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August 2024
Dún na nGall, ‘Fort of the Foreigners’?
The Vikings and their legacy in Donegal
Dún na nGall, the Irish name for ‘Donegal’, translates as ‘Fort of the Foreigners’, but who were the foreigners in question? This book considers that they were Vikings and reviews the archaeological and documentary evidence for Vikings in Donegal...
Dún na nGall, the Irish name for ‘Donegal’, translates as ‘Fort of the Foreigners’, but who were the foreigners in question? This...
Author/Editor:
Megan McAuley
August 2024
The perjury trial of Patrick Hurly of Moughna, Co. Clare
Elite Catholic responses to the emerging Protestant ascendancy
On 31 May 1701, the former Jacobite functionary, and notorious cheat, Patrick Hurly of Moughna, Co. Clare, was convicted of perjury for swearing a false affidavit in respect of a ‘sham robbery’ of gold and jewellery worth £1,300. This...
On 31 May 1701, the former Jacobite functionary, and notorious cheat, Patrick Hurly of Moughna, Co. Clare, was convicted of perjury for...
Author/Editor:
Brendan Twomey
August 2024
Farming and society since 1700 in the barony of Carbury, Co. Kildare
This study examines Carbury’s long-established reputation as an unusually stable and prosperous farming community in Co. Kildare. Through the significant challenges of civil strife, famine and the transition from tenancy to ownership, succeeding generations of farmers have sustained not...
This study examines Carbury’s long-established reputation as an unusually stable and prosperous farming community in Co. Kildare. Through the significant challenges of...
Author/Editor:
Lesley Whiteside
June 2024
Brian Friel
Beginnings
When Brian Friel died in 2015, the New York Times described him as ‘the Irish Chekhov’, and the Guardian called him ‘the father of modern Irish drama’. He had long been acclaimed as Ireland’s leading contemporary playwright, with 24...
When Brian Friel died in 2015, the New York Times described him as ‘the Irish Chekhov’, and the Guardian called him ‘the...
Author/Editor:
Kelly Matthews
September 2024
Laois
The Irish Revolution, 1912-23
The turbulent revolutionary period in modern Irish history from 1912 to 1923 had a profound impact on the political, economic and social make-up of Laois. The issue of land that had dominated the landscape of Laois from the...
The turbulent revolutionary period in modern Irish history from 1912 to 1923 had a profound impact on the political, economic and social...
Author/Editor:
Cormac Moore
September 2024
The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge
An account of Irish affairs, 1162-1370
When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to the bridge where the Four Courts are situated today. Anyone who wanted to enter the city...
When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to...
Author/Editor:
Bernadette Williams, editor
September 2024
A century of courts
The Courts of Justice Act, 1924
The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings together legal scholars, historians and members of the judiciary, to reflect on the legacies of the 1924 Act. Making...
The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings together legal...
Author/Editor:
Niamh Howlin, editor
October 2024
The Church of Ireland under the Stuarts
The ‘long seventeenth century’ was a time of enormous religious and political change in Ireland, but there has never been a satisfactory study of the Church of Ireland throughout this turbulent period. This book fills the gap, drawing on...
The ‘long seventeenth century’ was a time of enormous religious and political change in Ireland, but there has never been a satisfactory...
Author/Editor:
Patrick Little
October 2024
Land reform and legislation in Ireland, 1800-2024
This volume explores the provenance, mechanisms and impact of land legislation and land reform in Ireland from the 1800 to 2024, one of the dominant issues in Irish politics, society, economy and culture through the whole period. It takes...
This volume explores the provenance, mechanisms and impact of land legislation and land reform in Ireland from the 1800 to 2024, one...
Author/Editor:
Terence Dooley, Tony McCarthy & Annie Tindley
October 2024
Dublin
The Irish Revolution, 1912−1923
Dublin – capital of Ireland and, to some at least, the ‘second city of the Empire’ – was central to the Irish Revolution. But there were many different ‘Dublins’, including the city borough and its suburban townships, picturesque seaside...
Dublin – capital of Ireland and, to some at least, the ‘second city of the Empire’ – was central to the...
Author/Editor:
Brian Hughes
October 2024
The Latin Lives of St Laurence of Dublin
The four Latin ‘lives’ of St Laurence O’Toole (with ancillary material) were critically edited for a doctoral thesis by Maurice Roche in 1981. Sadly Dr Roche died in an accident in 2003. The thesis went ‘missing’ but photographs of...
The four Latin ‘lives’ of St Laurence O’Toole (with ancillary material) were critically edited for a doctoral thesis by Maurice Roche in...
Author/Editor:
Maurice F. Roche
October 2024
Medieval Dublin XX
This volume presents a rich variety of new scholarly explorations of life in medieval Dublin, including an analysis by Bruce Campbell of the occupational profile of medieval Dubliners as revealed by records such as the famous Guild Merchant Roll;...
This volume presents a rich variety of new scholarly explorations of life in medieval Dublin, including an analysis by Bruce Campbell of...
Author/Editor:
Seán Duffy, editor
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