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Series: Maynooth Studies in Local History

The East Donegal Border Petition and the Derry-Donegal Milk War, 1934-8

The East Donegal Border Petition and the Derry-Donegal Milk War, 1934-8

In November 1934, 7,368 Protestants in east Donegal signed a Unionist petition to the British and Northern Irish governments requesting to transfer their region to Northern Ireland. This was a reaction to policies made in the Irish Free State...In November 1934, 7,368 Protestants in east Donegal signed a Unionist petition to the British and Northern Irish governments requesting to transfer...
Author/Editor: Samuel Gary Beckton
Portmagee, Co. Kerry

Portmagee, Co. Kerry

The origins of an Atlantic smuggling village

This volume — focusing on the immediate region surrounding the Atlantic village of Portmagee — shows how many of our traditional master narratives of Irish history do not stand up to scrutiny when investigated at local level. Christianization, Norman...This volume — focusing on the immediate region surrounding the Atlantic village of Portmagee — shows how many of our traditional master...
Author/Editor: Denis Casey
Marsden Haddock and the Androides

Marsden Haddock and the Androides

Entertainment, late Georgian Cork and the wider world

By the late eighteenth century, many people had designated leisure time. The appetite for novelty in popular entertainment became insatiable. The hero of this story is Marsden Haddock, who devised an exhibition of mechanical ingenuity, the Androides. Haddock’s spectacle...By the late eighteenth century, many people had designated leisure time. The appetite for novelty in popular entertainment became insatiable. The hero...
Author/Editor: Neil Cronin
The Mansfields of Co. Kildare

The Mansfields of Co. Kildare

A Franco-Irish Catholic elite family and their networks, 1870-1915

While dominated by Protestants, the nineteenth-century landed gentry of Ireland also included a minority of Catholics. Social and marriage networks of this latter group have received little scholarly attention, and this volume helps to fill that gap. It looks...While dominated by Protestants, the nineteenth-century landed gentry of Ireland also included a minority of Catholics. Social and marriage networks of this...
Author/Editor: Fergus Murphy
Poverty in pre-Famine Westmeath

Poverty in pre-Famine Westmeath

The findings of the Poor Commission of 1833

The scale of the Great Famine of 1846 has overshadowed the prevalence of extreme poverty in Ireland in the period 1815–45. As economic conditions deteriorated between those years, population increased rapidly. From the 1820s onwards, in the wake of...The scale of the Great Famine of 1846 has overshadowed the prevalence of extreme poverty in Ireland in the period 1815–45. As...
Author/Editor: Seán Byrne
Day Place, Co. Kerry

Day Place, Co. Kerry

“The most respectable locality in Tralee”

This book studies the occupants of Day Place, a terrace of ten Georgian townhouses in Tralee, Co. Kerry, over a 100-year period. The street was the most fashionable and sought-after address in the town and residents of the terrace...This book studies the occupants of Day Place, a terrace of ten Georgian townhouses in Tralee, Co. Kerry, over a 100-year period....
Author/Editor: Laurence Jones
Thomas Conolly (1823-76) of Castletown House and the social networking of power

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

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
Nathaniel Colgan, 1851–1919

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'

'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
Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641

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

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