New in paperback Almost a century after the publication of his magnum opus, Goddard Henry Orpen’s Ireland under the Normans remains a work of quite the most st…
New in paperback The Deeds of the Normans in Ireland (La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande) is a primary source for the history of Ireland in the twelfth century. F…
For more than two centuries after 1199, Ireland was ruled by Plantagenet kings, lineal descendants of Henry II. The island became closely tied to the English cr…
In the late twelfth century, Ireland was absorbed into the dominions of the kings of England. This transformed the social and political life of the island, with…
Geraldines (or FitzGeralds) are the most celebrated of the dynasties established in Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion; and the dynasty’s most cel…
May 2nd, 2019, marked the 850th anniversary of the first landing in Co. Wexford in 1169 of the Anglo-Norman adventurers enlisted by the king of Leinster, Diarma…
When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to the bridge where the Four Courts are situa…
