Novels
Anne Doughty Beyond the Green Hills (Belfast: Blackstaff Press 2003), 414pp. [sequel to On a Clear Day]
Tara Heavey, A Brush with Love (Dublin: Tivoli [G&M] 2003), 432pp.
Curtis Adler, Colours (Pocket Books & TownHouse 2003), 320pp.
John Creed, Colours (London: Faber & Faber 2003), 256pp.
Liam Mac Uistín, An Geall (Cló Iar-Chonnachta 2003), 120pp.
Una Brankin, Half Moon Lake (Pocket Books & TownHouse 2003), 416pp.
Elizabeth Bowen, The Hotel (London: Vintage 2003), 208pp. [rep.]
Dan Collins, How It Ends (London: Jonathan Cape 2003), 224pp.
Edna O’Brien, In the Forest (London: Phoenix 2003), 208pp. [pb. Edn.]
Blánaid McKinney, The Ledge (London: Phoenix 2003), 256pp.  [ppb. edn.]
Philip Davison, The Long Suit (London: Jonathan Cape 2003), 288pp. [Harry Fielding playing deadly M15 games]
Ken Bruen, The Magdalen Martyrs (Dingle: Brandon Press 2003), 304pp.
Stephen Lawhead, Patrick (London: HarperCollins 2003), 512pp.
Judi Curtin, Sorry, Walter (Dublin: Tivoli [G&M] 2003), 400pp.
Tom Mac Intyre, Story of a Girl (Dublin: Lilliput Press 2003), 160pp.
Peter Benjamin, Terms and Conditions (Pocket Books & TownHouse 2003), 368pp.
Elizabeth Bowen, A Time in Rome (London: Vintage 2003), 256pp.
Lara Harte, Wild Geese (London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson 2003), 224pp.
Sarah-Kate Lynch, Blessed are the Cheesemakers: For They Shall Inherit True Love (Black Swan), 320pp. [to be filmed]
Brian Ó Maoileoin, Brothall (Coiscéim), 142pp.
Bill Napier, The Lure: Some Secrets Should Never Be Uncovered (Headline), 416pp. [sci-fi; author lives in Ireland].
Nancy Ross, Still Waters Run Deep (Poolbeg), 444pp.
P L. Henry, Ulster is Mine (Galway: Benbulbin Books), 216pp. [hist. saga of Shane O’Neill as the hero]

Short Fiction
Aidan Higgins, As I was Riding Down Duval Boulevard with Pete La Salle (Anam Press), 28pp. [on his time at Univ. of Texas]
Liam Prút, Scéalta nach Beag (Baile atha Cliath: Coiscéim), 136pp.
Blánaid McKinney, Big Mouth (London: Phoenix 2003), 224pp. [accomp. first novel, The Ledge).
Edna O’Brien, A Fanatic Heart (London: Phoenix 2003), 380pp. [pb. rep.]
Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, Midwife to the Fairies (Dublin: Attic Press 2003).

Poetry
John Stevenson, The Cherry Tree (Belfast: Lapwing 2003). 32pp. 
Michael Davitt, Fardoras (Cloó lar-Chonnachta 2003), 120pp.
Jerry Twomey, High are the Waters, Heaven Sent (Belfast: Lapwing Press 2003), 40pp.
Margaret Moore, What the Wind Scatters (Belfast: Lapwing 2003), 36pp.
Louis de Paor, Agus Rud Eile De (Coiscéim), 56pp.
Mary Coll, All Things Considered (Galway: Salmon). 46pp.
Patricia Monaghan, Dancing with Chaos (Salmon), 82pp. [Alaska-born author; living in Chicago; winner of Friends of Literature,  and the 49th Parallel Poetry]
Rosemarie Rowley, Hot Cinquefoil Star (Rowan Tree Press), 172pp. [5 longer poems, a tale in verse a riposte, a sequence, a garland and a letterfive chunks of poetry.
Roy McFadden, Last Poems, intro. Philip Hobsbaum (Abbey Press), 32pp.
Henrik Nordbrandt, My Life, My Dream [Poetry Europe Ser., 13] (Dedalus), 72pp.
Anne Dean, Odysseus in the Bathroom (Bradshaw Books), 56pp.
Ethna McKiernan, The One Who Swears You Can’t Start Over (Salmon), 92pp.
Fred Johnston, Paris without Maps (Sandstone Press), 28pp.
Jude Nutter, Pictures of the Afterlife (Salmon), 68pp.
Pamela Greene, Tattoo Me ( Summer Palace Press), 64pp. [previous collection Heartland]
Gerry Murphy, Torso of an ex-Girlfriend (Dedalus), 64pp.
Pádraig Ó Snodaigh agus Aogán Ó Muircheartaigh, Vae Puero: athleaganacha ar dhAnta le Padraic Fiacc (Coiscéim), 48pp.
Susan Connolly, Winterlight (Flax Mill Publications), 36pp., ill.

