The World of Books

The Loneliest Boy in the World: The Last Child of the Great Blasket Island by Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin, with Patricia Ahearn (The Collins Press, €12.99 / £10.50)

The Decline and Fall of the Dukes of Leinster 1872-1948; Love, war, debt and madness by Terence Dooley (Four Courts Press, €24.95/£19.95)

Good Pope John by Michael Collins (Columba Press, €9.99 / £7.99)

The Writings of St Teresa of Avila: A Introduction by Eugene McCaffrey OCD ( €6.50 / £5.00 pb)

Iona: The Other Island words by Kenneth Steven, photographs by Iain Sarjeant (St Andrews Press, €18.99 / £14.99 pb)

J. Anthony Gaughan For those interested in the War of Independence 1919 to 1921 this is a page-turner.  The author describes in considerable detail the role of priests and bishops during those revolutionary years. In so doing he provides a valuable service. Apart from an article published more than 40 years ago by Tomás Ó Fiaich, no-one…

Archbishop Miler Magrath: The Enigma of Cashel by Patrick J. Ryan (Lisheen Publications, €39 hb, €25 pb / £31.99 hb, £20.50 pb)

Sport in Cork: a History by Donal O’Sullivan (The History Press Ireland, €17.99 / £14.99)

Frank Aiken. Nationalist and Internationalist ed. by Bryce Evans and Stephen Kelly (Irish Academic Press, €24.95 pb, €45.00 hb/£20.50 pb, £36.60 hb)