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 | Annals of Clonmacnoise: Ó MURAÍLE, Nollaig. Ed. by. [Annála Chluain Mhic Nóis] translated in 1627 by Conall Mag Eochagáin (Annals of Ireland from the Earliest Period to AD 1408 NEW EDITION OF THE ANNALS OF CLONMACNOISE Based on BL Add. MS 4817, with some variants from TCD MS 673). Together with a remnant of ‘Annals of Leacán’, AD 1443-68 translated by Dubhaltach Mac Fhir Bhisigh, AD 1666. Edited by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. Dublin: De Búrca, 2022. Quarto. pp. 679… €125.00 |
 | Annals of Clonmacnoise. Ó MURAÍLE, Nollaig. Ed. by. [Annála Chluain Mhic Nóis] translated in 1627 by Conall Mag Annals of Ireland from the Earliest Period to AD 1408 LIMITED EDITION OF 25 COPIES ONLY Based on BL Add. MS 4817, with some variants from TCD MS 673). Together with a remnant of ‘Annals of Leacán’, AD 1443-68 translated by Dubhaltach Mac Fhir Bhisigh, AD 1666. Edited by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. Dublin: De Búrca, 2022. First edition. Quarto. pp. 679. Green leather titled and blocked… €485.00 |
 | BÉASLAÍ, Piaras: Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland. Two volumes. A new introduction by Brian P. Murphy, O.S.B. With two portraits in full colour by Sir John Lavery, and other illustrations to each volume. This major work on Michael Collins is by one of his closest friends. An item which is now commanding in excess of four figures in the auction houses… €95.00 |
 | BÉASLAÍ, Piaras. Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland [LIMITED EDITION] Two volumes. A new introduction by Brian P. Murphy, O.S.B. With two portraits in full colour by Sir John Lavery, and other illustrations to each volume. Dublin: De Búrca, 2008. Royal octavo. pp. (1) xxxii, 292, (2) vi, 328. Bound by Pascal Flynn in full green morocco, title in gilt along spine; red… €475.00 |
 | BORLASE, William G: The Dolmens of Ireland. Their distribution, structural characteristics, and affinities in other countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them; supplemented by considerations on the anthropology, ethnology, and traditions of the Irish people. With over 800 illustrations (including 3 coloured plates), and 4 coloured folding maps. Three volumes. Dublin: Éamonn de Búrca for Edmund… €295.00 |
 | BORLASE, William G. The Dolmens of Ireland – Special edition limited to 15 sets Their distribution, structural characteristics, and affinities in other countries; together with the folk-lore attaching to them; supplemented by considerations on the anthropology, ethnology, and traditions of the Irish people. With over 800 illustrations (including 3 colouredplates), and 4 colouredfolding maps. Three volumes. Bound in full green morocco title and gilt… €1,250.00 |
 | BOURKE [de Búrca], Éamonn. Burke People and Places. With clan location maps, illustrations and 50 pages of genealogies. With clan location maps, illustrations and 50 pages of genealogies. Dublin: By Éamonn de Búrca, for Edmund Burke Publisher and Whitegate, Ballinakella Press, 2001. Fourth. pp. 173. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Enlarged with an extra 35 pages of genealogies. €25.00 |
 | BOURKE [de Búrca], Éamonn. Three Castlebar Bindings. A Story with Digressions. Dublin: The DOVS [Dublin Odde Volume Sette], 2016. Royal octavo. pp. 20. Quarter linen on grey paper boards, title lettered in black on upper cover and on printed label along spine. Edition limited to 75 copies, signed by the publisher. Fine. €275.00 |
 | BROWNE, Patrick. Flowers of Mayo. Dr. Patrick Browne’s Fasciculus Plantarum Hiberniae 1788. With sixteen specially commissioned watercolours and other illustrations by Wendy Walsh. Dublin: De Búrca, 1995. Folio. pp. xiv, 275, 4. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies only for sale. Quarter goatskin on handmade paper, title inset on printed label on upper cover and in gilt on spine; red and maroon endbands. This copy is not numbered. Signed by the publisher Éamonn… €1,850.00 |
 | CHANDLER, Edward: Photography in Ireland. The Nineteenth Century. Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca, 2001. Demy quarto. pp. xii, 44 (plates). New. Hardback in dust jacket. A Photograph ‘speaks’ for itself through the language of vision, but in an entirely different way from any other graphic medium. Over the past 160 years photographs have become part of the con- ceptual world… €85.00 |
