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'.
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A Star Reborn
Great Southern Hotel, Killarney 1854 - 2004Frank Corr In 1834, at the beginning of the great Victorian tourist boom, the railway hotel in Kenmare, now the Great Southern Hotel, opened its doors. It and was much admired as the first 'Grand Railway Hotel' in Ireland. This book tells the story of 150 years of the Great Southern Hotel Killarney in the context of the unfolding history of the town and its environs. About the author Frank Corr is editorial director of Jemma Publications and editor of Hotel and Catering Review. € 20 113 pp pb ISBN: 978-1-899047-97-0 Buy |
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Findlaters
The story of a Dublin merchant family, 1823-2001Alex Findlater 'Alex Findlater's new history of the family and its role in the commerce of the city is without question the most important book about Dublin to have appeared this year, or indeed in recent years... not merely a hugely entertaining and ravishingly illustrated account of a commercial caste which is now all but gone - the pictures alone merit its purchase; but it is also a seriously important insight into a neglected part of Irish history over the 19th and 20th centuries.' -- Kevin Myers, The Irish Times About the author Alex Findlater was the fifth generation of the family to run the firm bearing his name. € 35 400 pp hb ISBN: 978-1-899047-69-7 Buy Reviews |
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