Waterford port and harbour, c.1815–42

The Redmonds and Waterford

A political dynasty 1891–1952

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For sixty years the Redmonds – John, his son William Archer and his daughter-in-law Bridget – dominated the politics of Waterford city. From 1891 to 1922 a...
Author/Editor: Pat McCarthy

Waterford

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

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This is the first comprehensive history of Waterford during the turbulent and extraordinary years of the Irish Revolution. Drawing on an impressive array of sources, Pat McCarthy reveals...
Author/Editor: Patrick McCarthy

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

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

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

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