 | CHANDLER, Edward. Photography in Ireland. The Nineteenth Century LIMITED TO 30 COPIES ONLY IN A FINE BINDING] Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca, 2001. Folio. pp. xii, 44 (plates), 134. Bound in full black morocco by Des Breen, title in silver along spine; image of early daguerreotype camera in silver on upper cover; blue endpapers; blue and white endbands. Signed by the author, publisher and binder, Des Breen. Top edge silver. A fine… €375.00 |
 | COLGAN, John. Triadis Thaumaturgae, seu Divorum Patricii, Columbae et Brigidae, trium veteris et maioris Scotiae, seu Hiberniae Sanctorum Insulae, Communium Patronorum Acta, a Variis, iisque pervetustis, ac Sanctis authoribus Scripta, ac studio R.P.F. LIMITED EDITION Joannis Colgani, in Conventu FF Minor, Hibernor. strictior. observ. Louanii, S. Theologiae Lectorius Jubilati. Ex variis Bibliothecis collecta, Scholiis et commentariis illustrata, et pluribus Appendicibus aucta: complectitur Tomus Secundus Sacrarum ejusdem insulae Antiquitatum – Louvain 1647. Dublin: By Éamonn de Búrca, 1997. Foolscap folio. pp. [xvi], [xxii], 740… €190.00 |
 | COLLINS, Michael. Michael Collins’ Own Story. Told to Hayden Talbot (DE LUXE DE BÚRCA EDITION LIMITED TO 60 COPIES ONLY) With a preface by Éamonn de Búrca. Dublin: De Búrca, April, 2012. pp. 256, plus index. Full red morocco, title and medallion portrait of Collins in gilt on spine and upper cover. Edition limited to 60 copies only, signed and numbered by the publisher, Éamonn de Búrca. A fine handsome… €750.00 |
 | CRAIG, Maurice. Notes on my Books [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION] Dublin: The DOVS [Dublin Odde Volume Sette], 2016. Royal octavo. pp. 20. Quarter linen on grey paper boards, title lettered in black on upper cover and on printed label along spine. Edition limited to 50 copies, signed by the publisher. Fine. €275.00 |
 | DALTON, Charles Ed. by. King Charles The Second’s Irish Army Lists, 1661 – 1685 LIMITED EDITION] Dublin: De Búrca, 2000. Second. pp. xxxiv, 176. Bound in quarter morocco, titled in gilt; head and tail bands. Limited edition. In slipcase. The original edition was published for private circulation and was limited to twenty copies only. The editor states that he made extensive use of the manuscripts of the Marquis… €90.00 |
 | DE COURCY IRELAND, Dr. John. The Admiral from Mayo. A Life of Almirante William Brown of Foxford, Father of the Argentine Navy. With coloured frontispiece, numerous illustrations and maps. Dublin: By Éamonn de Búrca, for Edmund Burke Publisher, 1995. Blue papered boards, title in silver on spine. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Very scarce. Back William Brown was born in Foxford, County Mayo in 1777. He pursued a career as… €150.00 |
 | DE COURCY IRELAND, John: History of Dun Laoghaire Harbour [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 50 COPIES] With numerous illustrations and maps. Dublin: By Éamonn de Búrca, for Edmund Burke Publisher, 2001. First edition. pp. xiv, 184. Limited edition of 50 copies, signed by the author and publisher. Bound in full crimson levant Morocco by Sam Ellenport, covers with a gilt anchor and sailing ship. Spine divided into five panels by… €500.00 |
 | DE COURCY IRELAND, John. History of Dun Laoghaire Harbour. With numerous illustrations and maps. Dublin: By Éamonn de Búrca, for Edmund Burke Publisher, 2002. Second edition. pp. xiv, 184. Fine in fine dust jacket. [L3 11E] €95.00 |
 | FAMINE IN IRELAND Transactions of the Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends during the famine in Ireland, 1846 and 1847. With an index by Rob Goodbody. Dublin: De Búrca, 1996. pp. xliii, 529. Fine in buckram gilt. It is difficult to read unmoved some of the detailed testimony contained in this… €65.00 |
 | GLEESON, Rev. John: Cashel of the Kings. GLEESON, Rev. John. A History of the Ancient Capital of Munster from the date of its foundation until the present day. Including historical notices of the Kings of Cashel from the 4th century to the 12th century. The succession of bishops and archbishops from St. Ailbe to the present day… €45.00 |
 | HARRISON, Alan. The Dean’s Friend. Anthony Raymond (1675-1726), Jonathan Swift and the Irish Language. Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca, 1999. Demy octavo. pp. xv, 175. Fine in fine illustrated dust jacket. The book introduces us to 17th and 18th century Ireland and to the interface between the two languages and the two cultures. It is a fascinating study of the troubled period after the Battle… €35.00 |
