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The Mount Callan Garland

Songs from the repertoire of Tom Lenihan, Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, County Clare

Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare (1905–1990), was a farmer. Though English is the language of his area, it is deeply coloured by Irish idiom and constructions as can be seen in the many hundreds of...Tom Lenihan of Knockbrack, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare (1905–1990), was a farmer. Though English is the language of his area, it is...
Author/Editor: Collected and edited by Tom Munnelly with music transcriptions by Marian Deasy

Land and Landscape in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

In the unsettled political and social context of nineteenth-century Ireland the land provides a space for negotiation - of identity, of nationality, of ownership. The changing landscape over time provides a link between past and present, between real and...In the unsettled political and social context of nineteenth-century Ireland the land provides a space for negotiation - of identity, of nationality,...
Author/Editor: Úna Ni Bhromeil & Glenn Hooper

The colonial world of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork

Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork (1566–1643), ranks among the most famous and infamous figures in the history of early modern Ireland and the wider English Atlantic world. The archetypal crooked land-grabber who made his initial fortune defrauding the...Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork (1566–1643), ranks among the most famous and infamous figures in the history of early modern Ireland...
Author/Editor: David Edwards & Colin Rynne, editors

Family histories of the Irish Revolution

*Foreword by President Michael D. Higgins* This volume presents a unique and engaging selection of stories from current and retired staff at NUI Galway of familial participation during the revolutionary period. It captures the ways in which family history...*Foreword by President Michael D. Higgins* This volume presents a unique and engaging selection of stories from current and retired staff at...
Author/Editor: Ciara Boylan, Sarah-Anne Buckley and Pat Dolan, editors

Ireland, 1916–2016

The promise and challenge of national sovereignty (Dóchas agus Dúshlán na Ceannasachta Náisiúnta)

In this conference volume six distinguished scholars of Irish birth or descent – Philip Pettit, Roy Foster, Kevin O’Rourke, Clair Wills, Louise Richardson and Brendan O’Leary – who hold senior positions at some of the world’s leading universities, reflect...In this conference volume six distinguished scholars of Irish birth or descent – Philip Pettit, Roy Foster, Kevin O’Rourke, Clair Wills, Louise...
Author/Editor: Nicholas Canny, Tom Boylan & Mary Harris, editors

The Irish Church, its Reform and the English Invasion

This book radically reassesses the reform of the Irish Church in the twelfth century, on its own terms and in the context of the English Invasion that it helped precipitate. Professor Ó Corráin sets these profound changes in...This book radically reassesses the reform of the Irish Church in the twelfth century, on its own terms and in the context...
Author/Editor: Donnchadh Ó Corráin

A Musical Offering

Essays in honour of Gerard Gillen

Professor Gerard Gillen celebrated his 75th birthday on 16 August 2017. Many of his friends and colleagues marked the occasion here with a collection of essays that reflects the stellar contribution which he has made to music and musicology...Professor Gerard Gillen celebrated his 75th birthday on 16 August 2017. Many of his friends and colleagues marked the occasion here with...
Author/Editor: Kerry Houston & Harry White, editors

Douglas Hyde

The Professor of Irish who became President of Ireland

Douglas Hyde (1860-1949) was founder and first President of the Gaelic League, the first Professor in Modern Irish at University College Dublin and an active member of the first NUI Senate. A leading figure of the Gaelic revival...Douglas Hyde (1860-1949) was founder and first President of the Gaelic League, the first Professor in Modern Irish at University College Dublin...
Author/Editor: Attracta Halpin & Áine Mannion, editors

Cold Iron

Aspects of the occupational lore of Irish fishermen

‘Cold iron’ is a phrase that may be used by fishermen as a euphemism to avoid misfortune at sea. This book provides a lively and compelling insight into the use of such euphemisms, which form a part of...‘Cold iron’ is a phrase that may be used by fishermen as a euphemism to avoid misfortune at sea. This book...
Author/Editor: Bairbre Ní Fhloinn

The Irish Regional Press, 1892–2012

From the fall of Parnell to the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger, regional newspapers have documented the story of Ireland. In this book, historians and journalists describe the newspapers, editors and personalities that have made the local...From the fall of Parnell to the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger, regional newspapers have documented the story of Ireland....
Author/Editor: Ian Kenneally & James T. O'Donnell, editors

