Mercier Press

Mercier Press Ireland’s Oldest Independent Publishing House. Mercier Press was founded in 1944 by Captain Seán and Mary Feehan.

The publishing house was named after Cardinal Mercier of Belgium, a man who in his day, proved himself not only a man of thought, whose mind ranged over every subject of vital interest to humanity but a man of action in the varying circumstances of a life that shone before the eyes of a watching world. The voice of Cardinal Mercier could not be stilled and Mercier Press is proud to borrow from him

the inspiration for its publishing programme, which is a belief in the importance of Ireland's ability to provide accessible histories and cultural books for Irish readers and all who are interested in Irish cultural life.

COMING SOON!THE WESTERN ISLAND is Robin Flower’s intimate and lyrical portrait of life on the Great Blasket Island. Betw...
07/09/2026

COMING SOON!

THE WESTERN ISLAND is Robin Flower’s intimate and lyrical portrait of life on the Great Blasket Island. Between 1910 and the eve of the Second World War, Flower — known to the islanders as ‘Bláithin,’ meaning ‘little flower’ — lived among the 150 Gaelic-speaking inhabitants of this remote and windswept community, recording a way of life on the edge of extinction. Part memoir, part elegy, part ethnological document, THE WESTERN ISLAND remains one of the most beloved books in the rich tradition of Blasket Island writing. 🌊

This special 80th anniversary edition features a new introduction by Mícheál de Mórdha and a specially-commissioned original painting by Di**le-based artist Áine Ní Chíobháin 🎨

Cover design and typography by Fiachra McCarthy Fiachra Mc 📕

Join us for the launch on Sunday 27 September, 12 noon at The Blasket Centre as part of Ceiliúradh an Bhlascaoid. All welcome! Heritage Ireland OPW 🎟️

Pre-order now on our website, link in bio 📚

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“Heavy as the subject is, the novel is full of healing drawn from the land, and here the author’s own passions and convi...
04/09/2026

“Heavy as the subject is, the novel is full of healing drawn from the land, and here the author’s own passions and convictions come through. The loss of biodiversity upsets her deeply, and when asked if readers take one thing from MITHIM, she hopes it is An Cailleach, the mother goddess, and what she represents.” -Grapevine West Cork

Meet the bould MITHIM — the Irish woman history forgot.

Fierce, lyrical and steeped in Irish mythology, the Celtic tree calendar and the forgotten wisdom of the Gaelic healing women, MITHIM gives voice to a noblewoman who refused to disappear quietly into the wreckage of conquest — who carried her people’s knowledge into the dark, and who will risk everything to find out who survived.

Available in all good bookshops 📚

COVER REVEAL 🫒 Tastes of Home: A Sanctuary Cookbook, coming this autumn from Mercier PressNine countries. Fourteen women...
04/09/2026

COVER REVEAL 🫒 Tastes of Home: A Sanctuary Cookbook, coming this autumn from Mercier Press

Nine countries. Fourteen women. Treasured recipes and stories carried across continents and recreated in new kitchens in Cork — from Afghan naan to borscht to Cork's own brown bread.

Cover artwork by the wonderful Sarah O'Flaherty

Food photography by Emma Jervis

Created with and . Royalties go to Saoirse Ethnic Hands, a migrant-women-led social enterprise.

Tastes of Home is supported through Cork City Council by the Creative Ireland Programme and

Pre-order link in comments.

02/09/2026

📣 COVER REVEAL! 📣

When Jane Gormley threw open her family’s straw shed one October night and invited strangers in to tell stories, she thought she was organising a party. She was reviving something much older: the Irish gift for gathering, listening and being together – face-to-face, no phones, no hurry.

A SEAT BY THE FIRE follows CRAICLY from that candlelit shed to the Púca Festival, from Merry’s Bar in Dungarvan through organic farms, wild gardens and village shops to the grand dining rooms of Ballyvolane House and Stradbally Hall – collecting true stories from the people of Ireland along the way. Part memoir, part manifesto, it is a book about the oldest remedy for loneliness this country possesses: each other.

Warm, funny and quietly radical, it arrives as Ireland rediscovers its most enduring tradition – the seanchaí is returning. And it ends with Your Story Party Kit, so the next seat by the fire can be yours. 🔥

Now available to pre-order on our website, link in bio 📚

Cover design: Fiachra McCarthy 📕

Cover photo: James Gabriel Martin , courtesy of Whitestone House Naul 📸

COVER REVEAL 🌊Here it is – the cover of our 80th anniversary edition of 'The Western Island', featuring a specially comm...
02/09/2026

COVER REVEAL 🌊

Here it is – the cover of our 80th anniversary edition of 'The Western Island', featuring a specially commissioned painting by Di**le-based artist Áine Ní Chíobháin, Áine Ní Chíobháin-Art with design and typography by Fiachra McCarthy.

