High quality multi image poster featuring Ireland’s best loved Irish Writers, images and quotations..

This poster is available in two sizes:
Large Size 53.4 × 86.3cm
Code PO-WR 5390534020069
Mini Size 30.88 × 50cm
Code MI-Wr 5390534021066

Both sizes ship with a postal/mailing tube.

High quality multi image poster featuring the World famous Georgian Doors of Dublin.

This poster is available in two sizes:
Large Size 53.4 × 86.3cm
Code PO-DD 5390534020090

Mini Size 30.88 × 50cm
Code MI-DD 5390534021097

Both sizes ship with a postal/mailing tube.

These images from around Dublin’s Georgian Squares are reproduced from original artistic works by renowned Irish Photographer Liam Blake.

Colourful, fun and interesting picture book featuring 28 images of Irish Pubs from around Ireland. 

Code MB-PU 5390534051230

Irish pubs are famous the World over for their hospitality, the music and the craic.

This little picture book presents some of the most iconic of these pubs.

Part of a series of eight.

High quality multi image poster featuring traditional Irish Pubs from around the island of Ireland.

This poster is available in two sizes:
Large Size 53.4 × 86.3cm
Code PO-PU 5390534020021
Mini Size 30.88 × 50cm
Code MI-PU 5390534021028

Both sizes ship with a postal/mailing tube.

The images in this poster are reproduced from original artistic works by renowned Irish Photographer Liam Blake.

Colourful, fun and interesting picture book featuring 15 Irish proverbs. Code MB-PR 9780946887507.

With gems such as 

"You can take a man out of the bog, but you cannot take the bog out of the man" and

 "You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind"

Part of a series of eight.

Set of four high quality cork backed coasters presented in a colouful gift box. Code DD-CO-TI 5391435001089

High quality coasters • Heat resistant • Durable • Wipe clean

Traditional Georgian Doorways from the Georgian squares of Dublin.

The Doors of Dublin coasters feature a selection of images of colourful Georgian Doors reproduced beautifully from the original photography of Liam Blake.

Colourful, fun and interesting picture book featuring 15 Irish recipes. Code MB-RE 9780946887453.

Colourful illustrations and 15 traditional Irish recipes.

Such as Oysters and Stout, Irish Stew, Pig's Head Brawn and Bacon and Cabbage.

Part of a series of eight.

Set of four high quality cork backed placemats.
Code Cas-PL-TI 5391435005117

• Heat resistant • Durable • Wipe clean •

The Irish Castles set of placemats feature images of 30 castles from around the island of Ireland.

Blarney, Waterford, Bunratty, Kilkenny, Dunguaire…….

Set of four high quality cork backed coasters presented in a colouful gift box. Code CAS-CO-TI 5391435001119

High quality coasters • Heat resistant • Durable • Wipe clean

The Irish Castles set of placemats feature images of 19 castles from around the island of Ireland.

Blarney, Waterford, Bunratty, Kilkenny, Dunguaire…….

Set of four high quality cork backed coasters presented in a colouful gift box. Code WRT-CO-TI 5391435001133

High quality coasters • Heat resistant • Durable • Wipe clean

The Irish Writers coasters set features images of 9 of the best loved Irish Writers.

Set of four high quality cork backed placemats.
Code WRT-PL-TI 5391435005131

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The Irish Writers placemats set features images of 12 of Ireland’s best loved Irish Writers along with some famous quotations.

“Satire is a sort of glass wherin beholders do
generally discover
everybody’s face
but their own.”
Jonathan Swift
1667-1745

 Photographs from Brittas Bay • Magherabeg • Magheramore County Wicklow • Ireland.

A collection of photographs from the beaches of Brittas Bay, Magherabeg and Magheramore County Wicklow. 

Featuring Haiku by the poet Tony Curtis with an introduction by Richard Nairn (author of Ireland's Coastline 2005).

At certain times, such as after high winds and tides, the sands on the beach are shaped into beautiful abstract formations, the lack of scale giving the feeling that they could be pictures of the Earth from space, or of other planets. They are in most cases a square meter or two of sand at my feet.

