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Series: Maynooth Studies in Local History

John Ferrall

John Ferrall

Master of Sligo Workhouse, 1852–66

This case study provides the first account to focus on the career and work of a master of an Irish workhouse. It explores the role of a master in respect of issues such as management, governance and the...This case study provides the first account to focus on the career and work of a master of an Irish workhouse....
Author/Editor: Fergus O'Ferrall
Rathcoole and the United Irish Rebellions, 1798–1803

Rathcoole and the United Irish Rebellions, 1798–1803

The story of the United Irish rebellions in a hitherto quiet corner of south-west County Dublin is a story of personal resentments fuelled by the spread of radical republican ideology, followed by a violent attempt at altering the social...The story of the United Irish rebellions in a hitherto quiet corner of south-west County Dublin is a story of personal resentments...
Author/Editor: Kerron Ó Luain
Landholding in the new English settlement of Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, 1635–1875

Landholding in the new English settlement of Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, 1635–1875

The new Protestant settlement in the lordship of Clonmore, centred around Hacketstown, proved resilient to the 1641 rebellion and attracted investment, including by Dublin bureaucrats and landed and military figures. Entrepreneurial Catholics turned to trade in response to the...The new Protestant settlement in the lordship of Clonmore, centred around Hacketstown, proved resilient to the 1641 rebellion and attracted investment, including...
Author/Editor: Oliver Whelan
Waterford port and harbour, c.1815–42

Waterford port and harbour, c.1815–42

Shaping the port

The management and development of Waterford port and harbour during a formative period in Irish history are explored in this book. Particular attention is paid to the relationships and interactions between Waterford Corporation, the body granted control of the...The management and development of Waterford port and harbour during a formative period in Irish history are explored in this book. Particular...
Author/Editor: Mary Breen
The Kirwan murder case, 1852

The Kirwan murder case, 1852

A glimpse of the Irish Protestant middle class in the mid-nineteenth century

This book relates the story of the controversial trial, conviction and imprisonment of William Burke Kirwan, a Dublin artist, for the murder of his wife, Sarah, in 1852. His trial and the extensive and divisive social commentary it provoked...This book relates the story of the controversial trial, conviction and imprisonment of William Burke Kirwan, a Dublin artist, for the murder...
Author/Editor: Suzanne Leeson
Tristernagh Priory, Co. Westmeath

Tristernagh Priory, Co. Westmeath

Colonial monasticism in medieval Ireland

Little remains of the Augustinian priory of Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath, founded by Geoffrey de Costentin around the year 1200 and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its domestic buildings were apparently lost in the two centuries after its dissolution...Little remains of the Augustinian priory of Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath, founded by Geoffrey de Costentin around the year 1200 and dedicated to...
Author/Editor: Tadhg O’Keeffe
The Parnell split in Westmeath

The Parnell split in Westmeath

The bishop and the newspaper editor

This book tells the story of the Parnell split in Westmeath and argues that it was part of a wider revolt by a section of the Catholic middle class against the dominant role of the Church in the...This book tells the story of the Parnell split in Westmeath and argues that it was part of a wider revolt...
Author/Editor: Michael Nolan
Thomas Bermingham

Thomas Bermingham

Nineteenth-century Irish land agent and ‘Improver’

This study investigates the career of Thomas Bermingham, a professional land agent who was widely known in his day for his management of the Clonbrock estates in Galway and Roscommon between 1826 and 1843. It focuses on Bermingham’s efforts...This study investigates the career of Thomas Bermingham, a professional land agent who was widely known in his day for his management...
Author/Editor: Cathal Smith
Fleeing from famine in Connemara

Fleeing from famine in Connemara

James Hack Tuke and his assisted emigration scheme in the 1880s

Between 1882 and 1884, the English Quaker and philanthropist James Hack Tuke assisted nearly 5,000 people, mainly families, to emigrate from Connemara – paying for their passage and arranging for their settlement in Canada and the United States. The...Between 1882 and 1884, the English Quaker and philanthropist James Hack Tuke assisted nearly 5,000 people, mainly families, to emigrate from Connemara...
Author/Editor: Gerard Moran
The Walker Testimonial and symbolic conflict in Derry

The Walker Testimonial and symbolic conflict in Derry

How did one 19th-century memorial to a 17th-century figure come to be so significant in the city of Derry that it would generate conflict for nearly 200 years? How has the struggle over its symbolism been borne out...How did one 19th-century memorial to a 17th-century figure come to be so significant in the city of Derry that it...
Author/Editor: Heather Stanfiel
The Great Famine in Kinsale

The Great Famine in Kinsale

This book examines the effects of the Great Famine on the people of Kinsale and surrounding countryside. It shows how famine, death and disease took their toll on one class in particular – the poor. The Kinsale workhouse...This book examines the effects of the Great Famine on the people of Kinsale and surrounding countryside. It shows how famine, death...
Author/Editor: Catherine Flanagan
Culture, politics and local government in Fingal, 1891–1914

Culture, politics and local government in Fingal, 1891–1914

The period from the death of Parnell to the Home Rule crisis is popularly thought to be somewhat stagnant posited between more momentous events. The fracturing of the Irish Party and the resulting void of a political focus...The period from the death of Parnell to the Home Rule crisis is popularly thought to be somewhat stagnant posited between more...
Author/Editor: Declan Brady