Walter Macken

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books
  • First Book:
    November 1978
  • Latest Book:
    May 2014
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Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Sunset on the Window Panes

  • Flight of Doves

    Finn, an English boy, and his little sister, Derval, flee to Ireland to escape their violent stepfather, who, with the police and two mysterious strangers in tow, pursues them when he learns that Finn is about to inherit a fortune....

  • The Island of the Great Yellow Ox

    A terrifying storm washes Conor, his little brother, and two American friends up on to Ox Island where they become prisoners of the eccentric Lady Agnes who will stop at nothing to uncover the Druid Treasure....

  • Green Hills and Other Stories

  • Sunset on the Window-Panes

    Careless of the hurts he inflicts along the way, Bart O'Breen walks his own road, as proud as the devil and as lonely as hell.In the Galway village of Boola, Bart O'Breen is a strong wilful young man who leaves trouble and harm in his wake. As always...

  • I Am Alone

  • City of the Tribes

    These stories, rich with the passion and drama which characterises all of Walter Macken's writing, were conceived by the author as a thematic collection, providing a stunning evocation of the life and people of Galway in the 1940s. They document a ti...

  • The Bogman

    Orphaned as a child, Cahal Kinsella returns from an industrial school in Letterfrack to the small farming village of Caherlo in West Galway, to live under the rule of his tyrannical grandfather. Cahal must learn to assert his individuality if he is t...

  • Brown Lord of the Mountain

    Like his father before him, Donn is born to the now mythical role of the Lord of the Mountain, a remote community in rural Ireland, unmarked by the passage of time. But Donn longs for a wider kingdom. He deserts his bride, roams the world, fights in ...



  • Quench the Moon

    This is the story of Stephen O'Riordan, a true son of the wild and beautiful land of Connemara, of his hopes and ambitions, and of his passionate and stormy love for Kathleen, sister of his bitterest enemy . . .It is also the story of Ireland after t...

  • Rain on the Wind

    From boyhood to manhood big, gentle Mico had but two passions in life - the sea, and a young girl so terrible lovely-lookin' it raised your heart to heaven just to see her smile.But with a hideous birthmark on his cheek, a Jonah to those he loved, an...

  • The Scorching Wind

    This is a vivid and memorable novel set in Dublin, 1916, during the Easter Rebellion and the bitter years which followed. Through the diverging lives of two young brothers the agony of Ireland during these harrowing times is witnessed.It is the time ...

  • Seek the Fair Land

    It is 1649. As the English soldiers trample the Irish homesteads, leaving behind them a trail of barbarity and destruction, a few brave men set out to seek a 'fair land' over the brow of the hill.Among them is Dominick MacMahon, whose wife has been k...

  • The Silent People

    In Ireland in 1826 millions knew only famine, oppression and degradation. The landlords ground down the tenant famers; tithe wars and injustice were rife.But Dualta Duane battles against tyranny, struggling to survive the evils of hunger, poverty and...

  • Sullivan

    Sullivan was a born actor. Blessed and cursed with the artist's gifts and temperament in full measure, he could hold an audience, or a woman's heart, in the palm of his hand. From a boyhood stuffed with multi-coloured dreams to defy Galway's slums, t...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Walter Macken has published 15 books.

Walter Macken does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Sullivan, was published in May 2014.

The first book by Walter Macken, Sunset on the Window Panes, was published in November 1978.

No. Walter Macken does not write books in series.
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