Archaeology, Visual Arts & Music S. B. Kennedy, Paul Henry (Yale UP 2003), 144pp., ill. [30 b/w; 70 col.].
Peter Harbison, Our Treasure of Antiquities (Dublin: NLI/ Wordwell 2003).
Gareth Cox & Axel Klein, Irish Music in the  Twentieth Century (Dublin: Four  Courts Press 2003), 208pp.

Biography
Ray Mac Mánais, Máire Mhic Ghiolla Íosa: Beathnaisnéis (Cló Iar-chonnachta 2003), 450pp.
Ruán O’Donnell, Robert Emmet, Vol 1: Robert Emmet and the 1798 Rebellion (Dublin: IAP 2003), 528pp.
Ruán O’Donnell, Robert Emmet, Vol II: Robert Emmet and the Rising of 1803 (Dublin IAP 2003), 528pp.
Clare Hutton, The Irish Book in the Twentieth Century (Dublin: IAP 2003), 256pp.

Autobiography
Patrick Galvin, The Raggy Boy Trilogy (Dublin: New Island Press), 426pp.

Anthology
Peter Berresford Ellis, ed., Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends (London: Robinson. 2003), 536pp.

Literary Criticism & Cultural Commentary
John Coakley, ed., Changing Shades of Orange and Green. redefining the union and the nation in contemporary Ireland (UCD Press), 240pp. [contribs. incl. Des O’Malley, David Ervine and Paul Arthur]
Louise Fuller, Irish Catholicism since 1950: The Undoing of a Culture (Gill & Macmillan) 478pp.
Sean Freyne, Texts, Contexts and Cultures: Essays on Biblical Topics (Veritas), 266pp. [Chair of theology at TCD] Michael Bliss & Eamon Maher, eds., Engaging Modernity: Readings of Irish politics, Culture and Literature at the Turn of the Century (Dublin: Veritas 2003), [q.pp.]
Elmer Kennedy-Andrews, Fiction and the Northern Irish Troubles since 1969: (De-) Constructing the North (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 304pp.
Colin MacCabe, James Joyce and the Revolution of the Word [2nd edn.] (London: Palgrave), 286pp.
James Doan & Frank Sewell, eds., On the Side of Light: The Poetry of Cathal Ó Searchaigh (Galway: Arlen House), 266pp. [ded. Foreword poem to Máire Mhac an tSaoi]
Irene Boada-Montagut, Women Write Back: Contemporary Irish and Catalan Short Stories in Colonial Context (Dublin: IAP), 218pp.
Ben Levitas, The Theatre of Nation: Irish Drama and Cultural Nationalism 1890-1916 (OUP), 278pp.
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, The Wilde Legacy (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 172pp. f45 hbl-85182-654-8. 17 March

History & Society
Evelyn Mullally, ed., The Deeds of the Normans in Ireland: La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande (Dublin: Four Courts Press), 180pp.
Desmond Greer & james W. Nicolson, The Factory Acts in Ireland 18022-1914 (Dublin: Four Courts Press), 458pp., ill. [16pp. b&w]
James W. Taylor, The 1st Irish Rifles in the Great War (Dublin: Four Courts Press), 364pp., ill. [8pp. photos].
Mark M. Hull, Irish Secrets: German Espionage in Wartime Ireland 1939-1945, preface by Enno Stephan (IAP), 406pp., ill. [1pp. b&w].
Eunan O’Halpin, ed., MI5 and Ireland, 1939-1945: The Official History (Dublin: IAP), 144pp.
Francis M. Carroll, Money for Ireland: Finance, Diplomacy, Politics and the first Dáil Éireann Loans 1919-1936 (Praeger/Eurospan) 200pp.
Barbara Walsh, Roman Catholic Nuns in England and Wales 1800-1937: A Social History (Dublin: IAP), 256pp.
Joseph Hone, with Maurice Craig & Michael Fewer The New Neighbourhood of Dublin (A. A. Farmar), 264pp.
Mel Cousins, The Birth of Social Welfare in Ireland, 1922-1952 (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 224pp.
Kevin Collins, Catholic Churchmen and the Celtic Revival in Ireland, 1848-1916 (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 204pp.
Dáithí Ó Cróinin, Early Irish History and Chronology (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 256pp.
Judith Devlin & Howard B. Clarke, eds., European Encounters: Essays in Memory of Albert Lovett (UCD Press 2003), 448pp. Ill. [16 pp. pls].
John Duggan, Herr Hempel at the German Legation in Dublin, 1937-1945, foreword by Sean Donlon (Dublin: IAP 2003), 352pp
Marcus Tanner, Ireland’s Holy Wars: The Struggle for a Nation’s Soul, 1500-2000 (Yale UP 2001; pb. 2003) [qp.]
Michael Brown et al, eds., The Irish Act of Union: Bicentennial Essays (Dublin: IAP 2003), 304pp.
Paul Walsh, Irish Leaders and Learning through the Ages, ed. Nollaig Ó Muruile (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 508pp. [rep.]
Thomas O’Connor, ed., Irish Migrants in Europe after Kinsale, 1602-1820 (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 208pp.
John Kenyon & Kieron O’Conor, The Medieval Castle in Ireland and Wales (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 256 pp.
Kevin Collins, Catholic Churchmen and the Celtic Revival 1848-1916 (Four Courts Press 2003), 208pp.
Simon Kingston , Ulster and the Isles in the Fifteenth Century: The Lordship of the Clan Domhaill of Antrim (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 208pp.
Ruth Whelan & Carol Baxter, Toleration and Religious Identity: The Implications of the Edict of Nantes for France, Britain and Ireland (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 304pp.
Muriel McCarthy, Marsh’s Library, Dublin: All Graduates and Gentlemen (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003), 256pp.
Vittorio Di Martino, Roman Ireland (Cork: Collins Press 2003), 160pp.
Senia Pašeta, Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2003), 114pp.

