Coolim Books

18/04/2025

All the best to TheBookshop.ie with their new premises. Always a brilliant service and they are very supportive of small independent publishers like us.

18/04/2025

Want to explore the medieval friaries and other monuments of Cork? When our reprint of the beautifully illustrated 'Ancient and National Monuments in the County of Cork' by Robert Cochrane is now on sale for just €5 plus p+p. See https://tinyurl.com/CochranesCork

10/04/2025

Just off the presses, a reprint of the book ‘The Cradle of Fenianism’. We were down to our last couple of the originals, so the new copies are very welcome. Local shops will be restocked shortly and you can always purchase a copy online at https://coolim-books.sumupstore.com/

17/03/2025

☘️☘️Spring is in the air, the daffodils are in bloom.
Wishing everyone a Happy St Patrick’s Day - Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig. ☘️☘️

16/03/2025

Around St Patrick’s Day we often feel a special connection to the Irish abroad. Our day-long conference on Emigration on Saturday, 5 April in the Independence Museum Kilmurry will examine the experiences of those who left Ireland. For details and tickets visit www.westcorkhistory.ie

Our Emigration Conference is supported by Cork County Council Commemorations Committee. We are grateful for their contribution and we also acknowledge the support of others including the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society

15/03/2025

All five volumes of the Castlehaven & Myross History Society Journal are now back in stock in our online store. Visit https://coolim-books.sumupstore.com/ and search for ‘Castlehaven & Myross’

13/03/2025

To celebrate St Patrick’s Day, until 18 March 2025, we have a range of books on sale. The items on sale are mainly of West Cork interest with discounts of 15% and over. See https://tinyurl.com/CoolimBookSale

11/02/2025

Some books of Cork interest now available at Coolim Books, see https://tinyurl.com/NewCorkBooks.

21/01/2025

Copies of Richard S. Harrison’s 1999 book ‘Four Hundred Years of Drimoleague’ are now available from Coolim Books

Very Good Paperback, 96 pages. Illustrated history of Drimoleague parish in West Cork, including information on Castledonvan, English settlers, the Great Famine, local schools, churches, and much more. Item Weight: 0.25 kg Item Code: WCBK

19/01/2025

Images and an article about Dunlough (Three-Castles) Head by journalist Harold Frederic appeared the New York Times of 1 November 1896. Here are the images with equivalent modern views. For more about Frederic see https://tinyurl.com/HaroldFederic

11/01/2025

‘The Coast of West Cork’ by Peter Somerville-Large, lists three earlier books in the series from publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd. I am happy to relate that I now possess a copy of each book.

04/01/2025

Unfortunately Biblio: Used and Rare Books have introduced a standard monthly fee for book sellers on their site. This move discriminates against small niche sellers like us, who operate on very tight margins. We cannot absorb such fees, therefore we have increased the P+P charges for sales on our Bilbio site. I hate doing this, but there is no alternative.

24/12/2024

A happy and peaceful Christmas to all.
Nollaig Shona daoibh go léir.🎄

14/12/2024

Congratulations to Cumann Seanchais na Banndan on the publication of No. 41 of the Bandon Historical Journal. It is now on sale in local shops and online at https://coolim-books.sumupstore.com/product/bandon-historical-journal-no-41-2025

08/12/2024

There is great joy in an illustrated book. Fortunately, there are a number of such books by authors from, or closely associated, with Cork, such as works by Brian Lalor, Robert Gibbings and Jack Roberts. Coolim Books has a number of books by these authors for sale, see https://tinyurl.com/CoolimBksIllustrated

02/12/2024

29/11/2024

Congratulations to Castlehaven & Myross History Society on the launch of Volume 5 of their Journal. It is now on sale in local shops or online from Coolim Books at https://tinyurl.com/CastlehavenMyrossVol-5. All volumes are available at https://tinyurl.com/CastlehavenMyrossJournals