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The pastoral and education letters of Bishop James Doyle of Kildare and Leighlin, 1786–1834

The pastoral and education letters of Bishop James Doyle of Kildare and Leighlin, 1786–1834

The brilliant Bishop James Doyle of Kildare and Leighlin (J.K.L.) was the outstanding Catholic bishop of his time. This major source book is a companion volume to the author's two-volume study of Doyle which won the NUI Irish...The brilliant Bishop James Doyle of Kildare and Leighlin (J.K.L.) was the outstanding Catholic bishop of his time. This major source book...
Author/Editor: Thomas McGrath
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The Irish Republican Brotherhood, from the Land League to Sinn Féin

[Winner of the 2009 NUI Centennial Prize for Irish History] This book analyzes the ideology and organizational traditions of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), its role in Irish politics and its place in Irish history. While the IRB has...[Winner of the 2009 NUI Centennial Prize for Irish History] This book analyzes the ideology and organizational traditions of the Irish Republican...
Author/Editor: Owen McGee
Manx Kingship in its Irish Sea Setting, 1187–1229

Manx Kingship in its Irish Sea Setting, 1187–1229

King Rognvaldr and the Crovan dynasty

For over forty years King Rognvaldr Godredsson of Man and the Isles (r. 1187–1226) was a power to be reckoned with in the seas between Britain and Ireland. Praised by Irish bards and Icelandic saga-men as a great...For over forty years King Rognvaldr Godredsson of Man and the Isles (r. 1187–1226) was a power to be reckoned with in...
Author/Editor: R. Andrew McDonald
The Earldom of Desmond, 1463–1583

The Earldom of Desmond, 1463–1583

The decline and crisis of a feudal lordship

Descended from one of the first Anglo-Norman invaders in the late 1160s, the Fitzgerald earls of Desmond came to dominate the political, economic and social life of Munster for much of the succeeding four centuries. In 1463, at the...Descended from one of the first Anglo-Norman invaders in the late 1160s, the Fitzgerald earls of Desmond came to dominate the political,...
Author/Editor: Anthony M. McCormack
Our good health

Our good health

A history of Dublin's water and drainage

Dublin had a supply of piped water since the 13th century and a drainage service since the late 18th century. Their history is related against the backdrop of the city's growth over eight centuries and the struggle to...Dublin had a supply of piped water since the 13th century and a drainage service since the late 18th century. Their history...
Author/Editor: Michael Corcoran
Nation, court and culture

Nation, court and culture

New essays on fifteenth-century English poetry

The fifteenth century in England saw a radical shift in the idea of England as a nation and the nature of ‘Englishness’ itself, a sometimes discomfiting re-definition of the concept of the ‘court’, and an efflorescence of some literary...The fifteenth century in England saw a radical shift in the idea of England as a nation and the nature of ‘Englishness’...
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Franco-Irish connections

Franco-Irish connections

Essays, memoirs and poems in honour of Pierre Joannon

This collection of essays, memoirs and poems is an acknowledgment of the work of Pierre Joannon. Over four decades he has made an outstanding contribution to Irish historical, literary and political studies and to the promotion of Franco-Irish relations....This collection of essays, memoirs and poems is an acknowledgment of the work of Pierre Joannon. Over four decades he has made...
Author/Editor: Jane Conroy, editor
The ghost story from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century

The ghost story from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century

A descendant of the fireside tale, the short story has never neglected the uncanny. Indeed the development of the literary ghost story helped to make short fiction what it is today: a genre of the intuited rather than...A descendant of the fireside tale, the short story has never neglected the uncanny. Indeed the development of the literary ghost story...
Author/Editor: Helen Conrad-O'Briain & Julie Anne Stevens, editors
Statute rolls of the Irish parliament

Statute rolls of the Irish parliament

Richard III to Henry VIII

This is the fifth and final volume in the series of early statutes begun by the Public Record Office of Ireland in 1907. It contains the text, with English translation, of the statute rolls of the parliaments held...This is the fifth and final volume in the series of early statutes begun by the Public Record Office of Ireland...
Author/Editor: Philomena Connolly
Political ideas in eighteenth-century Ireland

Political ideas in eighteenth-century Ireland

The period between the Williamite war and the act of union saw different groups in Irish society forced to reassess their ideas of political and national identity, against the background of a changing society at home and intellectual and...The period between the Williamite war and the act of union saw different groups in Irish society forced to reassess their ideas...
Author/Editor: S.J. Connolly, editor
Trinity College Library Dublin

