White Row Press
Thanks for dropping in - we are White Row Press, a small, Belfast-based publisher of Irish interest books.
Feel free to browse our selection of books and contact us with your order. Our delivery costs are only £2 per book ( £1 per book thereafter).
Latest Publications
Donaghadee
An Illustrated History
Harry Allen
The picturesque County Down port of Donaghadee was once renowned as the 'gateway to Ulster'. Then, abruptly, in 1849, the passengers stopped coming. Read more...
Portavo: an Irish townland and its peoples
Part two: the famine to the present
Peter Carr
Part two offers more social, political and cultural thrills and spills as the townland steers its way through the great milestones of recent Irish history, providing us with a worm's eye perspective on everything from the Famine to the Troubles. Read more...
Nominated for the Wolfson History Prize
News
November 2006 - On the evening of Tuesday 7th November, Harry Allen's excellent Donaghadee: an illustrated history was launched at Pier 36 in Donaghadee. The venue was bunged, the heat was terrific, and the PA didn't quite carry to every corner, meaning that not everyone was able to hear Harry's 'oration', which, much to his surprise, was received without serious booing or heckling. The book also went down very well. Details will follow shortly...
August 2006 - White Row receives the news that an architects' practice in Enniskillen has received a commission from a wealthy client who plans to 'rebuild' Portavo House, the handsome Georgian mansion built by the Ker family in 1817-20, and destroyed by fire in 1844. Their client was inspired to undertake this ambitious project after reading the first volume of Portavo.
June 2006 - Part II of Peter Carr's acclaimed 'micro history' Portavo: an Irish townland and its peoples narrowly missed being awarded the Wolfson prize, the UK's biggest history prize, which is worth £15,000. Described as 'a serious contender in a very good year', Portavo was jointly pipped by Shopping in the Renaissance by Evelyn Welch, Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of London; and Framing the Early Middle Ages: Europe and the Mediterranean 400-800, by Christopher Wickham, Professor of Medieval History at Oxford University. Our best wishes to the winners.