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Louth
Coming Spring 2019

Louth

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

This is the first comprehensive account of County Louth’s experience of the revolutionary period (1912–23), revealing a county with a strong industrial and agricultural base that faced serious challenges stemming from declining population, large-scale unemployment and extensive poverty. Although overwhelmingly...This is the first comprehensive account of County Louth’s experience of the revolutionary period (1912–23), revealing a county with a strong industrial...
Author/Editor: Donal Hall
The Glynns of Kilrush, County Clare, 1811–1940
Coming Spring 2019

The Glynns of Kilrush, County Clare, 1811–1940

A family business in changing times

The book examines the fortunes of a provincial, entrepreneurial family, the Glynns of Kilrush, County Clare, who came to local prominence in the early years of the nineteenth-century. It explores their networking strategies and acumen, and traces the rapid...The book examines the fortunes of a provincial, entrepreneurial family, the Glynns of Kilrush, County Clare, who came to local prominence in...
Author/Editor: Paul O'Brien
Medieval Dublin XVII
Coming Spring 2019

Medieval Dublin XVII

Proceedings of the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium 2015

Some of the most important recent historical research on the subject of Dublin city and county in the Middle Ages is gathered together in this volume, including, in pride of place, a fundamental re-examination of the origins of...Some of the most important recent historical research on the subject of Dublin city and county in the Middle Ages is gathered...
Author/Editor: Seán Duffy, editor
Documents of Irish music history in the long nineteenth century
Coming Spring 2019

Documents of Irish music history in the long nineteenth century

Irish Musical Studies volume 12

The digitization and online publication of documents is increasing exponentially across the globe thus providing an invaluable resource for professional and amateur researchers. While many academic and cultural institutions provide professional-level contextual information to accompany these documents, there are obvious...The digitization and online publication of documents is increasing exponentially across the globe thus providing an invaluable resource for professional and amateur researchers....
Author/Editor: Kerry Houston, Maria McHale & Michael Murphy, editors
An Ulster slave owner in the revolutionary Atlantic
Coming Spring 2019

An Ulster slave owner in the revolutionary Atlantic

The life and letters of John Black

Born in Ulster, John Black left Ireland for the West Indies in 1771 and never returned. Settling first in Grenada, he moved on to Trinidad in 1784 and established himself as a major slave owner and a prominent...Born in Ulster, John Black left Ireland for the West Indies in 1771 and never returned. Settling first in Grenada, he moved...
Author/Editor: Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, editor
Society and administration in the Ulster Plantation towns, 1610–89
Coming Spring 2018

Society and administration in the Ulster Plantation towns, 1610–89

Although much has been written on various aspects of the Ulster Plantation, no sustained work on its urban aspects has been undertaken since the research of Robert Hunter. This collection attempts to rectify that lacuna. Topics discussed include poverty...Although much has been written on various aspects of the Ulster Plantation, no sustained work on its urban aspects has been undertaken...
Author/Editor: Brendan Scott, editor
Archives of the Tholsel Court Dublin
Coming Spring 2019

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
Ireland under the Normans, 1169–1333
Coming Spring 2019

Ireland under the Normans, 1169–1333

*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 stupendous scholarship. Every monograph which has since appeared on this era of...*New in paperback* Almost a century after the publication of his magnum opus, Goddard Henry Orpen’s Ireland under the Normans remains a work...
Author/Editor: Goddard Henry Orpen
The Deeds of the Normans in Ireland
Coming Spring 2019

The Deeds of the Normans in Ireland

La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande

*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. Formerly edited as The Song of Dermot and the Earl,...*New in paperback* The Deeds of the Normans in Ireland (La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande) is a primary source for the...
Author/Editor: Evelyn Mullally, editor
Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916
Coming Spring 2019

Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916

Anzacs and the Rising

Little has been written on Trinity College’s role in Easter Week 1916 as a ‘loyal nucleus’ dividing the insurgents and providing an effective counterweight to rebel headquarters in the GPO. The College is usually mentioned in the context of...Little has been written on Trinity College’s role in Easter Week 1916 as a ‘loyal nucleus’ dividing the insurgents and providing an...
Author/Editor: Rory Sweetman
Eigse
Coming Spring 2019

Eigse

A Journal of Irish Studies

Published by the National University of Ireland. Éigse is devoted to the cultivation of a wide range of research in the field of Irish language and literature. Many hitherto unpublished texts in prose and verse ranging from Old Irish...Published by the National University of Ireland. Éigse is devoted to the cultivation of a wide range of research in the field...
Author/Editor: Liam Mac Mathúna, editor
The shattered worlds of Standish O'Grady
Coming Spring 2019

The shattered worlds of Standish O'Grady

An Irish life in writing

Standish O’Grady (1846–1928) is best remembered as the ‘Father of the Irish Literary Revival’. Critics of have long puzzled, however, about the turns and contradictions of the ‘Fenian-unionist’s’ thinking. This book offers an intellectual biography of O’Grady, tracing the...Standish O’Grady (1846–1928) is best remembered as the ‘Father of the Irish Literary Revival’. Critics of have long puzzled, however, about the...
Author/Editor: Christopher Boettcher