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Medieval Dublin XVIII

Medieval Dublin XVIII

This volume contains a number of important papers on an ecclesiastical theme. Lorcan Harney examines early medieval ecclesiastical enclosures in Dublin and its hinterland as part of a major study of such sites nationwide. Edel Bhreathnach studies the saints...This volume contains a number of important papers on an ecclesiastical theme. Lorcan Harney examines early medieval ecclesiastical enclosures in Dublin and...
Author/Editor: Seán Duffy, editor

Trinity College Library Dublin

Trinity College Library Dublin

A descriptive catalogue of manuscripts containing Middle English and some Old English

The world-famous collection of manuscripts in Trinity College Library Dublin largely consists of items which came to the College in 1661 from the library of Archbishop James Ussher, primate of All Ireland, who had been a fellow and professor there....The world-famous collection of manuscripts in Trinity College Library Dublin largely consists of items which came to the College in 1661 from the...
Author/Editor: John Scattergood, with Niamh Pattwell & Emma Williams

Adomnán, Adhamhnán, Eunan

Adomnán, Adhamhnán, Eunan

Life and afterlife of a Donegal Saint

Adomnán (c.625–704) was ninth abbot of the monastery on Iona off the Scottish coast, and comarba (head) of the confederation of churches associated with St Columba/Colum Cille. Like Columba, Adomnán came from what is now County Donegal. He was...Adomnán (c.625–704) was ninth abbot of the monastery on Iona off the Scottish coast, and comarba (head) of the confederation of churches...
Author/Editor: Brian Lacey

A supplement to A Dictionary of Irish Saints

A supplement to A Dictionary of Irish Saints

Containing additions and corrections

*To be bought in conjunction with A Dictionary of Irish Saints* In the ten years since its publication by Four Courts Press in 2011 *A dictionary of Irish saints *has attracted a large amount of supplementary material, mainly through comments and corrections...*To be bought in conjunction with A Dictionary of Irish Saints* In the ten years since its publication by Four Courts Press in...
Author/Editor: Pádraig Ó Riain

Cathal Brugha

Cathal Brugha

‘An Indomitable Spirit’

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 multiple gunshot wounds; a crucial figure in the post-Rising reorganization of...By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: a member of the Gaelic League, Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers; a celebrated...
Author/Editor: Daithí Ó Corráin & Gerard Hanley

Time’s Subjects

Time’s Subjects

Horology and Literature in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance

There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by means of intellectual theories about historical sequences and the contours of peoples’ lives, as well as by practical literary...There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by means of...
Author/Editor: John Scattergood

The Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland, 1560-1760

The Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland, 1560-1760

This collection featuring eleven essays by established and early career scholars, explores multiple dimensions to the Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland. Themes include women and Jesuit ministry in seventeenth-century Ireland (Mary Ann Lyons), the Latin writings of seventeenth-century...This collection featuring eleven essays by established and early career scholars, explores multiple dimensions to the Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland....
Author/Editor: Mary Ann Lyons & Brian Mac Cuarta SJ, editors

Botany and Gardens in Early Modern Ireland

Botany and Gardens in Early Modern Ireland

This beautifully illustrated book explores sources for botany and gardening in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ireland. It investigates the contributions of individuals such as Philip O’Sullivan Beare and Thomas Molyneux in the seventeenth century, and, for the eighteenth century, focuses on...This beautifully illustrated book explores sources for botany and gardening in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ireland. It investigates the contributions of individuals such as...
Author/Editor: Elizabethanne Boran, E. Charles Nelson & Emer Lawlor, editors

The Irish Ringfort

The Irish Ringfort

This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the fore the...This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function –...
Author/Editor: Matthew Stout

Soccer and Society in Dublin

Soccer and Society in Dublin

A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital

This book is the first full-length assessment of the history of soccer in Dublin and the game’s role within society in the city. It examines the sport's growth there from the late 1800s to the early twenty-first century....This book is the first full-length assessment of the history of soccer in Dublin and the game’s role within society in the...
Author/Editor: Conor Curran

The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

Tracing its history to the foundation of the Irish Volunteers in 1913, the Irish Defence Forces has evolved beyond recognition from the force that emerged in tandem with the new state in 1922. Plunged immediately into the chaos of...Tracing its history to the foundation of the Irish Volunteers in 1913, the Irish Defence Forces has evolved beyond recognition from the...
Author/Editor: Eoin Kinsella

Éigse Ancillary Volume 3

Éigse Ancillary Volume 3

Douglas Hyde: Irish Ideology and International Impact

Drawing on the latest research on diaries, personal correspondence, memoir reflections, newspaper reports and State archives, this collection of essays by leading scholars on Douglas Hyde and the Irish language revival traces developments in the formulation and explication of Irish...Drawing on the latest research on diaries, personal correspondence, memoir reflections, newspaper reports and State archives, this collection of essays by leading scholars...
Author/Editor: Liam Mac Mathúna & Máire Nic an Bhaird, editors

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