Liberties Press
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Liberties Press is one of Ireland's leading publishers of non-fiction titles of Irish and international interest. Since its inception in 2003 it has published on a wide range of subjects; from titles of literary interest such as John Montague
's A Ball of Fire to Con Houlihan
's collection of sporting essays, More Than a Game.
John Montague (poet)
John Montague is an Irish poet. He was born in New York and brought up in Tyrone. He has published a number of volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories and two volumes of memoir. He is one of the best known Irish contemporary poets...
's A Ball of Fire to Con Houlihan
Con Houlihan
Con Houlihan is considered one of Ireland's finest sportswriters. Over a lengthy career, he has covered many of the greatest Irish and international sporting events, from classic Gaelic football and hurling finals, to soccer and rugby World Cups, the Olympics and numberless race meetings inside...
's collection of sporting essays, More Than a Game.
Authors
| Author | Author | Author | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Con Houlihan Con Houlihan Con Houlihan is considered one of Ireland's finest sportswriters. Over a lengthy career, he has covered many of the greatest Irish and international sporting events, from classic Gaelic football and hurling finals, to soccer and rugby World Cups, the Olympics and numberless race meetings inside... |
John Montague John Montague (poet) John Montague is an Irish poet. He was born in New York and brought up in Tyrone. He has published a number of volumes of poetry, two collections of short stories and two volumes of memoir. He is one of the best known Irish contemporary poets... |
Dr Harry Barry Dr Harry Barry Dr Harry Barry Kanipple is a best-selling Irish medical doctor based in County Louth. He has a particular interest in the area of mental health and has extensive experience in his practice of dealing with issues such as depression, addiction and anxiety... |
Garret FitzGerald Garret FitzGerald Garret FitzGerald was an Irish politician who was twice Taoiseach of Ireland, serving in office from July 1981 to February 1982 and again from December 1982 to March 1987. FitzGerald was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1965 and was subsequently elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD in 1969. He... |
| Leland Bardwell Leland Bardwell Leland Bardwell is an Irish poet, novelist and playwright. She was born in India to Irish parents, and moved to Ireland at the age of two.-Life and reputation:... |
John Boyle John Boyle John Boyle may refer to:*John Boyle *John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork , Irish author and nobleman*John Boyle , judge and United States Representative from Kentucky*John R... |
Ciaran Buckley | Finbarr Flood |
| Fionnbar Callanan Fionnbar Callanan -Life and work:Fionnbar Callanan wrote on sports since 1954 for the Irish Independent, the Irish Times, Radio Éireann and the Irish Press. In 1960 his first sports photograph was published. Since then, his photographs have regularly been seen at home & abroad in newspapers & magazines, in sports... |
Éamonn Ó Catháin Éamonn Ó Catháin Éamonn Ó Catháin is an Irish chef, author, journalist and broadcaster, and authority on folk music.Originally from Belfast he lived for many years in Dublin where he ran Shay Beano, a French bistro. He participates in Irish daytime television programmes conducting cookery demonstrations on Raidió... |
Patrick Skene Catling Patrick Skene Catling Patrick Skene Catling is a British children's book author and book reviewer best known for writing The Chocolate Touch in 1952.-Background:Catling was born and schooled in London and was educated there and at Oberlin College in the United States... |
Seamus Dowling |
| Steve Conway Steve Conway Steve Conway is an Irish broadcaster and writer, formerly of the offshore pirate station Radio Caroline and most recently a presenter on the Dublin indie rock station Phantom 105.2.... |
Tony Corcoran Tony Corcoran Tony Corcoran spent thirty-eight years working in Guinness and has recently written The Goodness of Guinness, a book which examines the brewery's operation and the working lives of the thousands of Dublin people who depended on Guinness for their livelihood.-Life and career:Tony Corcoran's... |
