Mayo Books

19/05/2025

This week sees the release of this stunning book by Lisa Clancy.
All are welcome to the launch of ‘Insect Portraits’ this Thursday May 22nd, 8pm at The Mick Lally Theatre.

The book is available to order online at mayobooks.ie and will be for sale in all good bookshops this week.

12/05/2025

Our author Kevin McDonald discusses his military career and his extensive services overseas in this fantastic in-depth interview with The Team House Podcast on YouTube.

Read more about Kevin’s extraordinary life in his book ‘A Life Less Ordinary’ available online at mayobooks.ie and in bookshops mayobooks.ie/A-Life-Less-Ordinary-Kevin-McDonald

Commandant Kevin McDonald served 7 years with Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil (FCA) and 33 years with the Permanent Defence Forces. He discusses his military career, f...

18/04/2025

Coming soon from Mayo Books Press.

Insect Portraits is a captivating collection of portrait-style photographs that reveals the remarkable ‘personalities’ of (mostly) Irish insects and offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of scientific research using these extraordinary creatures.
Now available for pre-order at
https://www.mayobooks.ie/Insects-Ireland-Lisa-Clancy-Photography-9781914596391

About the author
Lisa Clancy is an insect photographer and nature enthusiast based in Galway City.

15/03/2025

11/03/2025

Nominated for the Cathaoirleach's Awards 2024, 'Our Finest Hour – Mayo GAA clubs reflect on their glory days' by Edwin McGreal, has been a top seller and it has earned praise far and wide since its release last October.

Available in all good bookshops and online via https://www.mayobooks.ie/Our-Finest-Hour-Edwin-McGreal-9781914596315

31/01/2025

Sea Tamagotchi and Dána Gránna are two stunning books by Manchán Magan which are handmade on Achill Island by Red Fox Press.
Despite them still being without power from Storm Eowyn each book was hand bound by candle light by an open fire. These are very special books. 📚

27/01/2025

With more than 250,000 followers on social media, Mayo man Alan Clarke is quickly becoming one of the best-known and popular content creators in Ireland. His hilarious sketches, social media fame and insightful podcasts have catapulted him towards hugely successful ‘Big News Coming Soon’ live shows at packed-out venues. But in this candid account of his life to date, Clarke lifts the lid on many of his struggles from a young age and challenges which follow him to this very day.
This is a story of his difficulties and resilience, and has lots of laugh-out loud moments. It is a compelling insight into his life and the world of the often-maligned social media influencers.

Available in bookshops and online at www.mayobooks.ie

20/12/2024

🎁 Looking for a perfect book for someone who loves history and literature? Look no further than 'Wake of the Whale' by Alice Kinsella and Daniel Wade, which has earned rave reviews in the national media.

📗📕We are very proud of this book. We think it is a defining piece of work and are thrilled to see the Irish Times and The Sunday Independent in full agreement!

✍️ ‘It just may be that an Irish non-fiction classic has been unearthed, one that will always have things to say in whatever future we make for ourselves,’ wrote reviewer Hilary White in The Sunday Independent

✍️ ‘Wake of the Whale is a strangely beautiful book, a ghost body to the skeletons we keep, immersed in a dream world of Mayo that is its own awakening. Tender, direct and courageous, it is an ocean song in strange tongues, siren, seaward, salt-worn,’ wrote reviewer Nicholas Allen in the Irish Times

📚 Wake of the Whale is a genre-bending book that blends history, poetry, and documentary. It is a stunning production in hardback with a linen bind.

⚓️ It explores the history of the two whaling stations at Inishkea South and Ardelly Point near Blacksod and asks if the attitudes that brought whales to the brink of extinction are now threatening our own?

✍️ Together the authors weave a conversation that challenges our deeply ingrained assumptions about human, and animal, nature.

📍 It is on sale in all good bookshops and online via mayobooks.ie/Wake-Whale-Alice-Kinsella-Daniel-Wade-9781914596261