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27/05/2026

👏🏻 Congratulations to Dr. Fintan Vallely who has been awarded the C.B. Oldman Prize 2025 by the UK & Ireland branch of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives & Documentation Centres (IAML UK & Irl) for his work as editor of The Companion to Irish Traditional Music, 3rd edition (2024).

🥇 The C.B. Oldman prize is awarded “for an outstanding work of music bibliography, music reference or music librarianship by an author resident in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.”

🪈Vallely is a musician and writer on traditional music. He was a critic with The Irish Times and The Sunday Tribune, and has been a university lecturer on traditional music bothin Ireland and internationally. He compiled the first-ever tutor for the Irish flute in 1986, The Complete Guide to Playing the Irish flute (revised 2013). His other publications include Tuned Out—Traditional Music and Identity in Northern Ireland (2008) and Beating Time: The story of the Irish bodhrán (2025). He is an Adjunct Professor with University College Dublin, and in 2023 was awarded the TG4 lifetime achievement award, Gradam Saol.

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12/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch of 'Dánfhocail: Irish epigrams in verse' on April 23. We were honoured that Alan Titley MRIA launched the book in such an entertaining manner and with an emphasis on the importance of translation.

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh opened the event on behalf of the Department of Modern Irish, UCC and her colleagues, the volume’s translators, Ken Ó Donnchú and Aidan Doyle.

An enormous thank you to illustrator Ellie Farr who travelled all the way from Vermont, US to celebrate with us.

Photo credit 📷 : Gwen Jane Agius

20/04/2026

We are thrilled that Atlas of the Irish Revolution has been voted one of the top 20 Irish books of the last two decades as part of the 20th anniversary of the .

If you are interested in learning more about the pivotal years in Ireland’s history from the 1912 Home Rule crisis to the end of the Irish Civil War in 1923 in a visually stunning and accessible way – this is the volume for you as chosen by the Irish public.

It is privilege to be recognised amongst just one of three Irish publishers on the shortlist (congrats to our fellow Irish publishers and ) and as a university press to see a book of quality research bring a knowledge of our shared past to a wider general readership in such a successful way.

Congratulations to the volume’s editors’ Dr John Crowley, Dr Donal Ó Drisceoil and Mike Murphy; associate editor, Dr John Borgonovo and researcher, Dr. Hélène O’Keeffe.

16/04/2026

Own a piece of Cork University Press’ one-hundred-year legacy 🖼

Last year , in partnership with , commissioned a set of four distinct prints in editions of twenty-five each to total one hundred to mark a centenary of publishing from Cork University Press. The prints, which formed the focal point of a retrospective exhibition on the Press’ history in the Boole Library, are now available to purchase.

Cork-based artist and designer 's set of four limited-edition prints capture the essence of Cork University Press’ one-hundred-year legacy in publishing research that contributes to the global understanding of Irish culture, history and society.
A limited number of unframed prints are available for purchase as a complete set (€350) or individually (€100). Please email [email protected] for more information.

Read more about the prints on our blog (🔗 in bio + story)

17/02/2026

“...this is a long overdue recognition of Cork’s everyday buildings.”
A review by Conor English of our publication Designed for Life: Architecture and Design in Cork City 1900–90 by Tom Spalding appears in issue #345 of Architecture Ireland, (published by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI).)
The review describes the book as both a record of Cork’s twentieth-century built environment and a call for a broader understanding of architecture and design, and of who is recognised as a designer. While focused on Cork, it suggests wider relevance for how cities value their recent past.
The publication was supported by Cork City Council, The Heritage Council, and the Irish Examiner.

18/12/2025

🚢 Migration is an integral part of Ireland’s story

Íde B. O’Carroll’s recently completed trilogy has identified, examined and captured the stories that connect Ireland and the USA.

From the voices of women who emigrated, to those who came back, the transnational migrants and those who stayed in Ireland and witnessed three decades of change, Íde is uniquely positioned to examine the evolving relationship between these two nations as an author and social-researcher who has divided her time between two nations.

Her trilogy invites you to discover the human side of migration.

📚 Learn more at link in bio

10/12/2025

🌲If you’re stuck for reading material this festive season, check out today's .

They have something for everyone with the 30 best Cork books of 2025.

We’re delighted to see three recommendations from our list as we conclude celebrations of our centenary year:

⭐ Thirty Years of Change Through Women’s Eyes: Ireland 1993-2023 by Íde B O’Carroll

⭐The Irish Pub, edited by Young Hong and Perry Share

⭐ Designed for Life: Architecture and design in Cork city, 1900-90 by Tom Spalding

🔗 to the full list in our bio

📸 Tom Spalding by Jim Coughlan

17/11/2025

📢 Forthcoming book announcement

It’s been a stellar few days and months for Irish sport.

From golf to football, basketball to darts, our nation continues to punch above its weight on the world stage.

⚽ It was a weekend of hat-tricks. Mack Hansen lit it up with three tries vs Australia but Troy Parrott’s brilliance under pressure with a last-minute hat-trick to seal Ireland’s World Cup playoff spot has lifted and inspired the nation.

The darts scene is buzzing — with Cork’s John “The Joker” O’Shea continuing to inspire.

⛳ In a golf career full of highlights, 2025 may be Rory McIlroy’s most impressive year yet.

🏀 And in basketball, Ireland stunned Bosnia & Herzegovina, led by captain Edel Thornton, with a masterclass win in qualifying.

That’s why we are thrilled to announce the next book in our award-winning Atlas Series: Atlas of Irish Sport, available September 2026.

Sport is central to so many people’s lives and it is an expression of culture that is rooted in place.

Comprehensive in scope and richly illustrated the Atlas will include contributions from Ireland's leading historians and sports writers.

💚 Celebrate the moments, the heroes, and the history—pre-order your copy today.

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13/11/2025

🏡What makes a house a home?

🫖In western Connemara there is one homemaking practice that evokes a powerful sense of welcome and emotional wellbeing.

Author Meredith Chesson recently visited us here in Cork and told us about her new book Irish Dressers and Delph: Homemaking through time including some of the people who inspired the stories within.

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10/11/2025

Thanks to all who joined us for the launch of Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich and Kevin Whelan’s Gaelic Wexford 1400-1660.

This major new book on County Wexford, based on five decades of research, received a launch of deserved proportions at the Spiegeltent, Wexford Quay on Sunday 2 Nov with support from Wexford Historical Society and

Big thanks to for providing the tunes, to Stephen Rea for delivering an engaging excerpt reading and to Wexford hurling legend Liam Griffin for launching the book.

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