Merrion Press

Merrion Press An independent publisher with a focus on Irish history, politics, literature and the arts.

Merrion Press is the popular history and general interest imprint of Irish Academic Press, which has been at the forefront of publishing in Ireland for 40 years.

Always great to see praise for our books, here’s some recent reviews of:🌟The Living and the Dead by Conor W. O’Brien🌟Bei...
27/10/2025

Always great to see praise for our books, here’s some recent reviews of:

🌟The Living and the Dead by Conor W. O’Brien

🌟Being Emma by Emma Fogarty

Both available online & in stores now!

Huge thanks to everyone who attended the launch of Beneath Irish Seas last night! 🌟We’d like to especially thank Colin S...
24/10/2025

Huge thanks to everyone who attended the launch of Beneath Irish Seas last night! 🌟

We’d like to especially thank Colin Stafford-Johnson for his fantastic speech and the team at Grafton Street for making the evening such a success.

You can get your copy in stores and online now! 📚

🌊 OUT NOW: Beneath Irish Seas by Nigel MotyerThis is a stunning photographic showcase of the beauty and biodiversity of ...
23/10/2025

🌊 OUT NOW: Beneath Irish Seas by Nigel Motyer

This is a stunning photographic showcase of the beauty and biodiversity of Ireland’s coastal waters, featuring an array of magnificent flora and fauna, including majestic basking shark gatherings in the Atlantic depths, swirling shoals off the Skelligs and breathtaking coral reefs 🪸

Renowned underwater photographer Nigel Motyer’s work has taken him all over the world, but in these pages he challenges the misconception that marine wonder belongs only to sunnier shores, highlighting the vibrancy and captivating natural drama of Irish seas

Available online & in stores now!

✨ BEING EMMA is out now - available in all good bookshops and online!
09/10/2025

✨ BEING EMMA is out now - available in all good bookshops and online!

Huge thanks to the lovely people at Kinsale Literary Festival for hosting author Peadar Thompson for an enlightening eve...
07/10/2025

Huge thanks to the lovely people at Kinsale Literary Festival for hosting author Peadar Thompson for an enlightening event with Diarmuid Ferriter 📚

Peadar’s book Lost Gaels is now available in both hardback and paperback!

🎨 From early Belfast street scenes to portraits of figures like Seamus Heaney, Edna O’Brien, Liam Neeson and Queen Eliza...
06/10/2025

🎨 From early Belfast street scenes to portraits of figures like Seamus Heaney, Edna O’Brien, Liam Neeson and Queen Elizabeth II, twelve of Colin Davidson’s iconic works are explored through candid conversations with Mark Carruthers in this stunning new collaboration - coming soon!

👀 Preview & preorder: https://bit.ly/3Vo0nGY

When Emma Fogarty was born, she wasn’t expected to make it home from the hospital. Since then, she has made it her missi...
30/09/2025

When Emma Fogarty was born, she wasn’t expected to make it home from the hospital. Since then, she has made it her mission to defy all expectations despite the daily struggles caused by her rare condition, epidermolysis bullosa.

In Being Emma: Living My Best Life with Butterfly Skin, Emma shares the trials, triumphs, love, loss and fierce hope that have defined her journey.

With a foreword by Colin Farrell ✍🏻

✨ Out now in all good bookshops & online, with €2 of every copy bought in Dubray stores going to DEBRA Ireland!

🌊WIN a framed original print by acclaimed underwater photographer Nigel Motyer, from his new book Beneath Irish SeasTo e...
30/09/2025

🌊WIN a framed original print by acclaimed underwater photographer Nigel Motyer, from his new book Beneath Irish Seas

To enter, pre-order by 22nd October 2025 https://dubraybooks.ie/product/beneath-irish-seas-9781785375705

T&Cs: Irish residents only, until 11:59pm 22/10/25. Prize is non-exchangeable

Emma Fogarty’s BEING EMMA is out now! 🦋This beautifully written and powerful memoir charts Emma’s extraordinary journey,...
26/09/2025

Emma Fogarty’s BEING EMMA is out now! 🦋

This beautifully written and powerful memoir charts Emma’s extraordinary journey, and the highs and lows of a life spent shattering every expectation and lighting the way for anyone who dares to dream.

Huge thanks to for donating €2 of every copy sold to ✨

⭐️ ‘Emma is one of the greatest teachers we have’ - Colin Farrell

⭐️ ‘Emma Fogarty is a truly exceptional person’ - Ray D’Arcy

⭐️ ‘Emma has displayed courage and bravery which has been an inspiration to me during my career but also in my life’ - Johnny Sexton

⭐️ ‘A story of power, bravery and the beauty of the human spirit’ - Trisha Lewis

We are delighted to have so many of our authors featured in the Dublin Book Festival programme this year, including Mark...
25/09/2025

We are delighted to have so many of our authors featured in the Dublin Book Festival programme this year, including Mark Carruthers, Paul Clements, Colin Davidson, Martin Doyle, Robert O’Leary and Conor W. O’Brien📚🌟

You can explore the full programme on DBF’s website now!

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Newbridge
CO.KILDARE

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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