Topography
Kevin Dwyer, Ireland our Island Home [rev. edn.] (Cork: Collins Press 2003), 160pp. [39 add. aerial photos]

Women’s Studies
Linda Connolly, The Irish Women’s Movement: From Revolution to Devolution. (Dublin: Lilliput Press 2003), 320pp.
Myrtle Hill, Women in Ireland 1900-2000 (Belfast: Blackstaff Press 2003), 400pp.

Sundry publishers
Liverpool UP
Brian Cosgrove, The Yew-Tree at the Head of the Strand (Liverpool UP 2003), 240pp.
Richard Kirkland, Identity Papers: Northern irish Culture and Dissident Subjects (Liverpool UP 2003), 224pp.
Enda Delaney Demography, State and Society ((Liverpool UP 2003), 304pp.

Four Courts Press
Ruth MacManus, Dublin 1910-1940: Shaping the City and Suburbs (Dublin: Four Courts Press 2003) [reiss.]

Irish University Press
Garret FitzGerald, Reflections on the Irish State (Dublin: IUP 2003), 192pp.
Eunan O’Halpin, ed., MI5 and Ireland, 1939-1945: The Official History foreword by Christopher Andrew (Dublin: IUP 2003), 192pp.
John Duggan [Lnt.-Col.], Herr Hempel at the German Legation in Dublin, 1937-1945 (Dublin IUP 2003), 352pp.
Joanne Mooney Eichacker, Irish Republican Women in America Lecture Tours, 1916-1925, foreword by Micheline Sheehy-Skeffington (Dublin IUP 2003), 352pp.

Irish Academic Press
Jérome aan de Wiel, The Catholic Church in Ireland, 1914-1918 War and Politics [New Directions in Irish History Ser.] (Dublin: IAP 2003), 400pp.
Eberhard Bort, ed., Commemorating Ireland History, Politics, Culture (Dublin: IAP 2003), 288pp.
Mark M. Hull, Irish Secrets German Espionage in Wartime Ireland, 1939-1945, foreword by Enno Stephan (Dublinn: IAP 2003), 496pp.
Michael Brown, Patrick Geoghegan & James Kelly, Eds. The Irish Act of Union Bicentennial Essays (Dublin: IAP 2003), 256pp.
Diane Urquhart & Alan Hayes, eds., Irish Women’s History (Dublin: IAP 2003), 256pp.
Ewan Morris, Our Own Devices National Symbols and Political Conflict in Twentieth-Century Ireland (Dublin: IAP 2003), 240pp.
Kevin Kiely, Francis Stuart Outcast Witness (Dublin: IAP 2003), 336pp.
Karen Steele, ed., Maud Gonne’s Irish Nationalist Writings, 1895-1946 (Dublin: IAP 2003), 240pp.

