Liberties Press

Liberties Press was founded in 2003 and has, over the course of almost twenty years, become one of Ireland's leading independent publishers. The press has published several hundred titles across non-fiction, fiction, and poetry. They have published books by Irish President Michael D. Higgins and award-winning crime fiction writer Declan Burke; in 2013, Setting the Truth Free by Julieann Campbell won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Prize for promoting reconciliation on the island of Ireland. They are continuing to do what they have done from the start: publish high-quality work by leading authors, to the highest editorial and production standards, and bring them to the widest possible English-speaking audience in Ireland, the UK, North America and elsewhere, and, in translation, to other language territories.

Whistleblower, Soldier, Spy Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 348
ISBN: 9781907593963
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
From Dublin to Beirut, Guantanamo Bay to Iraq - and all the way back - Tom Clonan takes the reader on a very personal journey through the Global War on Terror. The book deals with a variety of themes including death, mayhem and murder, loss of loved ones, fear of flying and the hazards of having four children and a dog! Clonan’s book begins with his career as a Captain in the Irish Army in war-torn Lebanon and Bosnia.
Where the Streets Have Two Names Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781907593574
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
Where the Streets Have 2 Names: U2 and the Dublin Music Scene 1978-1981 features hundreds of previously unpublished photographs of U2 (by award-winning photographer Patrick Brocklebank) from the band's very early days before they became the global phenomenon we know today. The book includes numerous untold stories about the band members and other groups who were part of Dublin's music scene from that time, including the Boomtown Rats, the Virgin Prunes, the Blades and the Black Catholics (who made a habit of disrupting U2 gigs), and focuses on artists, such as Guggi, who began to make their mark at that time. There are also wonderful stories about the long-gone music venues of that era, such as the Dandelion Market.
Wacky Eire Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781907593482
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
Imagine BBC’s Country File crossed with the cult series Eurotrash, or Father Ted… Now imagine it as a book of true stories, written by an insider who has traveled the length and breadth of Ireland seeking out the weird, the wacky, the raunchy and the downright shocking… this is Wacky Eire. An outrageous romp through the real Ireland – where ancient traditions and modern obsessions make lively bedfellows and where people constantly surprise you: naughty farmers, dodgy faith-healers, secret swingers, strippers, animal antics - they’re all here in words and pictures. Ranging from scandalous exposes to charming vignettes of rural life, this is the brazen face - and other bodily parts - of modern Ireland.
Travelling Companion Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781909718135
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
A small, touristy, Greek island. Sun. Sea.
The Republic of Love Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9781907593833
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
In this powerful collection of poetry, Michael Murphy examines such themes as identity, sexuality, love, gay-rights, religion and mythology. Though challenging, his work remains accessible and relatable with a deft and refreshing style.
The House of Pure Being Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781907593987
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
Michael Murphy's second volume of reflections deals with the fact that ‘life goes on’ and details the progression of those we met in the first book, including himself. His writing is powerful and engaging and takes an unflinching look at difficult subjects, particularly the lingering and distressing physical effects that prostate cancer had on his body, and the confusion of guilt and pain accompanying his decision to place his mother into a nursing home. The book touches on many important people in Murphy's life and compassionately and courageously discusses the passing of his friends, Steve McDonogh (Michael’s previous publisher) and Aengus Fanning (former Editor of the Sunday Independent).
The Ballad of Mo & G Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781907593970
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
A gritty black comedy from a talented writer, this is an unconventional love story and an insight into the bleak landscape of post-boom Ireland. Author Christine Dwyer Hickey agrees: 'Dark, often disturbing and utterly absorbing. In The Ballad of Mo & G, Billy Keane has entered a tough world and handled it with great skill and humanity.
Renewing the Republic Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9781907593215
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
Featuring new essays along with Higgins' best speeches, Renewing the Republic explores six themes: citizenship and the republic; culture, identity and reputation; human rights; language; globalization, emigration and exile; and the public space. These topics are not only socially cultivating but also set the stage and platform for his presidential election.
Slaughter’s Hound Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9781907593499
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Series: Harry Rigby Mystery
Description:
Harry Rigby is right there, an eye-witness when Finn Hamilton walks out into the big nothing nine stories up, but no one wants to believe Finn is just the latest statistic in Ireland's silent epidemic. Not Finn's mother, Saoirse Hamilton, whose property empire is crumbling around her; and not Finn's pregnant fiance, Maria, or his sister Grainne; and especially not Detective Tohill, the cop who believes Rigby is a stone-cold killer. Welcome to Harry Rigby's Sligo where death comes dropping slow.
Great Irish People Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
ISBN: 9781907593284
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
From the Armagh footballer who introduced the penalty kick to the Cork inventor who installed the first floodlight system at the Statue of Liberty, Ireland's thirty-two counties have been providing innumerable Irish men and women around the world for hundreds of years. Great Irish People celebrates the achievements of these Irish men and women. Great Irish People traces those memorable Irish figures from the Flight of the Earls in 1607 throughout the most dramatic four centuries in the country's history, culminating in the Good Friday Agreement.
Poets Are Eaten as a Delicacy in Japan Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781907593857
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
Poets Are Eaten as a Delicacy in Japan opens as 30-year-old Tommie Shaw is shown a newspaper report by her panicked sister Georgie revealing that their mother, Gloria, is set to release a new memoir. What follows is an engaging and rewarding black comedy, as Tommie and Georgie's panic spirals and they clamor to control Gloria while also dealing with the painful legacy of their fatherless childhood. A series of flashbacks to Tommie’s teenage years help to explain her now destructive and out-of-control lifestyle as an adult.
My Father's House Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781907593604
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
Robbie is a simple man who leads a simple life: he is a husband, a father, and a journalist, living and working in Dublin. However, his carefully crafted life has been interrupted by a phone call from his youngest sister, calling, after years of silence, to say his father is ill, and he should come 'home'. And so Robbie returns to Dromore, Northern Ireland, and to Larkscroft Farm, the place where he grew up and the man he grew up with.
From The Press Box Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9781909718159
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
In From the Press Box, Peter Byrne gives the reader a ringside seat to the key sporting clashes of the past seventy years, beginning with the Republic of Ireland's historic match against England at Dalymount Park in 1948 (which was followed by a state reception for the England team, hosted by Taoiseach Eamon de Valera) and ending with the crowning of Kilkenny as All-Ireland hurling champions in 2012. Byrne writes superbly on all of Ireland's sporting heroes of recent times, including greats such as Ronnie Delaney, Roy Keane and Brian O'Driscoll. All the major sports are covered, from Gaelic football, hurling and soccer to athletics, rugby and cricket.
Eightball Boogie Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781907593543
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Series: Harry Rigby Mystery
Description:
Harry Rigby likes a smoke, the easy life, and Robert Ryan playing the bad guy in late night black-and-whites. Sweet. But when the wife of a prominent politician is murdered in her best nightie, Rigby finds himself caught in a crossfire between rogue paramilitaries, an internal police inquiry and the heaviest blizzard of coke ever to hit the northwest.
Echoland Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9781907593871
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Series: Echoland
Description:
June, 1940. France is teetering on the brink of collapse. British troops are desperately fleeing Dunkirk.
Dead Dogs Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781907593451
Pub Date: 01 Mar 2014
Imprint: Liberties Press
Description:
Seán Galvin isn’t like the other children. While they play and laugh and keep on growing up, Seán doesn’t. Instead he does stuff to things.