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Series: Maynooth Studies in Local History

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
Kerry, 1600–1730

Kerry, 1600–1730

The emergence of a British Atlantic county

Kerry’s coastal location within the north-western corner of the north Atlantic positioned it strategically within a wider sphere of unparalleled discovery, migration and demographic upheaval, trade and commerce, and cultural interchange during the period 1600 to 1730. Viewed from...Kerry’s coastal location within the north-western corner of the north Atlantic positioned it strategically within a wider sphere of unparalleled discovery, migration...
Author/Editor: Marc Caball
Castle Hyde
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Castle Hyde

The changing fortunes of an Irish country house

Castle Hyde is one of the most important surviving country houses in the south of Ireland. This book details its rise as a country residence during the heyday of the Irish landed class, when great architectural piles symbolized...Castle Hyde is one of the most important surviving country houses in the south of Ireland. This book details its rise as...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley
The Shawlies
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The Shawlies

Cork's women street traders and the 'merchant city', 1901–50

For centuries, working-class Irish women survived as street traders, selling fruit, vegetables and second-hand clothing. In Cork they were known as ‘the Shawlies’ because of the distinctive, traditional black shawls they wore on the streets late into the 20th...For centuries, working-class Irish women survived as street traders, selling fruit, vegetables and second-hand clothing. In Cork they were known as ‘the...
Author/Editor: Susan Marie Martin