Breathnach, Proinnsias (2011) Engineering and Re-engineering Earth: Industrialized Harvesting of Ireland’s Peatlands and its Aftermath. In: Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects. Springer Verlag, Dordrecht, pp. 429-446. ISBN 9789048199198

Breathnach, Proinnsias (1998) Exploring the 'Celtic Tiger' Phenomenon: Causes and Consequences of Ireland's Economic Miracle. European Urban and Regional Studies, 5 (4). pp. 305-316. ISSN 0969-7764

Breathnach, Proinnsias (2010) From Spatial Keynesianism to Post-Fordist Neoliberalism: Emerging Contradictions in the Spatiality of the Irish State. Antipode, 42 (5). pp. 1180-1199. ISSN 0066-4812

Breathnach, Proinnsias (2000) Globalisation, information technology and the emergence of niche transnational cities: the growth of the call centre sector in Dublin. Geoforum, 31 (4). pp. 477-485. ISSN 0016-7185

Breathnach, Proinnsias (2002) Information Technology, Gender Segmentation and the Relocation of Back Office Employment: The Growth of the Teleservices Sector in Ireland. Information, Communication & Society, 5 (3). pp. 320-335. ISSN 1369-118X

Breathnach, Proinnsias (1982) International Oil Companies: Some Considerations for the Development of Ireland's Hydrocarbon Resources. Studies - An Irish Quarterly Review, 71 (281). pp. 14-23. ISSN 0039-3495

Breathnach, Proinnsias (2007) Inward Investment in Peripheral Regions: Ireland. In: Doing Development Differently: Regional Development on the Atlantic Periphery. Cape Breton University Press, Sydney, pp. 132-149. ISBN 9781897009192

Breathnach, Proinnsias (2007) Ireland: the Celtic Tiger and the Black North. In: Doing development differently: regional development on the Atlantic periphery. Cape Breton University Press, Sydney, pp. 72-88. ISBN 9781897009192

Breathnach, Proinnsias (1989) Japanese manufacturing investment in the Republic of Ireland. Area, 21 (1). pp. 27-33. ISSN 0004-0894

Breathnach, Proinnsias (2007) Occupational change and social polarisation in Ireland: further evidence. Irish Journal of Sociology, 16 (1). pp. 22-42. ISSN 0791-6035

Breathnach, Proinnsias (2007) Social Polarisation in the Post-Fordist Informational Economy: Ireland in International Context. Irish Journal of Sociology, 16 (1). pp. 22-42. ISSN 0791-6035

Van Egeraat, Chris and Breathnach, Proinnsias (2008) The drivers of transnational subsidiary evolution: the upgrading of process R&D in the Irish pharmaceutical industry (NIRSA) Working Paper Series. No. 38. NIRSA - National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis.

Breathnach, Proinnsias (2000) The evolution of the spatial structure of the Irish dairy processing industry. Irish Geography, 22 (2). pp. 166-184. ISSN 0075-0778

Brennan, Nicola and Breathnach, Proinnsias (2009) The spatiality of Irish manufacturing linkages in the 'Celtic Tiger' era. Irish Geography, 42 (1). pp. 7-22. ISSN 0075-0778

Breathnach, Proinnsias (1993) Women’s Employment and Peripheralisation: the Case of Ireland’s Branch Plant Economy. Geoforum, 24 (1). pp. 19-29. ISSN 0016-7185