 | HAYES-McCOY, Gerard A. Scots Mercenary Forces in Ireland (1565-1603). An account of their service during that period, of the reaction of their activities on Scottish affairs, and of the effect of their presence in Ireland, together with an examination of the Gallóglaigh or Galloglas. A CLASSIC OF THE GALLOGLAS FAMILIES With maps, illustrations and genealogies of the MacSweeneys, Clan Donald and the O’Neills of Tír Eoghain. With an introduction by Professor Eoin MacNeill. Dublin: By Éamonn de Búrca, for Edmund Burke Publisher, 1996. Demy octavo. pp. xxi, 391. Superb facsimile reprint, bound in full… €45.00 |
 | HENNESSY, William M. & MacCARTHY, B. Ed. by. The Annals of Ulster, otherwise Annala Senait. A chronicle of Irish Affairs from A.D. 431 to A.D. 1540. With translation, notes, and index. New introduction by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. Dublin: De Búrca, 1998. Royal octavo. Four volumes. Full buckram gilt in slipcase. The important Annals of Ulster compiled by Cathal Og Mac Maghnusa at Seanaidh Mac Maghnusa, now Belle Isle in Lough Erne, were so named by the noted ecclesiastic, Ussher, on account of their containing many chronicles relating… €295.00 |
 | HENNESSY, William M. Ed. by. The Annals of Loch Cé. A chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 1014 to A.D. 1590. Edited and with a translation by W.M. Hennessy. With folding coloured plate of the TCD Ms. Two volumes. Dublin: Éamonn De Búrca, 2000. Royal octavo. Third edition. pp. (1) lix, 653, (2) 689. These Annals were compiled under the patronage of Brian MacDermott, Chief of Moylurg, who resided in his castle on an island in Lough Key, near Boyle, County Roscommon. They begin with the Battle of Clontarf… €110.00 |
 | HYDE, Douglas. Beside the Fire [LIMITED EDITION] With a new introduction by Liam Mac Mathúna. Dublin: De Búrca, 2023. New edition. Octavo. pp. xix, lvii, 203, [1]. Quarter maroon arlen on beige cloth boards, titled in gilt. ‘An Chraoibhín Aoibin’ and ‘Douglas Hyde’ in gilt on upper and lower cover. Red and gold endbands. Edition limited to… €225.00 |
 | KILROY, Patricia. Fall of the Gaelic Lords. 1534-1616. Dublin: By Éamonn De Búrca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 2008. Royal octavo. pp. x, 192. Illustrated. Fine in illustrated dust jacket. No period in Irish history is quite so full of drama, heroism and tragedy as the eighty-odd years from the mid 16th to the early 17th centuries: the age… €30.00 |
 | KNOX, Hubert Thomas. The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century With illustrations and three maps. Mount Gordon, Castlebar: De Búrca, 1982. Demy octavo. pp. xvi, 451. Bound in three quarter black morocco on marbled boards by Gerry Kenny at Kennys Bindery, Galway, spine divided into six panels by five gilt raised bands, title in gilt on black morocco label in the second, the… €375.00 |
 | KNOX, Hubert Thomas. The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century [Limited Edition to 10 copies only] With illustrations and three maps. Mount Gordon, Castlebar: De Búrca, 1982. Demy octavo. pp. xvi, 451. Bound in full black Morocco on marbled boards by Gerry Kenny at Kennys Bindery, Galway, spine divided into six panels by five gilt raised bands, title in gilt on grey morocco label in the second, the remainder… €575.00 |
 | KNOX, Hubert Thomas. The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century [LIMITED TO 25 COPIES] With illustrations and three maps. Mount Gordon, Castlebar: De Búrca, 1982. Demy octavo. pp. xvi, 451. Bound in quarter black Morocco on marbled boards by Gerry Kenny at Kennys Bindery, Galway, spine divided into six panels by five gilt raised bands, title in gilt on green morocco label in the second, the remainder… €225.00 |
 | KNOX, Hubert Thomas. The History of the County of Mayo to the Close of the Sixteenth Century. With illustrations and three maps. De Búrca, 2000. Royal octavo. pp. xvi, 451. Fine in fine dust jacket. Prime historical reference work on the history of the County Mayo from the earliest times to 1600. It deals at length with the De Burgo Lordship of Connaught. Illustrated with a large folding map of the county… €45.00 |
 | LOHAN, Máire. An ‘Antiquarian Craze’. The life, times and work in archaeology of Patrick Lyons R.I.C. (1861-1954). Dublin: By Éamonn De Búrca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 2008. pp. xiv, 192. Illustrated. Fine in coloured illustrated stiff wraps. Born in 1861, Sgt. Patrick Lyons, ‘The Antiquarian Policeman’, served with the Royal Irish Constabulary from 1886 – 1920. While stationed in the West of Ireland, he developed a keen… €20.00 |