Liam Blake 2011

High quality playing cards suitable for most card games. Code SP-PC 5390534051216

This pack of playing cards features an image of Saint Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland. The image is reproduced from an original painting by well known Irish Celtic artist, Jim Fitzpatrick.

The Avec Journals measure 14.1cm x 9.2cm x 1.5cm and are the smallest of the three sizes available in this range.

The covers and end papers of the Book of Kells Avec journal feature beautifully reproduced artwork from the Book of Kells c.800 AD. Published by the Library Shop Trinity College and Picture Press.ie. Images © The Board of Trinity College Dublin. Code KAve-JL 5391435060208

The Avec journals have a document pocket in the back cover and are held closed with an elasticated band

The Voyage Journals measure 17.8cm x 12.5cm x 1.8cm and are the middle of the three sizes available in this range and feature a magnetic clasp

The design of this journal is based on a classic bookbinding style of the 18th century. The antique marbling on the cover and on the end papers is faithfully reproduced in its original form. There is beautiful embossing on the cover and spine and in addition there is detailed gold block work on the spine. Code GVoy-JL 5391435060130

The Bureau Journals measure 23cm x 17.5cm x 1.8cm and are the largest of the three sizes available in this range and feature a magnetic clasp.

The design of this journal is based on a classic bookbinding style of the 18th century. The antique marbling on the cover and on the end papers is faithfully reproduced in its original form. There is beautiful embossing on the cover and spine and in addition there is detailed gold block work on the spine. Code GBur-JL 5391435060123

The Avec Journals measure 14.1cm x 9.2cm x 1.5cm and are the smallest of the three sizes available in this range.

The design of this journal is based on a classic bookbinding style of the 18th century. The antique marbling on the cover and on the end papers is faithfully reproduced in its original form. There is beautiful embossing on the cover and spine and in addition there is detailed gold block work on the spine. Code GAve-JL 5391435060147

The Avec journals have a document pocket in the back cover and are held closed with an elasticated band

High quality playing cards suitable for most card games. Code GC-PC 5390534051209

This pack of playing cards features an image of the mystical Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The image is reproduced from original artistic work bt renowned Irish Photographer Liam Blake.

Plastic case included

The Voyage Journals measure 17.8cm x 12.5cm x 1.8cm and are the middle of the three sizes available in this range.

The covers and end papers of the Flowers Voyage journal features beautifully reproduced photography of colourful flowers in bloom. Photography by Brian Murphy Code FVoy-JL 5391435060161

The Bureau Journals measure 23cm x 17.5cm x 1.8cm and are the largest of the three sizes available in this range and feature a magnetic clasp.

The covers and end papers of the Flowers Voyage journal features beautifully reproduced photography of colourful flowers in bloom. Photography by Brian Murphy Code FBur-JL 5391435060154

The Avec Journals measure 14.1cm x 9.2cm x 1.5cm and are the smallest of the three sizes available in this range.

The covers and end papers of the Floers Avec journal features beautifully reproduced photography of colourful flowers in bloom. Code FAve-JL 5391435060178

The Avec journals have a document pocket in the back cover and are held closed with an elasticated band.

High quality playing cards suitable for most card games. Code DD-52-PC

This pack of playing cards features 52 images of the world famous Doors of Dublin from the Georgian Squares of Dublin City.

Set of four high quality cork backed placemats.
Code DD-PL-TI 5391435005087

• Heat resistant • Durable • Wipe clean •

Traditional Georgian Doorways from the Georgian squares of Dublin.

The Doors of Dublin placemats feature a selection of images of colourful Georgian Doors reproduced beautifully from the original photography of Liam Blake.

High quality playing cards suitable for most card games. Code CL-52-PC

This pack of playing cards features an image of World famous Cliffs of Moher, County Clare. The image is reproduced from original artistic work bt renowned Irish Photographer Liam Blake.

Ireland is a feast for the eyes and for the spirit. For more than six thousand years, this island set like a jewel at the edge of the Atlantic has been inhabited by people who appreciated its special qualities, both physical and spiritual. Here is a land where the past is more than palpable. The past is to be seen, touched, climbed, explored, experienced. Glen and mountain and valley are peopled with memories that will not die, and spirits that are not extinguished. In a world which seems constantly in flux, some aspects of Ireland are changeless. Dublin is a modern European city, yet only a few miles away, the wind blows across Tara hill as it has done since before the dawn of history, and sheep graze on the grass where once walked the magic people, the Tuatha De Danann.