Robin Flower's beloved portrait of the Great Blasket – its storytellers, its ghost lore, and an Irish-speaking way of life recorded on the edge of extinction – returns in a hardback collector's edition, with a new introduction by Mícheál de Mórdha.

📚 Pre-orders open now – https://www.mercierpress.ie/books/the-western-island-or-great-blasket-80th-anniversary-edition/

🎟️ Join us for the launch: Sunday 27 September, 12 noon, The Blasket Centre, as part of Ceiliúradh an Bhlascaoid. All welcome.

Ionad an Bhlascaoid - The Blasket Centre

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Praise for MITHIM by Carina McNally 🙏MITHIM is a haunting historical novel set in 17th-century Ireland. When Cromwellian...
02/09/2026

Praise for MITHIM by Carina McNally 🙏

MITHIM is a haunting historical novel set in 17th-century Ireland. When Cromwellian forces destroy her home, healer Mithim flees to the Wexford forest. Guided by the goddess An Cailleach, she searches for her brother Eoin — but in a world where empires burn everything visible, only sacred knowledge endures.

MITHIM is available now in all good bookshops 📚

📣 EVENT ALERT: Cormac Quinn will be at Spike Island Literary Festival on Sunday 6 September! Join Cormac for a reading f...
01/09/2026

📣 EVENT ALERT: Cormac Quinn will be at Spike Island Literary Festival on Sunday 6 September! Join Cormac for a reading from his new murder mystery novel, MURDER ON LOUGH DERG.

MURDER ON LOUGH DERG is a bold cosy crime mystery set in one of the most tranquil corners of Ireland. When a mysterious drowning occurs during Lough Derg’s annual Midsummer Ball, journalist Jack Meyers realises that his peaceful summer escape has turned deadly. As he starts to ask questions, he learns that everyone in this small village has something to hide — and the truth might be the most dangerous discovery of all.

Available now in all good bookshops 📚

Get your ticket to the event at the link in our bio!

Spike Island Literary Festival

THE LIVES OF PÁDRAIC Ó CONAIRE by Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh is a biography that reads like the best kind of detective novel ...
28/08/2026

THE LIVES OF PÁDRAIC Ó CONAIRE by Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh is a biography that reads like the best kind of detective novel 🔎

Pádraic Ó Conaire was an orphan from Galway who became a London civil servant, a socialist agitator, a common-law husband, and the author of some of the most fearless fiction in the Irish language. By the time he died in 1928, aged forty-six, he had spent a lifetime hiding, embellishing and contradicting the story of his own existence.

Drawing on two decades of original archival research, Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh strips away a century of myth-making to reveal a figure stranger and more compelling than the beloved bohemian of classroom legend. For readers of Roy Foster’s VIVID FACES and Fintan O’Toole’s JUDGING SHAW — and for anyone who has ever studied Ó Conaire and suspected there was far more to the man than the statue in Eyre Square in Galway.

Cover design by Sarah O’Flaherty 📕

Out in September and available to pre-order now on our website, link in bio 📚

🌞 SUMMER READS ROUNDUP 🌞Our favourite reads of this summer, Crime edition 📚🫆Described by Kurt Andersen as “as thoughtful...
28/08/2026

🌞 SUMMER READS ROUNDUP 🌞

Our favourite reads of this summer, Crime edition 📚🫆

Described by Kurt Andersen as “as thoughtful and thought-provoking as it is fun,” UNSETTLED STATES by Tom Casey is a gripping crime novel that explores voyeurism, infidelity, murder, and moral decay with a sharp eye and unexpected flashes of humour.

THE KILLING OF THE REAVEY BROTHERS by Eugene Reavey is a harrowing and meticulously researched account of a family’s unimaginable loss during the Troubles, and their unrelenting fight for justice. It delves deep into the tragic 1979 murders of John Martin, Anthony and Brian Reavey, uncovering a shocking web of collusion and cover-up.

THE WONDERFUL LIFE OF CONNIE MAGUIRE by Domhnall O’Donoghue is a powerful exploration of motherhood, guilt and redemption, questioning whether we can truly be free from the mistakes of our past. When tragedy strikes one night on Ireland’s rugged west coast, Connie Maguire, the mother of Ireland’s newest rugby star, is forced to finally confront the devastating truth of what happened on the night years ago that changed so many lives.

MURDER ON LOUGH DERG is a bold new cosy crime mystery from debut author Cormac Quinn. When a mysterious drowning occurs during Lough Derg’s annual Midsummer Ball, journalist Jack Myers realises that his peaceful summer escape has turned deadly. As he starts to ask questions, he learns that everyone in this small village has something to hide — and the truth might be the most dangerous discovery of all.

You can find all of these books in all good bookshops and on our website, link in bio 📚

Stay tuned for more of our favourite summer reads! 🌞

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