The Irish Coroner

Monaghan

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

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In Monaghan, the transfer of land ownership and political power under British government legislation from the late nineteenth century resulted in the overthrow of one ruling elite, the...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley

Social conflict in pre-Famine Ireland

The case of County Roscommon

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The author, who won the Beckett Prize in Irish History for 2000, uses approaches developed in the study of English social conflict to investigate social conflict in...
Author/Editor: Michael Huggins

The impact of the Great Famine on Sir William Palmer's estates in Mayo, 1840-69

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This book examines the impact of the Famine on Sir William Palmer’s Mayo estates, one of the largest in the county. It describes the estates’ social and...
Author/Editor: David Byrne

The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell

The Man who shot the informer James Carey

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Patrick O’Donnell achieved the status of a national hero when he killed Ireland’s most infamous informer James Carey on board a steamship off the coast of South...
Author/Editor: Seán Ó Cuirreáin

Cathal Brugha

‘An Indomitable Spirit’

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By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: a member of the Gaelic League, Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers; a celebrated survivor of the 1916 Rising, despite...
Author/Editor: Daithí Ó Corráin & Gerard Hanley

Enjoying Claret in Georgian Ireland

A history of amiable excess

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This book looks at Ireland’s love affair with claret, which began in earnest with the establishment of Irish families in the wine trade in Bordeaux in the...
Author/Editor: Patricia McCarthy

Spectral Mansions

The making of a Dublin tenement, 1800–1914

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In 1800, Dublin was one of the largest and most impressive cities in Europe. The city’s town houses and squares represented the pinnacle of Georgian elegance. Henrietta Street...
Author/Editor: Timothy Murtagh

The Best Address in Town

Henrietta Street, Dublin and Its First Residents, 1720-80

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Once Dublin’s most exclusive residential street, throughout the eighteenth century Henrietta Street was home to the country’s foremost figures from church, military and state. Here, in this elegant...
Author/Editor: Melanie Hayes