Haunted Ireland -  Haunting Tales from an Ancient Land

The dead are always with us. Banshees, witches, haunted castles and much more from the ‘world beyond’ form part of the everyday existence for some in Ireland in the 21st century. Tales of hauntings of many of the best known dwellings, both urban and rural, of the Irish landscape are still told on dark evenings by cosy firesides. For some, evidence of a further existence after the present one is reassuring. For others, however, paranormal experiences bring little relief and indeed may induce an occasional sleepless night but at least provide a thrill. It has yet to be satisfactorily explained why Ireland should have such a rich history of tales from beyond the grave. One possible explanation may involve the long tradition of storytelling for which the natives are renowned and the enjoyment from telling and hearing a good ghost story. Whatever one’s reason for perusing the topic, few books currently available will give a more comprehensive retelling of the best of these stories.

One might think that the number of people to have encountered a spirit from the other world would be quite low. In fact many hundreds have been recorded and as we will see in the following pages, almost fifty of the most engaging accounts are presented here. Close to half of these involve castles from all parts of the island. From Dunluce Castle in the north to Charles Fort in the south and from Gormanston in the east to the Cliffs of Moher in the west, no corner of the country is safe from a visitation or from those willing to tell of the same.

Also, if you expect hauntings to have originated in times long past, think again. I offer the example of the poltergeist activity witnessed in Glin Castle, Co Limerick as the result of a tragic incident in the 1960s. Indeed, it has been reported within the past year that an apparition was witnessed watching television at three o’clock in the morning in the home of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Mansion House!

However, this publication is not intended to frighten the reader. It is rather intended as a joyous travel companion to highlight the many and varied aspects of our rich Irish history, geography, literature and storytelling culture that awaits the open minded traveller to this ancient land of myths and legends.

So, as your travels take you to the varied parts of this land, have a look inside to see if you are close to one of the featured haunted locations but just don’t read it at night!

High quality playing cards suitable for most card games. Code DUB-52-PC

This pack of playing cards features 52 images from Dublin, the capital city of Ireland

High quality playing cards suitable for most card games. Code iR-52-PC

This pack of playing cards features 52 images from around the island of Ireland.

Photography by Liam Blake

High quality playing cards suitable for most card games. Code PU-52-PC

This pack of playing cards features 52 Irish Pubs from around the island of Ireland.

Photography by Liam Blake

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

Pack of six themed postcards.

Keep as a set or tear out and post as normal postcards.

The Republic of Ireland’s 2,600 kilometre long Wild Atlantic Way is the world’s longest coastal route, incorporating magnificent coastal views, remote islands, quaint villages and numerous historical monuments. It follows the shores of nine western Irish counties, crossing mountain passes and wild expanses of bog to visit bays, strands and rugged headlands. With over fifty Blue Flag Beaches, seventeen “Scenic Points of Interest” of exceptional scenic interest and such activities as golf, surfing, hill walking and fishing, the Wild Atlantic Way has rapidly become one of Europe’s paramount travel destinations.

 This guide offers an overview of the entire Wild Atlantic Way from Derry in the north to Kinsale in the south. The text covers natural wonders, human settlements and historical sites, with background information on the culture and history of coastal Atlantic Ireland; it also suggest detours to nearby off-route tourist attractions. Illustrated by the renowned landscape photographer Liam Blake, this Real Ireland Guide both introduces and celebrates the beauty of the Wild Atlantic Way.

The Irish Pub is a unique institution, without any real equivalent elsewhere. Some may speak of Irish Christianity or literature as being the great contribution of our wet little island to the greater world beyond these shores. The true connoisseur of Irish culture knows, however, that these are pale shadows compared to the worldwide influence of our public houses and alcoholic beverages.

“Those who don’t know Irish pubs, and the interesting people who frequent them, will always possess only a superficial knowledge of Irish life and culture. The Irish pub is not only an excellent guide to many attractive centres of celebration; it is also a helpful and civilised introduction to higher education in a convivial atmosphere. This is a necessary text for all those in search of enlightenment and laughter.”

