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Irish Authors & Illustrators

A selection of books by Irish authors and Irish illustrators, spanning a range of genres.
A black and white photo of Heaney looking over the back of his chair, with bookshelves behind him. His name is across the top in yellow and the title is across the bottom in white.

100 Poems
A light blue cover with an outline of Ireland in green in the centre. It is covered in cartoon images associated with Ireland such as an Irish dancer, harp and swan. The title is in red in a cloud in the centre.

123 Ireland!
A black cover with a map of Ireland in the centre, filled in with different words in white, red and grey. The title is across the top in red letters.

A Dictionary of Hiberno-English
A sage green background with an illustration of a park taking up most of the page. At the front a little girl in a red hooded coat carries a basket and is followed by a cat. The title is written in a scroll at the top.

A Dublin Fairy Tale
A dark painting of flowers in dull yellow, red and green. In the centre, imposed over the picture is the title in white letters.

A Ghost in the Throat
A cartoon illustration of a ship on the water at night. The title of the book is written down and across the sails in different shape and coloured flags.

A Sailor Went to Sea Sea Sea
A cover with a splatter of red, orange and cream paint with an apple cut out in the centre. In the apple is a black and white photo of a woman’s cheek, lips and nose. The title is in painted capital letters in pink and black at the bottom, and the author in black at the top.

Acts of Desperation
A photograph of a young girl wearing a flat cap sitting on an old man’s lap, both smiling. Green fields and the sea stretches out behind them. The author is across the top and title across the bottom, both in letters that look hand written.

Anseo
A photo of a lake on a cloudy day. In the centre of the lake is a small island covered in green trees. The title is across the top in large, thin, red capital letters. Around the edges of the cover are grey silhouettes of branches.

Arise and Go
A green background with white illustrators around the edges of Irish things such as sheep, Irish dancers, and St. Patrick. The title is in the middle with ‘Irish’ in big, yellow letters in the centre.

Be an Irish Explorer
Beautiful World, Where Are You

Beautiful World, Where Are You
Beginner’s Irish Dictionary

Beginner’s Irish Dictionary
Belonging

Belonging
A blue cover with lots of overlapping words and sentences in white. Down the centre is overlapping ink blots with a matching blue silhouette of Joyce in the centre. The title is across the top in white.

Best-Loved Joyce
A purple cover with a pattern of blue peacock feathers coming down from the top and up from the bottom. The title is in the middle in white.

Best-Loved Oscar Wilde
A dark blue cover with a silver silhouette of a fairy sitting down with a flying swan silhouette above. There are leaves and stars scattered around. The title is across the top in silver.

Best-Loved Yeats
A silhouette of a forest at night, in shades of blue. In the centre is a large white moon with the book title inside in dark capital letters.

Beyond the Stars
Beyond The Tape

Beyond The Tape
An illustration of a mother and child. The girl sits in a box thinking, with drawings and pictures around her. The mother is walking away holding a towel, looking at her phone. The title is in the middle in yellow, lower case letters.

Bí ag Spraoi Liom
A bright coral cover with the title in yellow painted letters in the centre, and sub title in smaller white letters underneath. In the top right corner peeking down is a face from the nose up with white planets around it.

Blazing A Trail: Irish Women Who Changed the World
A yellow background with the title in red, rounded letters in the centre. Around this are drawings of different children, with varying appearances from different backgrounds.

Break The Mould
A green background with a pattern in harps. A flat illustration of a king in a cloak, holding a staff stands in the centre. The title is in large white, capital letters in the centre.

Brian Boru: The Warrior King
A photo of a white bridge that resembles a harp on its side, with a clear blue sky in the background. The title and sub-title are in the top right in yellow and white letters.

Bridges of Dublin
Bright Sparks: Amazing Discoveries, Inventions and Designs by Women

Bright Sparks: Amazing Discoveries, Inventions and Designs by Women