Murder trials in Ireland, 1836–1914

The Old Library, Trinity College Dublin, 1712–2012

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This lavishly illustrated volume is published to celebrate the tercentenary of the laying of the foundation stone of the world-famous Old Library in May 1712. The stately building...
Author/Editor: W.E. Vaughan, editor

The history and development of the Special Criminal Court, 1922–2005

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The Special Criminal Court consists of three judges sitting without a jury and hears cases when the ordinary courts are ‘inadequate’. Generally this has involved terrorist offences, but...
Author/Editor: Fergal Davis

Loughrea, that den of infamy

The Land War in County Galway, 1879–82

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During the Land War of 1879–82, Galway was regarded as 'dangerously disturbed' because of the large number of agrarian incidents reported. These included murders, wounding of persons and...
Author/Editor: Pat Finnegan

Who killed the Franks family?

Agrarian violence in pre-Famine Cork

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This study examines the violent world of north Cork during the Rockite disturbances of the early 1820s. Agrarian gangs attempted to regulate rural society, threatening or attacking those...
Author/Editor: Denis A. Cronin

The death of Fr John Walsh at Kilgraney

Community tensions in pre-Famine Carlow

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On 31 July 1835 the body of a local catholic curate, Fr John Walsh, was found near Kilgraney bridge near Borris in County Carlow. How had he...
Author/Editor: Maura Cronin