Founded in 1992, A. & A. Farmar publish mainly non-fiction books of Irish interest, including history, traveller, biography, business titles and food and drink. Book-lovers will appreciate our very high editorial, design and production standards, for which we have a well-established reputation. All the books listed here can be ordered directly from us, at a special discount—just click on 'Buy'.
|
Dublin's Victorian Houses
Mary Daly, Peter Pearson, Mona Hearn
The sturdy redbrick houses of Victorian Dublin are one of its unsung treasures. This series of essays shows how the day-to-day lives of the families for which they were originally built shaped these marvellously adaptable houses. A must for Irish property lovers! '... will provide informative reading for anyone who has the good fortune to own a Victorian home.' -- Matt Keenan, Sunday Tribune About the authors Mary Daly is Professor of Irish History at University College Dublin. She has written widely on Dublin's industrial history. Her best-known book is Dublin--the Deposed Capital 1869-1914. Peter Pearson is an artist, historian and pioneer in architectural salvage. He is a founder member of the Dublin Civic Trust and a member of the Heritage Council. His books include Between the Mountains and the Sea. Mona Hearn was for many years head of the Home and Social Science School at Cathal Brugha Street. Her books include Cooking for All and Below Stairs 1880-1922, a unique study of domestic service in Dublin. € 14.99 170 pp pb ISBN: 978-1-899047-95-6 Buy Reviews |
|
The New Neighbourhood of Dublin
Maurice Craig, Michael Fewer, Joseph Hone
A fascinating description of the buildings and places of the city and county of Dublin, based on 21 'walks' from the city centre to the outskirts, originally undertaken by the distinguished historian and poet Maurice James Craig in 1949. The same ground was travelled in 2000 by architect Michael Fewer who noted all the changes over the fifty years. The result is a uique building by building insight into the changing face of modern Dublin. 'A fascinating series of twenty-one tours of the outer suburbs of Dublin in all their contemporary glory and scattered mementoes of a more leisured past.' -- Ireland of the Welcomes About the authors Maurice Craig's best-known book is the classic Dublin 1660-1860. Michael Fewer is a writer and architect with a particular interest in conservation. Joseph Maunsel Hone (1882-1959) was a founding director of Maunsel & Co. and President of the Academy of Letters. He was W. B. Yeats' biographer and friend. € 23.63 254 pp hb ISBN: 978-1-899047-82-6 Buy Reviews |
|
Dublin on a Shoestring
Katherine Farmar, Ben Murnane
"…will surely be welcomed by those who want to explore the real Dublin, but don't want to spend a fortune in the process… a plethora of information, easily accessible, and with a suitably budget price… required reading for visitors and natives alike." Ireland of the Welcomes "A cool pocket-sized treasure, telling it like it is… even tells the natives things they didn't know." Sunday Tribune "A little gem… researched by real people who have discovered how to have a ball in Dublin with as little cash as possible." RTÉ Guide "Buy this the second you get off the plane." Irish Post Opinionated, practical, entertaining, Dublin on a Shoestring will show you the Dublin of the quiet streets, the second-storey cafés, the little places tucked away in unlabelled cul-de-sacs and only advertised through word of mouth. Find the cheapest pint in Dublin, where to shop without a gold card, personally inspected accommodation, and how to enjoy the city for free. About the authors Katherine Farmar has studied philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin, and the University of Edinburgh. She has written for The Irish Times and the Times Literary Supplement and appeared on RTÉ's The Arts Show and The Ryan Tubridy Show. . Ben Murnane was born in 1984 and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 2008. He has written for The Irish Times, the Irish Independent, the Evening Herald, the Irish Daily Mail and RTÉ Radio. His website is at www.benmurnane.com. € 9.99 264 pp pb ISBN: 978-1-906353-10-0 Buy |
|
Remembering Seapoint
Peter McKimm
'A fond pæan to three lads from South Dublin.' Books Ireland 'During the summer, Nedser, Lofty and Paddy fished for stingoes on the slip at Seapoint . . . ' This evocative opening brings us back to the Dublin of the 1940s and 1950s through the interlinked stories of three boys' lives as they move from childhood to youth to adulthood. We follow the boys' adventures as they outwit the Ringers, climb Dalkey quarry, hero worship Tarzan, the lifeguard, observe a German submarine from a trawler in Dublin bay, and are rescued from drowning. As the boys grow up their interests change—girls enter the scene, jobs and careers must be given attention and Lofty, now a doctor, emigrates to South Africa. But the links are unbroken and the yarns and meetings continue, often now on walks down the west pier in Dun Laoghaire, or in the Eagle House, sheltered from the bitter east wind. Remembering Seapoint, with its unsentimental view of life and its vicissitudes, is warm, funny and highly readable. About the author Peter McKimm retired as Secretary of the Irish Dairy Board in 1990. He is a member of the Irish Writers' Union, serving as Chairman in 2005–6. He lives in Blackrock. € 11.99 208 pp pb ISBN: 978-1-906353-08-7 Buy |
A&A Farmar's World — Nice girls don’t
'Prompted by the discovery of a copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover in the school, Miss Heatley, long-time principal of the French School, Bray, a Protestant school for girls, made at least one effort to grasp this nettle. ‘It was decided that the parents would be informed, and if they so wished their daughters would be given a sex lesson. I think most of the parents agreed . . . so we were assembled in the dining room and Miss Heatley gave us a talk about being innocent and not ignorant. “We all know,” she said, “that a seed is passed from a man to a woman . . . (but whether it was in a basket or in a nicely wrapped box she didn’t say) but you are to remain innocent in this regard”. End of sex education.’ (Jennifer Flegg, The French School, Bray Remembered)