The Easter Rising of 1916 stands as one of the most significant events in modern Irish history.  For Britain, fighting for its survival on the battlefields of the First World War, it was an unexpected and unwanted diversion, to be quickly and mercilessly crushed. Yet Pearse, Connolly and the comparatively small group of rebels who took up arms, knew that they were fighting not only for control of their nation’s capital but also the future of the Irish people.

This pictorial history offers an overview of the background, course and aftermath of the Easter Rising.  Incorporating short biographies of the most important Rebel figures, it tells the story of the intense fighting that broke out in Dublin during the last week of April 1916 and the executions that followed.

„Irland ist ein Fest für die Augen und den Geist. Seit mehr als sechstausend Jahren liegt diese Insel wie ein Juwel am Rand des Atlantiks und ist von Menschen bewohnt, die seine besonderen Qualitäten wertzuschätzen wissen, sowohl körperlich als auch spirituell. Es ist ein Land, in der die Vergangenheit mehr als greifbar ist. Die Vergangenheit kann erblickt, angefasst, erklommen, entdecket und durchlebt werden. Schluchten, Berge und Täler sind bevölkert mit Erinnerungen, die nicht aussterben werden, und Geistern, die nicht ausgelöscht werden. In einer Welt, die in konstanter Veränderung zu leben scheint, sind einige Aspekte Irlands unveränderlich. Dublin ist eine moderne europäische Stadt und dennoch weht der Wind einige Kilometer weiter über den Tara-Hügel, wie er es schon seit Anbeginn der Zeit tut. Schafe weiden auf dem Gras, über das einst das Volk der Danu, das Tuatha De Danann, wandelte.“

« L’Irlande est un régal pour les yeux et l’esprit. Pendant plus de six mille ans, cette île posée comme un bijou au bord de l’Atlantique a été habitée par des peuples qui appréciaient ses qualités physiques et spirituelles particulières. Voici une terre ou le passé est plus que palpable. Ce passé s’offre à être touché, remonté, examiné, et vécu. Glens, vallées et montagnes sont non seulement peuplées par des souvenirs qui ne mourront pas, mais aussi par des esprits qui ne sont pas oubliés. Dans un monde qui semble être en situation de flux constant, quelques aspects de l’Irlande ne changent jamais. Dublin est une ville européenne moderne, mais seulement à quelques kilomètres, le vent souffle sur Tara comme cela s’est fait au début de l’histoire, et des moutons broutent l’herbe sur lequel le peuple magique marchait, le Tuatha De Danann. »

Dublin, like most great cities, did not grow overnight. Founded by the Vikings over a thousand years ago, it has evolved through the Middle Ages and Georgian Era to become one of the friendliest and most fashionable capitals in Europe. This illustrated guide tells the story of Dublin and introduces some of its more important sights to the visitor - from medieval cathedrals and eighteenth century architectural masterpieces to museums, public houses and parks. Featuring the photographs of Liam Blake, one of the city’s most renowned photographers, it is equally an aid to exploring Dublin and a tribute to its culture and history.

Despite its fame around the world, Dublin is a remarkably small and intimate city. This is an important aspect of its charm, for within the compact central districts are museums, art galleries, medieval cathedrals and churches, Georgian terraces and great public buildings – all part of a history that goes back over a thousand years. Yet Dublin is equally renowned for its lively pubs, theatres, music venues and literary heritage. All of these contribute to the contemporary city’s uniquely vibrant atmosphere and great social and cultural scene. 

Dublin ist wie viele großartige Städte nicht in einer Nacht erbaut worden. Die vor über tausend Jahren von Wikingern gegründete Stadt, hat sich über das Mittelalter und das georgianische Zeitalter zu einer der freundlichsten und modernsten Hauptstädten Europas entwickelt. Dieser illustrierte Reiseführer erzählt die Geschichte Dublins und stellt einige der wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten vor - von mittelalterlichen Kathedralen und architektonischen Meisterwerken aus dem 18. Jahrhundert zu Museen, Pubs und Pärken. Mit den Fotografien von Liam Blake, einer der renommiertesten Fotografen Dublins, dient er auch als Hilfe bei der Entdeckung Dublins sowie als Tribut an ihre Kultur und Geschichte. 

