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Ireland's Genealogical Gazette (July 2026) - the monthly newsletter of the Genealogical Society of Ireland is now available on the link below. Please share. GRMA (Thanks)

https://www.familyhistory.ie/gazette

The shortlist for the 2026 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction has been announced ...

and we're thrilled to say that THREE of our authors have made the shortlist!

Congratulations Edel Bhreathnach, David Caron and John Waddell. This is a huge achievement and we hope you're all feeling as proud as us 👏

About Michel Déon ✍️
Michel Déon (1919–2016) made Ireland his home in the 1970s until his death in 2016 and is widely regarded as one of the leading French writers of the 20th century. He published over fifty works of fiction and non-fiction and was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Interallié for his 1970 novel, Les Poneys sauvages (The Wild Ponies). Déon’s 1973 novel Un taxi mauve (A Purple Taxi) received the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française and in 1978 he was elected to the Académie française.

📸 Image: Michel Déon (1919 –2016) photographed in Connemara, Ireland - February 1989: Photo by Ulf Andersen.

The July Draw is here 🕺📚✨

We’re giving YOU the chance to win a Four Courts Press book voucher worth €100. To enter, all you need to do is make a purchase on our website during the month of July.

Buying books to be in with a chance of getting more books for free sounds like a win to us 🤷‍♀️

Every person who shops online at www.fourcourtspress.ie during the month of July will be automatically entered into the draw. Each order (so every time you hit that checkout button) is an entry into the draw.

The winner will be drawn on 03 August 2026 🎁

We WILL NOT ❌ contact the winner on social media or through any other account. Be wary of scam accounts.

Mayo, Dublin and Kerry are more than familiar with Croke Park. And, as you can see from this array of books, they weren't too shy either when it came to revolutionary activity 🤓

Our Drogheda born Managing Director however, is caught up in a revolution in the GAA, the march from the mighty Louth! But it’s not the only revolution worth reading about from the Wee County.

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Galway author Bernadette digs deep for 'English Countess, Irish Earl'

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How did royal power shape the emergence of early historic Ireland? Patrick Gleeson's 'Landscapes of kingship in early medieval Ireland AD 400–1150' explores the social organisation underpinning Ireland's early medieval kingdoms.

"The ritual of kingmaking and its varied symbolisms loom large in early Irish literature, and this has, it is argued, distracted scholars from the more functional, perhaps mundane, but vital activities of other kinds of assemblies."

✍️ Reviewed by Alex Woolf

Read it (£) via the link in our comment 👇

You can’t have without Dublin, so here’s our recommended reading list ✏️📃

Check out our website for many more Dublin-focussed books worthy of a spot on your shelves: https://fourcourtspress.ie

Happy Bloomsday, everyone! 🧼🎩

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