
Sarah Breen
978 0 7171 8101 8
Paperback and ebook

THE IMPORTANCE OF NEVEN MAGUIRE’S HOME

BEING AISLING ECONOMICS FOR LIFE
Emer McLysaght Neven Maguire
and Sarah Breen 978 0 7171 8079 0
978 0 7171 8159 9 Hardback
Paperback and ebook

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING THE GREAT IRISH

TO BLINDBOY WEATHER BOOK
Blindboy Boatclub Joanna Donnelly,
978 0 7171 8100 1 illustrated by
Paperback and ebook Fuchsia MacAree
978 0 7171 8093 6
Hardback

MY BROTHER JASON THE CHOICE

Tracey Corbett-Lynch, with Philly McMahon
Ralph Riegel with Niall Kelly
978 0 7171 8128 5 978 0 7171 8102 5
Paperback and ebook Paperback and ebook

AT ALL COSTS TONY 10

Davy Fitzgerald, Declan Lynch and
with Vincent Hogan Tony O’Reilly
978 0 7171 7960 2
978 0 7171 7970 1
Hardback and ebook
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THE MAGIC MOMENT THE PRESIDENT’S CAT
Niall Breslin, illustrated by Peter Donnelly
Sheena Dempsey 978 0 7171 7541 3
978 0 7171 8133 9 Hardback
Hardback

PEOPLE LIKE ME MY NAME IS BRIDGET

Lynn Ruane Alison O’Reilly
978 0 7171 8018 9 978 0 7171 8042 4
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THE PRESIDENT’S GLASSES HUMANOLOGY

Peter Donnelly Luke O’Neill
978 0 7171 7540 6 978 0 7171 8015 8
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THE RORY’S STORIES FIGHTER

GUIDE TO BEING IRISH Andy Lee, with Niall Kelly
Rory O’Connor 978 0 7171 8344 9
Hardback and ebook
978 0 7171 8340 1
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RENAISSANCE NATION A TEACHER’S LIFE

David McWilliams Colm Cuffe
978 0 7171 8075 2 978 0 7171 8086 8
Hardback and ebook Hardback

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BEST OF IRISH AUTHORS CAN
BRING THEIR MANUSCRIPTS’

When Michael Gill founded Gill in 1968, The Irish Times described it as ‘a welcome
enterprise’ and hoped it would become a home for the best of Irish authors.
Since then we’ve been honoured to publish the works of great writers and experts
such as Noël Browne, Garret FitzGerald, Tom Garvin, Éamon de Buitléar, Myrtle
Allen, Susan Jane White, Francis Brennan and Matt Cooper.
We’ve been there in good times and bad, publishing the books you choose to read on
every aspect of Irish life: from the 1960s bestseller Prayers of Life to How Stormont
Fell; from Rachel’s Favourite Food to The Encyclopaedia of Ireland; from the
heady high of The Pope’s Children to the popular reissuing of Soundings in 2010,
when perhaps we all needed a bit more poetry in our lives; from Jim McGuinness’
powerful Until Victory Always and Irelandopedia, which celebrated every county
in the country, to more recent bestsellers, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen’s The
Importance of Being Aisling, Davy Fitzgerald’s At All Costs, and Michael Healy-
Rae’s Time to Talk. Each book, in its own way, captures a slice of life, a slice of the
times we live in.
But it was really Michael’s great-great-grandfather who started our story. In 1856
Michael Henry Gill, then the printer to Dublin University, purchased the publishing
and bookselling business of James McGlashan, forming McGlashan & Gill, which
then became M.H. Gill & Son, then Gill & Macmillan and, in 2016, simply Gill.
The bookshop – popularly known as Gills and referenced in James Joyce’s Ulysses –
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Whether it’s printing, publishing or bookselling, we believe reading matters.
We’ve always believed in Irish talent and we’ve always believed in the curious mind
of the Irish reader. If we’ve managed to help produce something from one to satisfy
that of the other, it’s been a good day at the office.
Thanks for reading.

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