Trinity College Library Dublin

Descriptive catalogue of the Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin manuscripts

The first supplement to the 1991 catalogue of Latin manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin describes in detail Latin manuscripts acquired by Trinity College Dublin from 1990 to 2003. These manuscripts span the ninth to sixteenth centuries. The supplement also...The first supplement to the 1991 catalogue of Latin manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin describes in detail Latin manuscripts acquired by Trinity...
Author/Editor: Marvin L. Colker
On literature and science

On literature and science

Essays, reflections, provocations

On literature and science explores some of the ways that writers have engaged with science and technology from the early medieval period to the present. *Philip Coleman* is a lecturer in English, Trinity College Dublin.On literature and science explores some of the ways that writers have engaged with science and technology from the early medieval period...
Author/Editor: Philip Coleman, editor
Cogan's 'History of the diocese of Meath'

Cogan's 'History of the diocese of Meath'

A reissue of this major study of the Diocese from the earliest times to the beginnings of the nineteenth century. Published in 1862, much of the original source material used for the study no longer survives - making...A reissue of this major study of the Diocese from the earliest times to the beginnings of the nineteenth century. Published in...
Author/Editor: Alfred P. Smyth, editor
Representing the Troubles

Representing the Troubles

Text and images, 1970–2000

In the second half of the twentieth century, Ireland experienced thirty years in which the political status of Northern Ireland was challenged by numerous acts of violence. Since the signing of the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement in 1998 it has...In the second half of the twentieth century, Ireland experienced thirty years in which the political status of Northern Ireland was challenged...
Author/Editor: Brian Cliff & Eibhear Walshe, editors
A road less travelled

A road less travelled

Tales of the Irish missionaries

From the Amazon rainforest to the South Pacific islands, and from India to the African plains, thousands of Irish missionaries devote themselves to the practical service of humanity. Working in dozens of countries around the globe, these missionaries – joined...From the Amazon rainforest to the South Pacific islands, and from India to the African plains, thousands of Irish missionaries devote themselves...
Author/Editor: Aidan Clerkin and Brendan Clerkin, editors
Irish villages

Irish villages

Studies in local history

This significant book is the first attempt to understand the problems of evolution in Irish villages from the local perspective. These essays contrast and compare particular villages from a wide geographical and temporal range, dealing with landlord, industrial, fishing...This significant book is the first attempt to understand the problems of evolution in Irish villages from the local perspective. These essays...
Author/Editor: Karina Holton, Brian Ó Daláigh & Liam Clare, editors
Transmission and transformation in the Middle Ages

Transmission and transformation in the Middle Ages

Texts and contexts

Nine case studies of cultural or textual transformation in the medieval period are presented here. Written by some of Ireland's leading young medievalists, these essays study cultural and literary transmission over the course of eight centuries in medieval England...Nine case studies of cultural or textual transformation in the medieval period are presented here. Written by some of Ireland's leading young...
Author/Editor: Jason Harris & Kathleen Cawsey, editors
Taking sides?

Taking sides?

Colonial and confessional menalités in early modern Ireland

This volume in honour of Professor Karl Bottigheimer examines the impact of the dramatic shifts in culture, society and politics on people in Ireland in the early modern period. Underpinning much of this change was the process whereby Ireland...This volume in honour of Professor Karl Bottigheimer examines the impact of the dramatic shifts in culture, society and politics on people...
Author/Editor: Vincent Carey & Ute Lotz-Heumann, edtiors
Oral and print cultures in Ireland, 1600–1900

Oral and print cultures in Ireland, 1600–1900

On the whole, surprisingly little work has been done on how the oral, the manuscript and the printed interacted with each other in Ireland between 1600 and 1900. In charting previously unexplored patterns of communicative practice, these essays by...On the whole, surprisingly little work has been done on how the oral, the manuscript and the printed interacted with each other...
Author/Editor: Marc Caball & Andrew Carpenter, editors
South Tipperary, 1570–1841

South Tipperary, 1570–1841

Religion, land and rivalry

This study explores the interaction between the Protestant and Roman Catholic communities of South Tipperary from their earliest divergence c.1570 to the culmination of emancipation, c.1841. Particular attention is given to the ultimately unsuccessful strategies of the ruling Protestant establishment...This study explores the interaction between the Protestant and Roman Catholic communities of South Tipperary from their earliest divergence c.1570 to the...
Author/Editor: David J. Butler