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⭐️ 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
🔔 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
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.
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
*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
⭐️ 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
🎧 Listen back: a recording of the Birthday Bash will soon be available as an episode of The Women’s Podcast on all podcast platforms.
🎉 www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the...
@sarahdurcan.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
🎉 www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the...
@sarahdurcan.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🎧 Listen back: a recording of the Birthday Bash will soon be available as an episode of The Women’s Podcast on all podcast platforms.
🎉 www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the...
@sarahdurcan.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
🎉 www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/the...
@sarahdurcan.bsky.social @roisiningle.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
🎂 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.