Trotz weltweiter Berühmtheit, ist Dublin eine bemerkenswert kleine und intime Stadt.  Dies ist ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Charmes der Stadt, wozu auch zentral gelegene Museen, Kunstgalerien, mittelalterliche Kathedralen und Kirchen, georgianische Reihenhäuser und beeindruckende öffentliche Gebäude gehören - alles Teile einer Geschichte, die auf über tausend Jahre zurückgeht. Dublin ist ebenso bekannt für lebhafte Pubs, Theater, Konzerthallen und ihr literarisches Erbe. All dies trägt zur einzigartig dynamischen Atmosphäre und der tollen gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Szene der heutigen Stadt bei.

High quality playing cards suitable for most card games. Code WAW-52-PC

This pack of playing cards features 52 images from Ireland's west coast driving route, the Wild Atlantic Way.

52 images from Donegal to Cork.

Photography by Liam Blake

High quality cardboard hanging sign

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Complete with hanging tag.

Pangur Bán

Poem written by an Irish monk in the 9th century about his cat Pangur Bán (White Pangur), and the comparisons between Pangur’s endeavours and his own scholarly pursuits.

High quality cardboard hanging sign
Photography © Liam Blake

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Complete with hanging tag.

Many theories have been put forward to explain why they are so brightly painted and ornamented, none unfortunately likely to be true. It has been suggested, for instance, that the practice originated at the time of Elizabeth 1, when a Puritan administrator decreed that all the city’s door and window frames should be the same drab brown colour. In an act of the defiance, the artistic and expressive population responded by painting them in the brightest hues they could find. A similar story dates from reign of Queen Victoria in the late 1800’s. Some claim that after the death of her beloved husband Prince Albert, the grieving monarch ordered all the doors in Dublin painted black in his memory. Once again the rebellious Dubliners refused and turned their front doors into a riot of colour.

High quality cardboard hanging sign

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Complete with hanging tag.

Folio 34r Matthew 1.18 Chi Rho.

The Book of Kells is the most richly decorated of Ireland’s medieval manuscripts. A latin text of the four Gospels decorated by Irish monks around the year 800 A.D. It is the greatest Irish work of art to survive the middle ages.

High quality cardboard hanging sign
Photography © Liam Blake

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Complete with hanging tag.

Those who don’t know Irish pubs, and the interesting people who frequent them, will always possess only a superficial knowledge of Irish life and culture. The Irish pub is not only an excellent guide to many attractive centres of celebration; it is also a helpful and civilised introduction to higher education in a convivial atmosphere. This is a necessary text for all those in search of enlightenment and laughter.

High quality cardboard hanging sign

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Complete with hanging tag.

1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic

The Proclamation of the Irish Republic is amongst the single most influential documents in Irish History. Mainly composed by Pádraig Pearse and James Connolly, a thousand copies were run off on a Summit Wharfdale Stop Cylinder Press at Liberty Hall during the night before the Rising began. The sheets were printed in two halves because the printers did not have enough letters to typeset the whole text. The copies of the Proclamation were barely completed by morning and some bore only the first half of the text. The ink on many was still damp when they were posted on telegraph poles and walls around the city centre.

The Proclamation, which set out the aims and motives of the rebellion, was loosely modelled on Robert Emmet’s Proclamation of Independence for the 1803 Rising. One of its more radical pledges extended the vote to women (in 1916 the only countries with female suffrage were Australia, New Zealand, Finland and Norway).  The Proclamation also promised to “cherish all the children of the nation equally” – a reference to the large Protestant minority in Northern Ireland and the rest of the country.    

High quality cardboard hanging sign
Artwork © Brian Murphy

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Complete with hanging tag.

A whimsical pint of Irish Sheep. Illustrated wall sign.

High quality cardboard hanging sign
Photography © Liam Blake

This product has been produced using a high end printing process which results in excellent print colour reproduction. 

Complete with hanging tag.

Colourful pub signs from around the island of Ireland.