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'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
🔔 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! 😄
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 4:38 PM
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
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I have promised my sister to keep my account deactivated until I have finished my essays but I had to post about my visit to UCD Press which was very fascinating and very lovely. It is run by the best of people.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Was very generously gifted the following books -
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Was very generously gifted the following books -
December 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I have promised my sister to keep my account deactivated until I have finished my essays but I had to post about my visit to UCD Press which was very fascinating and very lovely. It is run by the best of people.
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Was very generously gifted the following books -
@ucdpress.bsky.social
Was very generously gifted the following books -
*JOB FAIRY*
Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)
UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.
Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)
UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.
December 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
*JOB FAIRY*
Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)
UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.
Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)
UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.
Bookshop signing fun with our #WTFHappened warriors Lian Bell and Sarah Durcan
@lianbell.bsky.social @sarahdurcan.bsky.social
Many thanks to the following bookshops
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
@dubraybooks.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
& Connolly Books
@lianbell.bsky.social @sarahdurcan.bsky.social
Many thanks to the following bookshops
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
@dubraybooks.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
& Connolly Books
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Bookshop signing fun with our #WTFHappened warriors Lian Bell and Sarah Durcan
@lianbell.bsky.social @sarahdurcan.bsky.social
Many thanks to the following bookshops
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
@dubraybooks.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
& Connolly Books
@lianbell.bsky.social @sarahdurcan.bsky.social
Many thanks to the following bookshops
@hodgesfiggis.bsky.social
@dubraybooks.bsky.social
@booksupstairs.bsky.social
@gutterbookshop.bsky.social
& Connolly Books
From migration to feminism to social policy and mental health to queer studies, our catalogue offers a wide range of topics suitable for Christmas gifts!
Get books 20% off on our website until 25 December.
Shop the sale at www.ucdpress.ie
Get books 20% off on our website until 25 December.
Shop the sale at www.ucdpress.ie
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
From migration to feminism to social policy and mental health to queer studies, our catalogue offers a wide range of topics suitable for Christmas gifts!
Get books 20% off on our website until 25 December.
Shop the sale at www.ucdpress.ie
Get books 20% off on our website until 25 December.
Shop the sale at www.ucdpress.ie
In writing about the life of this remarkable but overlooked Corkwoman, historian Leeann Lane has performed a great service. A meticulously researched & engrossing portrait of the Republican activist, suffragette and educational pioneer
@lloislanel.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
@lloislanel.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
The 30 best Cork books of 2025: Fiction, history, memoirs, and more....
It's been another bumper year for Cork-related books and titles written by Leeside-born authors. Marjorie Brennan selects the best of them across the genres
www.irishexaminer.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
In writing about the life of this remarkable but overlooked Corkwoman, historian Leeann Lane has performed a great service. A meticulously researched & engrossing portrait of the Republican activist, suffragette and educational pioneer
@lloislanel.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
@lloislanel.bsky.social
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
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“A meticulously researched and engrossing portrait of the Republican activist, suffragette and educational pioneer.” Well done @lloislanel.bsky.social 👏👏❤️
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“A meticulously researched and engrossing portrait of the Republican activist, suffragette and educational pioneer.” Well done @lloislanel.bsky.social 👏👏❤️
⭐️ 20% off our Poet’s Chair series ⭐️
Searching for the perfect gift for the poetry lover in your life? From now until 25 December, all of our Poet’s Chair series is available for a discount.
🎁 Happy gifting!
Searching for the perfect gift for the poetry lover in your life? From now until 25 December, all of our Poet’s Chair series is available for a discount.
🎁 Happy gifting!
December 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
⭐️ 20% off our Poet’s Chair series ⭐️
Searching for the perfect gift for the poetry lover in your life? From now until 25 December, all of our Poet’s Chair series is available for a discount.
🎁 Happy gifting!
Searching for the perfect gift for the poetry lover in your life? From now until 25 December, all of our Poet’s Chair series is available for a discount.
🎁 Happy gifting!
20% OFF ALL BOOKS
If you’re searching for the perfect book for the military history lover in your life, then we’ve got you covered.
Featured here is a just a small selection of military history books in our catalogue, all of which is available for a discount now through 25 Dec.
📚 www.ucdpress.ie
If you’re searching for the perfect book for the military history lover in your life, then we’ve got you covered.
Featured here is a just a small selection of military history books in our catalogue, all of which is available for a discount now through 25 Dec.
📚 www.ucdpress.ie
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
20% OFF ALL BOOKS
If you’re searching for the perfect book for the military history lover in your life, then we’ve got you covered.
Featured here is a just a small selection of military history books in our catalogue, all of which is available for a discount now through 25 Dec.
📚 www.ucdpress.ie
If you’re searching for the perfect book for the military history lover in your life, then we’ve got you covered.
Featured here is a just a small selection of military history books in our catalogue, all of which is available for a discount now through 25 Dec.
📚 www.ucdpress.ie
Our thanks to The Kerryman (@irishindosport.bsky.social) for this feature on the Tralee launch of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social in @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in late November.
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our thanks to The Kerryman (@irishindosport.bsky.social) for this feature on the Tralee launch of From Bullets to Ballots by @owenoshea.bsky.social in @omahonysbooks.bsky.social in late November.
*JOB FAIRY*
Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)
UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.
Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)
UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
*JOB FAIRY*
Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)
UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.
Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)
UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.
20% OFF ALL BOOKS in December
🎁 As a Happy Christmas and special thank you all books on our website will be on sale from now until 25th December. Shop our full catalogue at www.ucdpress.ie
🎁 As a Happy Christmas and special thank you all books on our website will be on sale from now until 25th December. Shop our full catalogue at www.ucdpress.ie
December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
20% OFF ALL BOOKS in December
🎁 As a Happy Christmas and special thank you all books on our website will be on sale from now until 25th December. Shop our full catalogue at www.ucdpress.ie
🎁 As a Happy Christmas and special thank you all books on our website will be on sale from now until 25th December. Shop our full catalogue at www.ucdpress.ie
🎂 Happy 10th birthday to the Irish Times Women’s Podcast!
As part of a Birthday Bash, UCD Press author Sarah Durcan was invited to join a live podcast recording in the Peacock Theatre at the Abbey. She spoke briefly about her new book WTF Happened and the legacy of #WakingTheFeminists 10 years on.
As part of a Birthday Bash, UCD Press author Sarah Durcan was invited to join a live podcast recording in the Peacock Theatre at the Abbey. She spoke briefly about her new book WTF Happened and the legacy of #WakingTheFeminists 10 years on.
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎂 Happy 10th birthday to the Irish Times Women’s Podcast!
As part of a Birthday Bash, UCD Press author Sarah Durcan was invited to join a live podcast recording in the Peacock Theatre at the Abbey. She spoke briefly about her new book WTF Happened and the legacy of #WakingTheFeminists 10 years on.
As part of a Birthday Bash, UCD Press author Sarah Durcan was invited to join a live podcast recording in the Peacock Theatre at the Abbey. She spoke briefly about her new book WTF Happened and the legacy of #WakingTheFeminists 10 years on.