Frank Murphy

Frank Murphy is a retired school principal, living in Cork. His teaching career, which began in Dublin, took him also to north Wexford, and eventually to Cork city.

He has written stories, non-fiction pieces and poetry in Irish and English. Most of his work has appeared in school books in Ireland and the UK, with some stories also included in anthologies of children's fiction on both sides of the Atlantic.


The Big Fight

The hero Cúchulainn is forced to fight his friend Ferdia in this epic story of Queen Maeve and the Brown Bull of Cooley. A simple retelling for younger readers.

Category: Fiction 7+
Publisher: O'Brien Press
 
Paperback    £4.99
Charlie Harte and his Two-Wheeled Tiger

Charlie assembles a strange-looking bike from old bits and pieces - not exactly cool, but full of character - which changes his life!

Category: Fiction 7+
Publisher: O'Brien Press
 
Paperback    £4.99
Dark Secret

When the boys at school taunt Davy with the name 'Killer Breed', he doesn't understand what they mean. But it has something to do with his eccentric grandfather, Batt Quilty. What is the dark secret in Davy's family?

Category: Fiction 10+
Publisher: O'Brien Press
 
Paperback    £4.99
Gulliver in Lilliput

A terrible storm wrecks Gulliver's ship and he is washed ashore. He wakes to the strangest sight he has ever seen - hundreds of tiny people, and they're all TERRIFIED of him, the 'MAN-MOUNTAIN'.

Category: Activity books
Publisher: O'Brien Press
 
Paperback    £3.50
Lockie and Dadge

Lockie is a bit of a misfit. Orphaned, he is placed in foster home after foster home, but somehow he never settles in. He runs away and meets up with some eccentric characters, like himself, an outsider. For the first time, Lockie belongs to a real family

Category: Fiction 10+
Publisher: O'Brien Press
 
Paperback    £5.99