The 30 best Cork books of 2025: Fiction, history, memoirs, and more....

It's been another bumper year for Cork-related books and titles written by Leeside-born authors. Marjorie Brennan selects the best of them across the genres 
The 30 best Cork books of 2025: Fiction, history, memoirs, and more....

Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane, Disaster Dad by Donncha O'Callahan, and Camarade by Theo Dorgan, are among the top 30 list.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025 - 21:00
Marjorie Brennan

Fiction

Camarade, Theo Dorgan

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