 | MacEVILLY, Michael: A Splendid Resistance. [LIMITED EDITION] 50 copies in full green morocco gilt, in slipcase. A Life of IRA Chief of Staff Dr. Andy Cooney. Foreword by Sean O Mahony. Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca, 2011. pp. xix, 427. The appointment of Andy (Andrew) Cooney as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) while still a medical student was the highpoint of a military… €225.00 |
 | MacEVILLY, Michael. A Splendid Resistance. A Life of IRA Chief of Staff Dr. Andy Cooney. Foreword by Sean O Mahony. Illustrated. Dublin: Éamonn De Búrca, 2011. Royal octavo. pp. xix, 427. Hardback in coloured illustrated dustjacket. The appointment of Andy (Andrew) Cooney as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) while still a medical student was the highpoint of a military career which began in 1917 and was… €50.00 |
 | MARTIN, Edward A: A Dictionary of Bookplates of Irish Medical Doctors. With short biographies. Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca, 2003. Royal octavo. pp. xiv, 160. Illustrated boards in dust jacket. €50.00 |
 | MELVIN, Patrick: Estates and Landed Society in Galway. [LIMITED EDITION] With a foreword by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin. Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca, December, 2012. pp. 512. Bound in full red morocco by Pascal Flynn, title in gilt along spine; maroon endbands; gold silk marker. Edition limited to 50 copies only, signed by the author and publisher. In matching slipcase This work is… €350.00 |
 | MELVIN, Patrick: Estates and Landed Society in Galway. With a foreword by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin. Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca, December, 2012. pp. 512. Full buckram gilt. This work is based on a Trinity College Dublin Ph.D. thesis prepared under the direction of Professor L.M. Cullen. It investigates and describes the varied origins and foundation of estates and proprietors in Galway and how that process was affected… €75.00 |
 | MURRAY, Patrick & Paul: The Life and Times of Kathleen O’Connell 1888 to 1956. Eamon de Valera’s Indispensable Secretary. Dublin: De Búrca, 2022. Royal octavo. [180 x 250mm]. Pages: x, 233. Green buckram, titled in gilt on spine; arms of O’Connell in gilt on upper cover. In pictorial dust jacket. This is the first book dealing with the life and times of Kathleen O’Connell. When her name is mentioned… €35.00 |
 | MURRAY, Patrick and Paul. The Life And Times Of Kathleen O’Connell 1888 to 1956: Eamon de Valera’s Indispensable Secretary. Limited edition of 25 copies only in special binding and housed in a slipcase. Dublin: De Búrca, 2022. Royal octavo. pp. 243. This is the first book dealing with the life and times of Kathleen O’Connell. When her name is mentioned, it is almost invariably in association with that of Eamon de Valera. This is because her life derived its deepest significance from her unwavering attachment… €200.00 |
 | NELSON, E. Charles & WALSH, Wendy F: An Irish Flower Garden Replanted. NELSON, E. Charles & WALSH, Wendy F. The Histories of Some of Our Garden Plants. With coloured and Chinese ink illustrations by Wendy F. Walsh. Second edition revised and enlarged. Dublin: Edmund Burke Publisher, 1997. pp. x, 276. “This book has been out of print for almost a decade, and… €65.00 |
 | NELSON, E. Charles & WALSH, Wendy F: An Irish Flower Garden Replanted [LIMITED EDITION OF 100 COPIES ONLY] Histories of Some of Our Garden Plants. With coloured and Chinese ink illustrations by Wendy F. Walsh. Second edition revised and enlarged. Castelbourke: By Éamonn de Búrca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 1997. Royal octavo. pp. x, 212. Bound by Smith Settle in quarter green morocco on gold cloth boards. Spine with raised bands… €750.00 |
 | O’CURRY, Eugene. On The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish. A series of lectures delivered by the late Eugene O’Curry, M.R.I.A., Professor of Irish History and Archaeology in the Catholic University of Ireland. Edited, appendices etc, by W.K. Sullivan. A MONUMENT TO ONE OF OUR GREAT CELTIC SCHOLARS With a new introduction by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. Three volumes. Dublin: By Éamonn de Búrca, 1996. Demy octavo. pp. (1) xviii, 664, (2), xix, 392 (3) xxiv, 711. Bound in full green buckram, with harp in gilt on upper covers. Head… €275.00 |
