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Online Store: Achill Books
- Achill Magazine 2012
€2 + P&P
 - The Achill Magazine contains all the information a visitor might need to plan a visit or stay in Achill. This invaluable guide will let you make the most of all the activities, scenery and fun we have to offer.
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- Achill Link 2012
€5 + P&P
 - Full-colour 84-page magazine containing dozens of interesting and original articles about Achill Island, from the official opening of the Greenway to Bus Acla, from Achill Pipeband to the Robert Henri connection and much, much more.
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- Tonragee N.S. Centenary Book
€20 + P&P
 - 224 pages of stories, photographs and articles to celebrate the centenary of Tonragee N.S. and its role at the heart of the community in Tonragee. This large (A4 size) magazine style book features an extensive range of materials, from old photographs to articles to stories and interviews with former pupils.
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- Achill Link 2011
€5 + P&P
 - Full-colour 84-page magazine containing dozens of interesting and original articles about Achill Island, from the new Micheal Davitt bridge to Achill Yawls to Miss Eva O'Flaherty to Robert Henri and much, much more.
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- Achill Island - Archaeology, History, Folklore by Theresa McDonald
€21 + P&P
 - This 372 page book by Achill native and archaeologist Theresa McDonald provides an extensive and detailed account of Achill's history, archaeology and folklore since the neolithic age.
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- The Heinrich Boll Cottage on Achill Island
€7 + P&P
 - This 75 page anthology collects short stories and poems from contemporary writers with a connection to the Heinrich Boll Cottage at Dugort, Achill Island. Published in 1998 to commemorate 80 years since Boll's birthday, contributors include Paul Durcan, Hugo Hamilton and John Behan.
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- Broad Oceans and Narrow Seas by John Townend
€10 + P&P
 - This autobiography of British sailer John Townend (b. 1941) includes a chapter devoted to his time as a shark fisherman on Achill Island and his involvement in filming a documentary about Achill shark fishing.
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- Collins Complete Irish Birds by David Cabot
€15 + P&P
 - This fully illustrated 240-page guide to the birds of Ireland is aimed at beginner and novice bird watchers and groups birds according to the major habitats in which they are likely to be seen, which for Achill includes coastal areas (both rocky coasts and soft shores) and moorland and upland
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- At the Edge of the Western Wave, poems by Carlos Reyes
€10 + P&P
 - A 107 book of poems by Portland writer Carlos Reyes on the subject of Ireland. Titles include 'Connemara Ponies', 'Song for the Bog Woman', 'Islands' and 'Throwing Salt on the Fire'.
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- Oidhreacht Acla - Scribhinni Phadraic Seoighthe
€20 + P&P
 - Scribhinni Phadraic Seoighthe (1920-1987), curth in eager ag Nóra Seoighthe. Ba duine é a ghlac páirt iomlán sa phobal mar mhúinteor scoile, mar fhealsúnaí, mar scéalaí, mar staraí agus mar fhíor Ghael. Bhí sé ina athair geanúil don ochtar clainne a thóg sé féin agus mo mháthair, Mary.
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- Fear Stiúrach an Chorráin
€5 + P&P
Fear Stiúrach an Chorráin
Donncha Ó Gallachóir (1922 - 2001)
28 pages
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- No More Tears in My Eyes - The Story of Kathleen Kilbane
€6.50 + P&P
 - By Bro. M.A. Conway
The moving story of the last year of life of an 11-year old Achill girl, orphaned and suffering from TB, told by the Christian Brother who visited her weekly at a TB sanatorium in Ballinrobe in the 1940s.
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- Emily M. Weddall - Bunaítheoir Scoíl Acla by Iosold Ní Dheírg
€10 + P&P
 - Pearsa a bhfuil a cuimhne beo i geónaí in Acaill ba ea Emily Weddall, a lonnaigh san oileán i dtús an chéid seo chaite. Ball gníomhach de Chonradh na Gaeilge a bhí inti agus ghlac sí páirt freisin sa ghluaiseacht pholaitiúil.
