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Dublin's history
The history and heritage of St James's Hospital, Dublin
The history of St James’s Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on its site. Just under thirty years later a foundling hospital was added to the workhouse. The opening chapters...
The history of St James’s Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on its...
Author/Editor:
Davis Coakley & Mary Coakley
The life and career of Archbishop Richard Whately
Ireland, religion and reform
When Richard Whately (1787–1863) was appointed as Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin in 1831, his liberalism made him a highly controversial figure within his own church. His wide-ranging involvement in Irish economic and social affairs, including as chairman...
When Richard Whately (1787–1863) was appointed as Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin in 1831, his liberalism made him a highly controversial...
Author/Editor:
Ciara Boylan
Medieval Dublin XVI
Proceedings of Clontarf 1014–2014: national conference marking the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf
This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in Trinity College Dublin in April 2014 marking the millennium of the battle of Clontarf, one of the landmark events in Irish history. Organized by the editor in partnership...
This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in Trinity College Dublin in April 2014 marking the millennium of the battle...
Author/Editor:
Seán Duffy, editor
Culture, politics and local government in Fingal, 1891–1914
The period from the death of Parnell to the Home Rule crisis is popularly thought to be somewhat stagnant posited between more momentous events. The fracturing of the Irish Party and the resulting void of a political focus...
The period from the death of Parnell to the Home Rule crisis is popularly thought to be somewhat stagnant posited between more...
Author/Editor:
Declan Brady
The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911
This publication aims to re-constitute a micro-community of 132 families living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in Dublin, using the 1911 census as main primary source. One of the oldest streets in Dublin,...
This publication aims to re-constitute a micro-community of 132 families living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in...
Author/Editor:
Janet Moody
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Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s
Cars, shops and suburbs
After the relative gloom of the 1950s, there was a rapid economic pick-up in the early 1960s. Car ownership increased as standards of living improved and Dublin, in common with other European cities, engaged in much soul-searching about what...
After the relative gloom of the 1950s, there was a rapid economic pick-up in the early 1960s. Car ownership increased as standards...
Author/Editor:
Joseph Brady
The Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin
Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge is one of the symbols of the city. Opened on 19 May 1816, the first dedicated footbridge over the river Liffey, it was also the first iron bridge in Ireland. The bridge was officially named...
Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge is one of the symbols of the city. Opened on 19 May 1816, the first dedicated footbridge over the...
Author/Editor:
Michael English
Dublin, 1950–1970
Houses, flats and high rise
Housing occupies more land than any other urban use and it helps define the character of any city. Dublin continued to expand its footprint during the 1950s and quickly spilled over into the county area. Dubliners favoured a...
Housing occupies more land than any other urban use and it helps define the character of any city. Dublin continued to expand...
Author/Editor:
Joseph Brady
The Easter Proclamation 1916
A comparative analysis
*With an essay by W.J. Mc Cormack* The words of the Proclamation were put together by P.H. Pearse and revised by James Connolly and Thomas MacDonagh. The document is short and exhortatory. Nonetheless, teased out, it unfolds patterns of...
*With an essay by W.J. Mc Cormack* The words of the Proclamation were put together by P.H. Pearse and revised by James...
Author/Editor:
Liam de Paor
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Grave Matters
Death and dying in Dublin, 1500 to the present
Grave Matters examines the universal subject of death – looking at the particular experience of death, burial and commemoration in Dublin since the sixteenth century. Using death as a way of understanding social conditions, contributions consider the role of...
Grave Matters examines the universal subject of death – looking at the particular experience of death, burial and commemoration in Dublin since...
Author/Editor:
Lisa Marie Griffith & Ciarán Wallace, editors
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More than concrete blocks, vol. I
Dublin City's twentieth-century buildings and their stories: 1900–1940
More than Concrete Blocks: Dublin City’s twentieth-century buildings is a three-volume series of architectural history books which are richly illustrated and written for the general reader. Unpacking the history of Dublin’s architecture during the twentieth century, each book covers a...
More than Concrete Blocks: Dublin City’s twentieth-century buildings is a three-volume series of architectural history books which are richly illustrated and written...
Author/Editor:
Ellen Rowley, editor
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The Dublin Civic Portrait Collection
Patronage, politics and patriotism, 1603–2013
*Nominated for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2017* Beginning in the early 17th century and continuing to the present day, the city of Dublin has built up a portrait collection that is unique on the...
*Nominated for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2017* Beginning in the early 17th century and continuing to the present...
Author/Editor:
Mary Clark
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