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 Pride of Professors
The Professors of Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1771-1982J. B. Lyons Ireland's most distinguished historian of medicine, J.B. Lyons, here explores the extraordinary development of medicine since the early nineteenth century, through the lives and careers of the professors of medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. About the author J. B. Lyons is Professor of the History of Medicine in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland € 20 320 pp hb ISBN: 978-1-899047-51-4 Buy Reviews |
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From Sanatorium to Hospital
A Social and Medical Account of Peamount 1912-1997T. M. Healy Peamount Sanatorium, founded by the redoubtable Lady Aberdeen in 1912, has looked after thousands of patients suffering from the dreaded tuberculosis. Tim Healy was a doctor in the sanatorium and has written a fascinating social history of one of Ireland's best-known hospitals. About the author T. M. Healy worked as a pathologist in Peamount Sanatorium for nearly 40 years. € 15.75 176 pp pb ISBN: 978-1-899047-68-0 Buy |
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Healing Amid the Ruins
The Irish Hospital at St Lo (1945-46)Phyllis Gaffney The full story of the extraordinary Irish Red Cross hospital erected in the rubble of the old Normandy town of St Lo in 1945. The most famous staff member was Samuel Beckett, but the hospital was such a success that the eventual departure of the Irish team gave rise to a political scandal, with bitter recriminations against local doctors who campaigned to remove them. About the author Phyllis Gaffney lectures in French at University College Dublin. € 14.99 192 pp pb ISBN: 978-1-899047-33-8 Buy Reviews |
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Patients, Potions and Physicians
A social history of medicine in IrelandTony Farmar A heavily illustrated social history exploring the changing ways in which the Irish have thought about medicine-as patients, carers and doctors. 'A superb social history of medicine in Ireland' -- Studies. 'An excellent social history of the medical encounter between doctors and patients...a strong sense of the complexities of medical practice and changing relationships over the years' US -- Bulletin of the History of Medicine About the author Tony Farmar is an historian and book publisher. € 30 264 pp hb ISBN: 978-1-899047-99-4 Buy Reviews |
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The End of an Epidemic
Essays in Irish Public Health 1935-65James Deeny Fifty years ago, Ireland was the last country in Europe with endemic louse-born typhoid and typhus; tuberculosis took its toll of the young of all classes; other infectious diseases were rampant and often fatal. Most families knew the tragedy of the death of a child or young adult. In 1944 Dr James Deeny was appointed Chief Medical Adviser to the Department of Health at a time when advances in medical science gave the health services a chance to end this drain on young life. 'More than any other individual,' wrote historian James Whyte, 'James Deeny was responsible for the shape which health legislation took in Ireland.' Over the decades this legislation was to change radically the health of a nation. For the first time in Irish history, death was largely reserved for the old and new-born, and only rarely visited the young. These essays describe the situation as he saw it. About the author Dr James Deeny (1906-1994) was brought up in Lurgan and practised as a GP there before becoming chief medical advisor to the Department of Health in Dublin in 1944. He went on to a distinguished career in the World Health Organisation. € 20 196 pp hb ISBN: 978-1-899047-06-2 Buy |
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The Feds
An Account of the Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals 1961-2005David FitzPatrick (Ed.) After up to 200 years of independent existence seven Dublin hospitals were folded into St James' and Tallaght hospitals at the end of the 20th century. It was a fraught process, with medical, political, financial and religious problems -- notably the preservation of the Protestant ethos of the Adelaide. This unique collection of essays describes how the hospitals and the individual medical specialties were affected by this historic move. About the author David FitzPatrick worked as an orthopaedic surgeon in a number of Federated Hospitals ( the Adelaide, Meath, National Children's and Dr Steevens') before moving to Tallaght in 1989. € 35 352 pp hb ISBN: 978-1-899047-37-6 Buy Reviews |
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125 Years of Caring: Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin, 1879-2004
Our Lady's Hospice has been an intimate part of the lives of Dubliners since 1879. In this unique history, based on internal records and interviews, Dr Tim Healy traces how the Hospice service changed with time. Since the very first patient, a wild young medical student, was admitted, the staff have given care that respects patients' dignity, calms their fears and provides the best medical service. As Sr Una O'Neill puts it in her Foreword: "Dr Hwaly has captured the heart of all the hospice has been and is to the people." € 10 120 pp pb ISBN: 978-1899047-18-5 Buy |
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A Haven in Rathgar
Tony Farmar
For more than thirty years St Luke's hospital in the leafy Dublin suburb of Rathgar has been caring for cancer victims from all over Ireland.Hundreds of thousands of patients and their families have experienced the special care that the hospital and its staff have provided. A Haven in Rathgar is the story of how strong personalities and implacable practicalities inside and outside shaped St Luke'. What resulted is a high-tech hospital with an international reputation, the ony one specialising in cancer in Ireland. But A Haven in Rathgar is simultaneously historyof cancer in Ireland, the patient's experiences and the medical profession's struggles with 'the dread disease. About the author Tony Farmar is an historian and book publisher. € 20 208 pp hb ISBN: 978-1-906353-01-8 Buy Reviews |
A&A Farmar's World — Clark Gable
Hugh Leonard wrote that if you wished Clark Gable ‘Good morning’ he would be flummoxed for an answer. Another story goes the other way. Telegraphed by a reporter seeking information: ‘How old Clark Gable?’, he replied ‘Old Clark Gable fine, how you?’