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Archives of the Tholsel Court Dublin
Coming Winter 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
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 Many hitherto unpublished texts in prose and verse ranging from Old Irish...Published by the National University of Ireland.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
Households of God
Coming Summer 2019

Households of God

The Regular Canons and Canonesses of St Augustine and of Prémontré in Medieval Ireland

This interdisciplinary collection of essays, the proceedings of the 2017 Glenstal History Conference, examines the role of Regular Canons and Canonesses who followed the rule of St Augustine in Ireland from their emergence as an expression of the Vita Apostolica...This interdisciplinary collection of essays, the proceedings of the 2017 Glenstal History Conference, examines the role of Regular Canons and Canonesses who...
Author/Editor: Martin Browne OSB & Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB, editors
The Gaelic Finn tradition II
Coming Autumn 2019

The Gaelic Finn tradition II

The Gaelic Finn tradition encompasses literature and lore centered on the figure of Finn Mac Cumaill. The essays in this volume cover, as with those in the earlier volume, The Gaelic Finn tradition (2012), numerous aspects of this tradition,...The Gaelic Finn tradition encompasses literature and lore centered on the figure of Finn Mac Cumaill. The essays in this volume cover,...
Author/Editor: Sharon J. Arbuthnot, Síle Ní Mhurchú & Geraldine Parsons, editors
The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48
Coming Summer 2019

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
Sport and leisure in the Irish and British country house
Coming Summer 2019

Sport and leisure in the Irish and British country house

Sir Shane Leslie once wrote that ‘Country life was entirely organized to give nobility and gentry and demi-gentry a good time.’ Throughout Ireland and Britain the country house was a centre of hospitality, entertainment and leisure, with the hosting of...Sir Shane Leslie once wrote that ‘Country life was entirely organized to give nobility and gentry and demi-gentry a good time.’ Throughout Ireland...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors
An oral history of University College Galway, 1930–80
Coming Autumn 2019

An oral history of University College Galway, 1930–80

A university in living memory

‘The University in Living Memory’ was an oral history project initiated by NUIG in 2007 to establish what it was like to study, teach and work at what was formerly University College Galway from 1930 to 1980. Interviews...‘The University in Living Memory’ was an oral history project initiated by NUIG in 2007 to establish what it was like to...
Author/Editor: Jackie Uí Chionna, editor
Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present
Coming Winter 2019

Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present

Magna Carta is among the most famous documents in the history of the world, credited with being the first effective check in writing on arbitrary, oppressive and unjust rule – in a word, on tyranny. The fame of...Magna Carta is among the most famous documents in the history of the world, credited with being the first effective check in...
Author/Editor: Peter Crooks & Thomas Mohr, editors
Roscommon
Coming Autumn 2019

Roscommon

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

The history of Roscommon in the 1912–23 period is one of transition to new political allegiances while retaining old economic desires. Almost wholly dependent on agriculture to fuel the local economy and sustain the county’s people, the fight for...The history of Roscommon in the 1912–23 period is one of transition to new political allegiances while retaining old economic desires. Almost...
Author/Editor: John Burke
Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Garas of Coolavin
Coming Autumn 2019

Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Garas of Coolavin

Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht. Constructed in the late fourteenth/early fifteenth century by the O’Garas, the castle functioned as a centre of...Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht....
Author/Editor: Kieran O’Conor, editor
Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland
Coming Autumn 2019

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
Life, lore and song / 'Binneas an tSiansa'
Coming Autumn 2019

Life, lore and song / 'Binneas an tSiansa'

Essays in Irish tradition in honour of Ríonach uí Ógáin / Aistí in onóir do Ríonach uí Ógáin

This volume presents an authoritative collection of essays on Irish, Celtic studies and folklore. Published in honour of Ríonach uí Ógáin, professor emeritus of Irish folklore and former director of the National Folklore Collection, its contents engage with themes...This volume presents an authoritative collection of essays on Irish, Celtic studies and folklore. Published in honour of Ríonach uí Ógáin, professor...
Author/Editor: Kelly Fitzgerald, Bairbre Ní Fhloinn, Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail & Anne O’Connor, editors