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- Bullsmouth N.S. Centenary Book
€20 + P&P
 - 240 pages of stories, photographs and articles to celebrate the centenary of Bullsmouth N.S. and its role at the heart of the community in Dooniver and Askill. This large (A4 size) magazine style book features an extensive range of materials, from old photographs to roll books from 1910 and 1920 and interviews with former pupils.
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- Saula N.S. Centenary Book
€10 + P&P
 - Large (A4 size) magazine type book with 106 pages packed with photographs, stories, articles and interviews with former pupils. Published in 2010 to mark 100 years of Saula N.S., this book celebrates the school and its role at the heart of the community.
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- Scoil Acla Centenary Magazine & CD
€5 + P&P
 - Glossy full-colour 38 page magazine written and published to mark the centenary of Scoil Acla. Includes a CD with words and music of the Achill song Teanga Bhinn ár Máthar. Contents include a history of this popular Irish culture summer school.
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- Irish Journal by Heinrich Böll
€12 + P&P
 - First published in 1957 as Irisches Tagebuch, Böll's Irish Journal is a series of sketches of life in rural Ireland - and in particular on Achill Island - during the 1950s. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz, this 127 page edition is in English.
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- Achill Voices by Robert Redmond
€19.99 + P&P
 - 120 page book with 150 photographs from author and award winning photographer Robert Redmond. A beautiful record of Achill's natural beauty and human warmth.
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- Achillbeg by Jonathan Beaumont
€19.95 + P&P
 - The island of Achillbeg lies just off the south-western tip of Achill Island. This 200 page book details the history of this now-deserted island, with numerous black and white photographs - including rare 19th century images and ancient maps.
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- Rails to Achill by Jonathan Beaumont
€18.00 + P&P
 - A fascinating history of the Westport to Achill rail line, which ran from 1894 to 1937. Packed with black and white photographs from the era along with tables, charts and illustrations, this 160 page paperback book was published in 2002 and is essential reading for anyone interested in railway history or the history of Achill.
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- Irisches Tagebuch von Heinrich Böll
€15.00 + P&P
 - Mit Materialien, Fotos und einem Nachwort von René Böll und Jochen Schubert
Nach 50 Jahren neu – Bölls Irisches Tagebuch mit bislang unveröffentlichten Dokumenten und Fotos.
Erscheinungsdatum: 21. März 2007
208 Seiten, Gebunden
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- Die Redselige Insel von Hugo Hamilton
€12.00 + P&P
 - 50 Jahre nach Heinrich Böll begibt sich der deutche-irische Schriftsteller Hugo Hamilton auf die Spuren des deutschen Nobelpreisträgers und bereist die Grüne Insel, zeigt, wie vieles heute anders und wie vieles sich dennoch gleichgeblieben ist.
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- Achill Drowning / Báthadh Acla
€8.00 + P&P
 - Achill Drowning – Báthadh Acla, 14 – 6 – 1894. Chuaigh faoi sheol, Le dóchas croí, Ón Ché Mhór, Go bás anabaí. Designed and Printed by Berry’s of Westport. © Coiste Cuimhneacháin Báthadh Acla. (68 pages). Some chapters are in Irish, some in English.
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- The Ordinary Miracle - Poetry by Mark Chaddock
€12.50 + P&P
 - The first full collection of poetry by Mark Chaddock, an Achill resident with close family roots on the island. Signed by the author, this 78 page book contains 60 poems and all have been written since Mark returned to Achill. Themes include loss, memory, belonging and nature.
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- Das Irland des Heinrich Böll
€10.00 + P&P
 - Text: Bernd Erhard Fischer
Photographien: Angelika Fischer
This book follows in the footsteps of Heinrich Böll's famous journey across Ireland to Achill Island in the 1950s, visiting the same places that Böll travelled to and offering photographs, biographical information and local detail.
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- Achill Archaeology Poster
€7.95 + P&P
 - Full-colour poster outlines details of 12 archaeological places of interest as well as historical features of Achill Island, including information on the Deserted Village, Bronze Age Roundhouses, Shell Middens and Megalithic tombs. Published by the Achill Archaeological Field School.
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