Irish Media

A critical history

*Revised and Expanded New Edition* As Irish media and society move from an insular, domestic focus in the mid-twentieth century to the global outlook of the twenty-first, this book traces how indigenous media have come to terms with international...*Revised and Expanded New Edition* As Irish media and society move from an insular, domestic focus in the mid-twentieth century to the...
Author/Editor: John Horgan & Roddy Flynn

John Hume – in his own words

John Hume is regarded as the key architect of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. This book collects extracts from Hume’s key speeches, articles and interviews, and adds a contextual narrative. The selected texts chronicle his entire career, covering his entry...John Hume is regarded as the key architect of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. This book collects extracts from Hume’s key speeches, articles...
Author/Editor: Seán Farren, editor

More than concrete blocks, vol. II

Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories: 1940–73

This three-volume series of architectural history books are abundantly illustrated and accessibly written for the general reader. Full of new research, photography and previously unseen archive images and drawings, they unpack the history of Dublin’s architecture during the twentieth century...This three-volume series of architectural history books are abundantly illustrated and accessibly written for the general reader. Full of new research, photography...
Author/Editor: Ellen Rowley, editor

Through the builder's lens

Dublin's evolving streetscapes

Many people have helped create Dublin’s unique streetscapes. This book looks at the builders and their projects and draws on the extraordinarily rich photographic archive of one of Dublin’s foremost construction companies, G. & T. Crampton, as it explores...Many people have helped create Dublin’s unique streetscapes. This book looks at the builders and their projects and draws on the extraordinarily...
Author/Editor: Ruth McManus

Paris – capital of Irish culture

France, Ireland and the Republic, 1798–1916

This collection explores the influence of France on the evolution of Irish political and cultural thought from the eighteenth century, showing how the convergence between the two countries fed into the cultural energies that underpinned the 1916 Rising. In...This collection explores the influence of France on the evolution of Irish political and cultural thought from the eighteenth century, showing how...
Author/Editor: Pierre Joannon & Kevin Whelan, editors

Imagining alternative Irelands in 1912

Cultural discourse in the periodical press

In pre-independence Ireland, there was not just one potential home rule nation, but rather a multitude of idealized Irelands, and journalists sought to promote their versions of the future to their readers. This work examines Irish periodicals as a...In pre-independence Ireland, there was not just one potential home rule nation, but rather a multitude of idealized Irelands, and journalists sought...
Author/Editor: Brian Ward

Lady Butler

Painting, travel and war

This is the first biography of Victorian Britain’s famous war artist, Elizabeth Thompson Butler. She was born in Lausanne in 1846, where her family had gone to join their friend, Charles Dickens. As Elizabeth Thompson, she became a celebrity...This is the first biography of Victorian Britain’s famous war artist, Elizabeth Thompson Butler. She was born in Lausanne in 1846, where...
Author/Editor: Catherine Wynne

The Vibrant House

Irish writing and domestic space

'This engaging, subtle book uses many perspectives, historically and theoretically informed, to explore Irish domestic space. Two fine Vona Groarke poems frame the whole; five short spell-binding memoirs by writers and seven essays by leading scholars plot the course, as...'This engaging, subtle book uses many perspectives, historically and theoretically informed, to explore Irish domestic space. Two fine Vona Groarke poems frame the whole;...
Author/Editor: Rhona Richman Kenneally & Lucy McDiarmid, editors

Women and the country house in Ireland and Britain

In recent years the role of women in country houses and estates across Ireland and the UK has been the focus of greater attention. Chatelaines, mothers, wives, daughters, widows, sisters, housekeepers and maids were ever-present figures in the microcosm...In recent years the role of women in country houses and estates across Ireland and the UK has been the focus...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley, Maeve O'Riordan & Christopher Ridgway, editors

The eighteenth-century landscape of Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois

This short book examines Stradbally Hall’s landscape in a period that saw profound changes during the 18th century. It takes the perspectives of four diverse groups within contemporary society – the owners, tenants, cartographers and visitors – and examines...This short book examines Stradbally Hall’s landscape in a period that saw profound changes during the 18th century. It takes the perspectives...
Author/Editor: Clair Mc Donald

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