 | O’DONOVAN, John. Ed. by. Annála Ríoghachta Éireann – Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters. From the earliest times to the year 1616. Edited from the manuscript in the Royal Irish Academy and Trinity College Dublin, with copious historical, topographical and genealogical notes and with special emphasis on place-names. Seven large quarto volumes. With a new introduction by Kenneth Nicholls. Dublin: De Búrca, 1998. Over 4,000 pages. Large quarto. Over 4,000 pages. Large… €775.00 |
 | RONEY, Sir P. Cusack. How to Spend a Month in Ireland. Illustrated. Third edition, with a large folding map of Ireland. London & Dublin: W.H. Smith, and at all Booksellers and Railway Stations, 1866. Crown octavo. pp. vii, 180, [2 (advertisements)]. Printed green wrappers. A very good copy. Scarce. €275 The author in his introduction encourages his English friends to spend a… €275.00 |
 | SWEENEY, Tony: The Sweeney Guide to the Irish Turf from 1501-2001. Owners, Trainers, Jockeys, Sires, Records, Great Races, Flat & Jumping, Places of Sport, Past & Present, The Dish Spiced with Anecdotes, Facts, Fancies. Profusely illustrated with coloured plates. Dublin: De Búrca, 2002. Folio. pp. 648. Bound in full buckram gilt. Apart from racing enthusiasts, this is a most valuable work for students of local history as it includes extensive county by county records of race courses and stud farms, with hitherto unfindable details. The late Dr. Tony Sweeney… €150.00 |
 | SWEENEY, Tony. Catalogue Raisonné of Irish Stuart Silver SWEENEY, Tony. Catalogue Raisonné of Irish Stuart Silver. A Short Descriptive Catalogue of Surviving Irish Church, Civic, Ceremonial & Domestic Plate dating from the Reigns of James I, Charles I, The Commonwealth, Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III & Queen Anne 1603-1714. Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca, 1995… €350.00 |
 | TALBOT, Hayden: Michael Collins’ Own Story. Told to Hayden Talbot. With an introduction by Éamonn de Búrca. Dublin: De Búrca, November, 2012. pp. 256, plus index. Full buckram gilt. In pictorial dust jacket. The American journalist Hayden Talbot first met Michael Collins at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin, shortly after the signing of the Anglo-Irish treaty in December 1921. In the course of his working career Talbot had… €55.00 |
![IRISH GENEALOGY. THE GREAT BOOK OF IRISH GENEALOGIES. [GENERAL EDITION] €635 (New Price with 15% Podcast Discount is €540)](https://www.deburcararebooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Genealogies-Ordinary-web-1.jpg "THE GREAT BOOK OF IRISH GENEALOGIES. [GENERAL EDITION]") | THE GREAT BOOK OF IRISH GENEALOGIES. [GENERAL EDITION] MacFHIRBHISIGH, Dubhaltach. – Leabhar Genealach. Edited, with translation and indices by Nollaig Ó Muraíle. List of subscribers. Five volumes. Dublin: De Búrca, 2003/4. Quarto. Full buckram gilt. Over 3,600 pages. In presentation box. The great Connacht scholar Dubhaltach Mac Fhirbhisigh (c.1600-1671), from Lackan, County Sligo, compiled his monumental Great Book… €635.00 |
 | The Irish Fiants of the Tudor Sovereigns 1521-1603. Four volumes [LIMITED IEITION] Dublin: By Éamonn de Búrca for Edmund Burke Publisher, 1994. Large octavo. Bound in full red buckram, titled in gilt on spine. Limited to 300 sets only for sale. In slipcase. In very good condition. The Irish Fiants of the Tudor Sovereigns, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Philip and Mary, Elizabeth… €875.00 |
 | WOOD-MARTIN, W.G. Sligo and the Enniskilleners from 1688-1691. With folding map of the Town and Fortifications of Sligo, 1689. Dublin: Hodges Figgis & Co., 104 Grafton Street, 1880. First edition. pp. ix, [1], 188. Green cloth over bevelled boards, titled in gilt. Bookplate of the Library of Governor General’s Horse Guards Officers Mess on front endpaper. Previous owner’s signature. Tape removed from corner of upper cover. All edges red… €275.00 |
 | WOODS, C.J. Ed by. Charles Abbot’s Tour through Ireland and North Wales in September and October 1792. With a foreword by David Dickson. Illustrated. Dublin: De Búrca: 2019. pp. xxxvi, 124. Pictorial stiff wrappers with flaps. This is a previously unpublished account by Charles Abbot of his journeys through North Wales and Ireland in 1792. Abbot, an Englishman, was then a barrister on the Chester circuit. Like… €20.00 |