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Archives of the Tholsel Court Dublin
Coming 2020

Archives of the Tholsel Court Dublin

Dublin’s Tholsel Court was a recourse for creditors to bring debtors to account. Ranging from the 16th to the 18th centuries, although fragmentary in nature, the surviving archives give an insight into the lives of middle-class Dubliners, who followed...Dublin’s Tholsel Court was a recourse for creditors to bring debtors to account. Ranging from the 16th to the 18th centuries, although...
Author/Editor: Toby Barnard and Bridget McCormack, editors
The daughters of the first earl of Cork
Coming Spring 2020

The daughters of the first earl of Cork

Writing family, faith, politics and place

Based on the recovery and analysis of the letters and private papers of the wife, daughters, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters of Richard Boyle (1566–1643), first earl of Cork, this book examines how these women perceived and wrote their lives as...Based on the recovery and analysis of the letters and private papers of the wife, daughters, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters of Richard Boyle...
Author/Editor: Ann-Maria Walsh
Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland
Coming 2020

Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland

The English royal saint Edmund, king and martyr (d. 869) was venerated in Ireland from at least the twelfth century, and Athassel priory in Co. Tipperary was the centre of a cult focussed on a miraculous statue of...The English royal saint Edmund, king and martyr (d. 869) was venerated in Ireland from at least the twelfth century, and Athassel...
Author/Editor: Francis Young
Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland
Coming Spring 2020

Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland

In October 1641, violence erupted in mid-Ulster that spread throughout the whole kingdom and lasted for more than a decade. The war was neither unpredictable nor was it out of step with the rest of the Stuart kingdoms,...In October 1641, violence erupted in mid-Ulster that spread throughout the whole kingdom and lasted for more than a decade. The war...
Author/Editor: Coleman A. Dennehy, editor
Adomnan's Lex Innocentium and the jurisprudence of warfare
Spring 2020

Adomnan's Lex Innocentium and the jurisprudence of warfare

This book studies the Irish law dating from AD 697, called Lex Innocentium or the Law of the Innocents. It is also known as Cáin Adomnáin, being named after Adomnán (d. 704), ninth abbot of Iona, who was...This book studies the Irish law dating from AD 697, called Lex Innocentium or the Law of the Innocents. It is...
Author/Editor: James W. Houlihan
Press, Politics and Revolution
Spring 2020

Press, Politics and Revolution

Newspapers and Journalism in Cork City and County, 1910-1923

Newspapers played a key role in shaping and reflecting public opinion during the Irish Revolution, 1910–23. County Cork was home to Skibbereen’s Southern Star and Skibbereen Eagle, and Cork city institutions the Cork Examiner and Cork Constitution, along with...Newspapers played a key role in shaping and reflecting public opinion during the Irish Revolution, 1910–23. County Cork was home to Skibbereen’s...
Author/Editor: Alan McCarthy
The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48
Coming Spring 2020

The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense change in early modern Ireland, when the parliament’s structures and operations were established in a manner that...This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense...
Author/Editor: Bríd McGrath
Kildare
Coming Spring 2020

Kildare

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

This is the first comprehensive single volume history of County Kildare during the Irish Revolution of 1912-23. A noted garrison county, the concentration of British military personnel in Kildare was the highest in Ireland, and the Curragh was the...This is the first comprehensive single volume history of County Kildare during the Irish Revolution of 1912-23. A noted garrison county, the...
Author/Editor: Seamus Cullen
Leitrim
Summer 2020

Leitrim

The Irish revolution 1912-23

Using a wide variety of sources in Ireland and Britain, Patrick McGarty has produced an absorbing, comprehensive and insightful exploration of County Leitrim during the Irish Revolution. This wide-ranging study details social, political, cultural and military developments from the introduction...Using a wide variety of sources in Ireland and Britain, Patrick McGarty has produced an absorbing, comprehensive and insightful exploration of County...
Author/Editor: Patrick McGarty
Gaelic Ulster in the Middle Ages
Coming Spring 2020

Gaelic Ulster in the Middle Ages

History, culture and society

The Plantation of Ulster followed from the perceived recalcitrance and military strength of its Gaelic lords. This book examines the prelude to their final rebellion. After a brief survey of medieval Ulster’s heritage from the Iron Age and Early...The Plantation of Ulster followed from the perceived recalcitrance and military strength of its Gaelic lords. This book examines the prelude to...
Author/Editor: Katharine Simms
The Ideal Diplomat?
Spring 2020

The Ideal Diplomat?

Women and Irish Foreign Affairs 1946-90

This book is the first full study to examine the appointment and experiences of women in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs from 1946 to 1990. Focusing on the appointment and careers of Irish female diplomats, it examines...This book is the first full study to examine the appointment and experiences of women in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs...
Author/Editor: Ann Marie O'Brien
Trinity College Dublin
Spring 2020

Trinity College Dublin

A catalogue of manuscripts containing Middle English and some Old English

The world-famous collection of manuscripts in Trinity College Dublin Library 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...The world-famous collection of manuscripts in Trinity College Dublin Library largely consists of items which came to the College in 1661 from...
Author/Editor: John Scattergood, with Niamh Pattwell & Emma Williams