Merrion Press
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Leading independent publisher of Irish history, current affairs, biography, literature and the arts. An imprint of @IAPbooks [email protected]
Newbridge, Co Kildare, Ireland
Joined February 2012
Flats and Cottages: Herbert Simms and the Housing of Dublin’s Working Class 1932-48 That’s to @frankmcdonald60 for the review in Saturdays @IrishTimesBooks
@MalMccann @MerrionPress
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Eoin Ó Broin and Mal McCann pay tribute to the Dublin Corporation chief housing architect who built 17,000 homes for the city’s poor
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Thank you, everyone, for making this past week so busy! I'm in bed already, trying to shake off the lurgy before the final three days of bookselling. Here are this week's #TopTenBestsellingTitles, the last of the year, and my antlers!
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Chatting to @Mickcliff about Flats & Cottages: Herbert Simms & the Housing of Dublin's Working Class. Learning lessons for our past & present to better tackle the housing crisis. Its all about ambition & political will. @MalMccann @MerrionPress
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The Mick Clifford Podcast: Eoin Ó Broin on the way housing was: A comprehensive series of articles on this topic
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Thanks so much to @easons readers for making The Dodger their Favourite Book of 2025 (Adult). Míle buíochais to all the readers who voted and to the team @MerrionPress. #TheDodger
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🎤Just recorded a cracking interview with author and journalist Eimear Ní Bhraonáin @eimeardeschemer about her #book DJ Carey and the Great Betrayal. 📚Published by @MerrionPress ❓What has happened since the book? ❓How is DJ perceived now? ❓What has been the public’s
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Belfast man Colin Davidson is one of our most celebrated painters. On The BelTel podcast, @SJAMcBride talks to the artist about painting the late Queen, the Troubles, and his new book with @MarkCarruthers7. 🎧 Listen here https://t.co/bj93EuLzkG
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Really pleased to have had this conversation alongside @colin_davidson about our new book #TwelvePaintings with @SJAMcBride for the @BelTel podcast. Hope you enjoy it… @MerrionPress
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The BelTel · Episode
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Historian @fallon_donal writes about what we can learn from history to better address our current housing crisis. Flats & Cottages by @EOBroin & @MalMccann and Up in the Air by @hol__smith feature. @MerrionPress @VersoBooks #HerbertSimms #UpDeFlats
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In my early 20s, giving walking tours, I quickly came to learn that the streets of Dublin will keep you humble.
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My highlights of 2025: Musicians, singers, actors, writers, and presenters with their selections: https://t.co/cqHj5Qufn2
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Musicians, singers, actors, writers, and presenters choose their 2025 highlights
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DJ Carey's Life of Triumph and Deceit - The Dodger featured in @IrishEcho
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Author and journalist Eimear Ní Bhraonaín, whose book on DJ Carey named "The Dodger" is now the best-selling book in Ireland, told the Irish Echo t...
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Colin Farrell has a suggestion for what to buy your loved ones for Christmas this year! If you love uplifting, inspirational and downright amazing stories, Being Emma is for you. Available in all good bookshops & online 🎁
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⚽We Need to Talk About Roy: The Keaneification of Modern Ireland by Dave Hannigan @daveyhannigan @MerrionPress A look at how Roy Keane has shaped, and been shaped by, modern Ireland by one of my favourite writers. 2/x
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NEW EPISODE of Three Castles Burning SIMMS CITY Community activist Gayle Cullen Doyle and author Eoin O'Broin joined me in Oliver Bond House to talk about Simms, public housing and the past,present & future of the scheme. https://t.co/MQXKMSzYre - @MerrionPress
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Today’s Irish News article on the fascinating history of Lemon’s Pure Sweets. The story of Lemon’s will also feature on @RTENationwide this evening from 7pm. https://t.co/siyvdwcIA5
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Nice spread in today’s @Independent_ie on Lemon’s Pure Sweets. The lavishly illustrated book on Lemon’s I have co-written with Alan Tate, with over 200 wonderful images, will make a great Christmas gift. @MerrionPress @DubCityCouncil
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Great crowd gathered for the launch of The Sweetness of Lemons at the Mansion House @MerrionPress @cormacmoore
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Really looking forward to this one… Twelve Paintings: Colin Davidson and Mark Carruthers in conversation with @TraversSarah @SHHomePlace in March. Tickets available now…
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Twelve Paintings is an intimate and compelling exploration of the life and work of the renowned Irish artist Colin Davidson. Structured around a…
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For history and biography also: @MerrionPress and @mercierpress! Beyond books: Christmas gifts for the literature lover in your life
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Sometimes the hardest thing to buy for a bookworm is a regular novel, biography or history book. Here's a selection of bookish gift ideas that go beyond the norm
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TD tribute to public housing trailblazer at book launch @ATownNews coverage of the Belfast launch of Flats & Cottages @MalMccann @MerrionPress @JamesConnollyVC
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Launching his latest book collaboration with Belfast photographer Mal McCann, Dublin TD Eoin Ó Broin urged politicians, civil servants, architects and planners to come together to launch an ambitious...
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