James Clarence Mangan
Augustine Martin., gen. ed., The Works of James Clarence Mangan, with a Biography and Bibliography [9 vols.] Poetry: The Collected Works of James Clarence Mangan (6 vols.), Jacques Chuto, Rudolf Patrick Holzafel, Peter MacMahon, Patrick Ó Snodaigh, Ellen Shannon-Mangan, Tadhg Ó Dushláne & Peter van de Kamp - Poems 1818-1837 (1996), 436pp.; Poems 1838-1844 (1996), 436pp.; Poems 1845-1847, 1997), 496pp.; Poems 1848-1912 (1999), 376pp.; Prose, ed. Jacques Chuto, Augustine Martin, Peter van de Kamp and Ellen Shannon-Mangan: 1832-1839 (2002), 416pp.; 1840-1882 (2002), 496pp. Selected Poems of james Clarence Mangan, ed., intro. & annot. Jacques Chuto, Rudolf Hoizapfel, Peter van de Kamp & Ellen Shannon Mangan, foreword by Terence Brown

(Dublin: IAP 2003), 432pp. Ellen Shannon-Mangan, James Clarence Mangan: A Biography (1996), 528pp.; Jacques Chuto, James Clarence Mangan: A Bibliography (IAP 1999), 208pp.

First Flush
Derek W. Alexander & Michael Drake, Breaking New Ground: Fifty Years of Change in Northern Ireland Agriculture 1952-2000 (Belfast: Belfast: Blackstaff Press), 156pp.
Josh Schultz, The Lonely Poets’s Guide to Belfast: A Poetry and Resource Guide Visiting Belfast’s People and Places (New Belfast Community Arts Initiative). 144pp.
Niall MacMonagle, Off the Wall (Dublin: Marino), 202pp. [incls. Durcan, Kennelly, Muldoon, et al.]

Reference
Tom Clyde, Irish Literary Magazines: An Outline History and Descriptive Bibliography (IAP), 336pp.

Biography
Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh, Ag Samhlú Troda Máirtín Ó Cadhain 1905-`970 (Coiscéim), 332pp.
Máire Ní Mhurchú, & Diarmuid Breatnach, 1560-1781 Beathaisnéis [Maille le forlíonadh le 1782-1982 Beathaisnéis agus le hinnéacs 1560-2001] (An Clóchomhar), 224ppp.
Nigel Cawthorne, The Empress of South America (London: Heinemann), 320pp.
Ferghal McGarry, Frank Ryan (Historical Association of Ireland), 98pp.
Carmel Quinlan, Genteel Revolutionaries: Anna and Thomas Haslam and the Irish Women’s Movement (Cork UP), 280pp.
Emmet O’Connor, James Larkin [Radical Irish Lives] (Cork UP), 158pp.
Gus Smith & Des Hickey, John B. (Mercier), 352pp. [prev. as John B. – The Real Keane].
Prionnsíos Ó Duigneeán, Linda Kearns [1886-1951]: A Revolutionary Irish Woman (Manorhamilton: Drumlin Publs.), 192pp., ill. [16 b&w]
Joseph Falaky Nagy, ed., Identifying the ‘Celtic’: CSANA Yearbooks 1 (Dublin: Four Courts Press), 144pp.

Crime
Michael Sheridan, Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier (O’Brien Press), 192pp.

Reprints
Roger Casement, The Crime Against Europe (Belfast: Athol Books), 48pp.
Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man (London: Vintage 2003), 384pp. [rep.]
Iris Murdoch, The Book and the Brotherhood (London: Vintage 2003), 608pp. [rep.]
Iris Murcloch, The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (London: Vintage 2003), 576pp. £7.99
Iris Murdoch, The Sandcastle (London: Vintage 2003), 320pp. [rep.]
Irish Murdoch, Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals (Lodnon: Vintage 2003), 576pp.

Language Studies
Tomás Ó Máille, An Béal Beo (An Gúm), 332pp. [orig. 1936].

Collected Works of W. B. Yeats
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Vol. III: Autobiographies, ed., William H. O’Donnell & Douglas N. Archibald (Scribner), 560pp.
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Vol. V: Later Essays, ed. William H. O’Donnell (Scriber), 560pp. [first iss. 1989]
The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Vol. X: Later Articles and Reviews [post-1900], ed. Colton Johnson (Scribner), 426pp.
William H. O’Donnell, ed., The Speckled Bird (London: Palgrave), 274pp. critical variorum edition [1896; final draft 1902; characters based on Yeats’s father, Maud Gonne, MacCregor Mathers and Olivia Shakespear].
Angus Ross & David Woolley, Jonathan Swift: Major Works [Oxford Classics Ser.] (OUP), 768pp.

Northern Ireland
Sharon Pickering, Women, Policing and Resistance in Northern Ireland (Belfast: Beyond the Pale), 220pp.
Silvia Calamati, The Trouble We’ve Seen: Women’s Stories from the North of Ireland (Belfast: Beyond the Pale), 124pp. [21 interviews]