We are delighted to announce the publication of 'Old Ireland in Colour 2', a sequel to the bestselling 'Old Ireland in Colour'

www.mayobooks.ie have previously hosted a podcast with the two authors, Dr. Sarah Anne Buckly and John Breslin. A link to this podcast can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjhnLrjnxZE

In Old Ireland in Colour 2, is the sequel to the bestselling book, 'Old Ireland in Colour'. The authors,  John Breslin and Sarah-Anne Buckley have dug even deeper into Ireland’s historical archives and have rediscovered even more thought provoking and insightful photographs that give the reader an amazing insight into life in Ireland in times gone by.Old Ireland in Colour 2 celebrates more of the rich history of Ireland and the Irish from all walks of life and from all four provinces, as well as the Irish abroad, throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The book contains an inconic image of the 1951 All Ireland Winning Mayo Team, and each purchase of the book will get a free print of that image ( whilst stocks last)

Encompassing the chaos of the Civil War to our beautiful coastal islands, from iconic images from our history to the simple pleasures of life,  there is something that will inspire the reader in each and every page of this wonderful book.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
John Breslin is a Professor at NUI Galway, where he has taught engineering, computer science and entrepreneurship over a twenty-year period. He has written over 200 publications and co-authored two books.

Sarah-Anne Buckley is a lecturer in History at NUI Galway and President of the Women’s History Association of Ireland. She has published two monographs, four edited volumes and numerous articles. She is co founder of the Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class and Senior Research Fellow in the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre.