John Ferrall

Sligo

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

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Using a wide array of sources and interviews, Michael Farry has produced a balanced, comprehensive and absorbing study of county Sligo from 1912 when the Irish Party...
Author/Editor: Michael Farry

'The Downfall of Hagan': Sligo Ribbonism in 1842

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This study looks at the Ribbon secret society in Sligo town and county in the early nineteenth century. Comprising well over 3,000 members throughout the county by...
Author/Editor: Jennifer Kelly

The Kirwan murder case, 1852

A glimpse of the Irish Protestant middle class in the mid-nineteenth century

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This book relates the story of the controversial trial, conviction and imprisonment of William Burke Kirwan, a Dublin artist, for the murder of his wife, Sarah, in...
Author/Editor: Suzanne Leeson

Landholding in the new English settlement of Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, 1635–1875

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The new Protestant settlement in the lordship of Clonmore, centred around Hacketstown, proved resilient to the 1641 rebellion and attracted investment, including by Dublin bureaucrats and landed and...
Author/Editor: Oliver Whelan

Rathcoole and the United Irish Rebellions, 1798–1803

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The story of the United Irish rebellions in a hitherto quiet corner of south-west County Dublin is a story of personal resentments fuelled by the spread of...
Author/Editor: Kerron Ó Luain

Waterford port and harbour, c.1815–42

Shaping the port

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The management and development of Waterford port and harbour during a formative period in Irish history are explored in this book. Particular attention is paid to the...
Author/Editor: Mary Breen