Cork a big winner at Bord Gáis Energy Book Awards

Cork was a big winner at last night’s Bord Gáis Energy Book Awards, as the critically acclaimed history tome Atlas of the Irish Revolution picked up the Best Irish Published Book of the Year.

The book has been a huge hit since it was published in September and Cork University Press recently took delivery of an extra 14,000 copies after the first print-run sold out within weeks of going on the shelves of bookshops.

Weighing over 5kg, it has been hailed as a landmark publication for its new treatment of topics currently being commemorated and debated as part of the Decade of Centenaries. More than 100 historians and other scholars contributed to the book.