Maurice Craig | Richard Crowley Richard Crowley Richard Crowley was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Pendleton, New York. He attended the public schools and Lockport Union School. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Lockport, New York.Crowley was the city attorney of... |
| John Dunne John Dunne John Dunne may refer to:*John Dunne *John Gregory Dunne , American author*John William Dunne , British engineer and author of An Experiment with Time... |
Aidan Dunne Aidan Dunne A graduate of the National College of Art and Design, Aidan Dunne was art critic of In Dublin magazine, Sunday Press and the Sunday Tribune. Currently visual arts critic of The Irish Times, Dunne has written extensively on Irish art, with essays on Michael Mulcahy, Patrick Scott, Hughie O'Donoghue,... |
Michael Dwyer Michael Dwyer Michael Dwyer was a Society of the United Irishmen leader in the 1798 rebellion. He later fought a guerilla campaign against the British Army in the Wicklow Mountains from 1798-1803.-Early life:... |
Desmond FitzGerald Desmond FitzGerald (politician) Desmond FitzGerald was an Irish revolutionary, poet, publicist and Cumann na nGaedheal politician.-Early life:... |
| Noel Gilmore | Iorwerth Griffiths | Rory Hafford | Gerry Johnston |
| Donna Kennedy | Ed Leahy | Mary Kenny Mary Kenny Mary Kenny is an Irish author, broadcaster, playwright and journalist. She was a founder member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement, though she has modified her radical past, but not rejected feminist principles.... |
Fiona McPhillips |
| Orla McHugh | Gerry Mullins Gerry Mullins -High school and college:Gerry Blaine Mullins was raised in Anaheim, California where he began his football career at Fremont Junior High School, and was mentored at Anaheim High School by the city's beloved head football coach Clare Van Hoorebeke . While playing at Anaheim High, he played against... |
Risteárd Mulcahy | Michael D Higgins |
| Donough O'Brien Donough O'Brien (author) Donough O’Brien is a marketing and public relations executive and author of books containing quirky facts.-Life:O'Brien was born in London, the son of E.D. O’Brien. His father helped to run Britain’s propaganda against the Nazis in World War II, was then the Conservative Party’s first... |
Lisa O'Callaghan | Paul O'Doherty | Niamh O'Sullivan |
| Seán O Riain | Conor Pope Conor Pope Conor Pope is an Irish journalist who works on The Irish Times website and has a particular interest in consumer protection. He writes the Pricewatch column and blog in The Irish Times as well as a segment of the same name on The Ray D'Arcy Show. He was one of the panelists on the consumer-related... |
Niall Stanage Niall Stanage Niall Stanage is a journalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.Stanage was born in 1974[3] and attended Carryduff Primary School and Methodist College Belfast, in Northern Ireland. He went on to read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University... |
Brody Sweeney Brody Sweeney Brody Sweeney is an Irish businessman, known for founding O'Briens Irish Sandwich Bars which went into Liquidation in October 2009. The Irish business was subsequently bought from the liquidator by Abrakebabra Investments Ltd. Prior to that he was involved with the franchise Prontoprint before... |
| Yseult Thornley | Patrick West Patrick West Dr. Patrick West is a freelance writer based in the UK and Ireland.Born in London in 1974, he graduated from Manchester University in 1997 with an MA in Cultural History... |
Nick Fairall | David Hughes David Hughes David Hughes may refer to:*David Hughes , interim president and CEO of Amtrak, 2005–2006*David Hughes , English astronomer specialising in comets*David Hughes , Swedish bass guitarist... |
| Jack Harte | Sandra Mara | John G Murphy | Jason Dunne |
| Egon Theiner | Elisabeth Schlammerl | Antoinette Walker | Prof. Michael Fitzgerald Michael Fitzgerald (psychiatrist) Michael Fitzgerald is an Irish psychiatrist and professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Trinity College, Dublin. He was the first professor in his field in Ireland.-Views on autism:... |
| Phil Young Phil Young Phil Young was an Australian rugby league player for the Canterbury Bulldogs and the Newtown Jets in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition.-Point scoring summary:-Matches played:- References :... |
Chris Ward Chris Ward Chris Ward may refer to:*Chris Ward, American rapper and television performer, better known as mc chris*Chris Ward , former Canadian cabinet minister*Chris Ward , English chess grandmaster... |