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

Borris House, Co. Carlow, and elite regency patronage

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Borris House, situated in the small town of Borris in Co. Carlow, is the ancestral home of the MacMurrough Kavanagh family. The family have had a residence...
Author/Editor: Edmund Joyce

The Irish land agent, 1830–60

The case of King's County

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Land agents have been stereotypically represented in Irish history as alien, capricious and in general the tormentors of the tenantry. However, to date, no definitive examination exists of...
Author/Editor: Ciarán Reilly

Agriculture and settlement in Ireland

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Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement and the Agricultural History Society of Ireland, this book explores the relationship between Irish settlement...
Author/Editor: Margaret Murphy & Matthew Stout, editors

John Ferrall

Master of Sligo Workhouse, 1852–66

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This case study provides the first account to focus on the career and work of a master of an Irish workhouse. It explores the role of a...
Author/Editor: Fergus O'Ferrall

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

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