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Medieval Dublin XVIII
April 2021

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
April 2021

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
May 2021

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
June 2022

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
July 2022

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
Land and Revolution in Ireland, 1920–3
September 2022

Land and Revolution in Ireland, 1920–3

The case of Co. Roscommon

Contrary to claims made by the British government that in perpetuating violence in the western counties small farmers and landless labourers were engaged in ‘senseless anarchy’, nationalist MP and agrarian agitator Laurence Ginnell argued that their ‘alleged love...Contrary to claims made by the British government that in perpetuating violence in the western counties small farmers and landless labourers were...
Author/Editor: Adam Coleman
Nathaniel Colgan, 1851–1919
October 2022

Nathaniel Colgan, 1851–1919

The life, times and genealogy of an enigmatic Dubliner

Nathaniel Colgan MRIA, a self-taught botanist, was known for his research on the ‘real’ shamrock and for his encyclopaedic survey, The flora of the county Dublin. Little was known of his early life and family or of his...Nathaniel Colgan MRIA, a self-taught botanist, was known for his research on the ‘real’ shamrock and for his encyclopaedic survey, The flora...
Author/Editor: John Colgan
'Modest and civil people'
October 2022

'Modest and civil people'

Religion and society in medieval Galway

The town of Galway occupied a unique situation in medieval Ireland. Conspicuously English in its religious and political allegiances, it existed in an overwhelmingly Gaelic hinterland, far from the institutions of the colonial administration. Having cast off the overlordship...The town of Galway occupied a unique situation in medieval Ireland. Conspicuously English in its religious and political allegiances, it existed in...
Author/Editor: Rachel Moss and Cólman Ó Clabaigh OSB
Thomas Conolly (1823-76) of Castletown House and the social networking of power
October 2022

Thomas Conolly (1823-76) of Castletown House and the social networking of power

This study is focused on Thomas Conolly of Castletown House, Co. Kildare, and the social networking of the power elite. Structured as a biography of Conolly, it acts as a prism through which to view the power of...This study is focused on Thomas Conolly of Castletown House, Co. Kildare, and the social networking of the power elite. Structured as...
Author/Editor: Suzanne M. Pegley
The Burning of Knockcroghery Village, Co. Roscommon, 1921
October 2022

The Burning of Knockcroghery Village, Co. Roscommon, 1921

On the evening of 20 June 1921, Colonel-Commandant Thomas Stanton Lambert was assassinated at Benown near Glasson in Co. Westmeath. Hours later, the small village of Knockcroghery in south Co. Roscommon was set ablaze by the British forces, seemingly...On the evening of 20 June 1921, Colonel-Commandant Thomas Stanton Lambert was assassinated at Benown near Glasson in Co. Westmeath. Hours later,...
Author/Editor: Regina Donlon
Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641
October 2022

Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641

The crisis, decline and fall of Irish lordship

In the sixteenth century the Duhallow region of north-west Co. Cork was one of the most indisputably Irish parts of Ireland. Characterized geographically by the mountainous boggy lands of Sliabh Luachra, the region was dominated by the lordships of...In the sixteenth century the Duhallow region of north-west Co. Cork was one of the most indisputably Irish parts of Ireland. Characterized...
Author/Editor: David Heffernan
Nursing and midwifery in the poor-law unions of Borrisokane and Nenagh, 1882–1922
October 2022

Nursing and midwifery in the poor-law unions of Borrisokane and Nenagh, 1882–1922

This study examines how the professionalization and development of nursing and midwifery in the nineteenth century was reflected in the poor-law unions of Borrisokane and Nenagh in Co. Tipperary between 1882 and 1922. It differentiates between trained and untrained...This study examines how the professionalization and development of nursing and midwifery in the nineteenth century was reflected in the poor-law unions...
Author/Editor: Lisa McGeeney