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Series: Maynooth Studies in Local History

The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911
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The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911

This publication aims to re-constitute a micro-community of 132 families living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in Dublin, using the 1911 census as main primary source. One of the oldest streets in Dublin,...This publication aims to re-constitute a micro-community of 132 families living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in...
Author/Editor: Janet Moody
The eighteenth-century landscape of Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois

The eighteenth-century landscape of Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois

This short book examines Stradbally Hall’s landscape in a period that saw profound changes during the 18th century. It takes the perspectives of four diverse groups within contemporary society – the owners, tenants, cartographers and visitors – and examines...This short book examines Stradbally Hall’s landscape in a period that saw profound changes during the 18th century. It takes the perspectives...
Author/Editor: Clair Mc Donald
The Nugents of Westmeath and Queen Elizabeth's Irish primer

The Nugents of Westmeath and Queen Elizabeth's Irish primer

This is the first in-depth study of the oldest surviving ‘beginner’s guide’ to the Irish language. Christopher Nugent, baron of Delvin, presented Queen Elizabeth I with an Irish language primer in 1564, which he produced while he was a...This is the first in-depth study of the oldest surviving ‘beginner’s guide’ to the Irish language. Christopher Nugent, baron of Delvin, presented...
Author/Editor: Denis Casey
The world of Thomas Ward

The world of Thomas Ward

Sex and scandal in late-17th century Co. Antrim

Why do a number of children look like the local dean? Did you hear that the bishop did not like the communion wine and spat it out, exclaiming “this is the basest wine I have ever tasted”? Such...Why do a number of children look like the local dean? Did you hear that the bishop did not like the...
Author/Editor: Eamon Darcy
The committal of two Mallow children to an industrial school in 1893

The committal of two Mallow children to an industrial school in 1893

At Mallow petty sessions on 31 October 1893, two young Cork girls were committed to an industrial school at Kinsale, on the south coast of the county. They were committed on the grounds that they were found begging...At Mallow petty sessions on 31 October 1893, two young Cork girls were committed to an industrial school at Kinsale, on the...
Author/Editor: Martin McCarthy
Derry labour in the age of agitation, 1889–1923: volume 2
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Derry labour in the age of agitation, 1889–1923: volume 2

Larkinism and syndicalism, 1907–23

Following on from volume 1 on new unionism and old (1889–1906), volume 2 reviews the impact of Larkinism and syndicalism on Derry. After impressive progress in the 19th century, Derry’s industrial growth started to falter after 1904. Wages stagnated,...Following on from volume 1 on new unionism and old (1889–1906), volume 2 reviews the impact of Larkinism and syndicalism on Derry....
Author/Editor: Emmet O'Connor
Sir John Keane and Cappoquin House in time of war and revolution

Sir John Keane and Cappoquin House in time of war and revolution

This study provides an in-depth look at the fascinating life of John Keane, who managed the Cappoquin estate in Co. Waterford during one of the most turbulent periods of Irish history.   John Keane (1873–1956) inherited the Cappoquin estate...This study provides an in-depth look at the fascinating life of John Keane, who managed the Cappoquin estate in Co. Waterford during...
Author/Editor: Glascott Symes
Nenagh, 1914–21
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Nenagh, 1914–21

Years of crisis

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series. This book looks at life in Nenagh during the tumultuous period of 1914 to 1921. It examines the rise of the National Volunteers in Nenagh and their collapse,...Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series. This book looks at life in Nenagh during the tumultuous period of...
Author/Editor: Gerard Dooley
Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, 1190–1610

Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, 1190–1610

Custom and conflict in a baronial town

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series. Our knowledge of Anglo-Norman Ireland is derived from a wide spectrum of written records: charters, legal and financial records, to name a few. Every town and manor had...Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series. Our knowledge of Anglo-Norman Ireland is derived from a wide spectrum of...
Author/Editor: Adrian Empey
The middle class of Callan, Co. Kilkenny, 1825–45
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The middle class of Callan, Co. Kilkenny, 1825–45

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History. This short book uses the remarkable diaries of Callan resident Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin to examine the changing fortunes of the middle class in one small Irish town just before the Famine....Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History. This short book uses the remarkable diaries of Callan resident Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin to...
Author/Editor: Pierce Grace
Crime in the city
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Crime in the city

Kilkenny in 1845

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History. This book investigates crime and sentencing at petty sessions, quarter sessions and assizes in Kilkenny city in 1845. It begins with an examination of life in the city in the period...Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History. This book investigates crime and sentencing at petty sessions, quarter sessions and assizes in...
Author/Editor: Fergal Donoghue
East Galway agrarian agitation and the burning of Ballydugan House, 1922

East Galway agrarian agitation and the burning of Ballydugan House, 1922

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History. This book is based on the burning of Ballydugan house in 1922, a middle-sized country house on a 1,500-acre estate near Loughrea in east county Galway. The background to the burning...Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History. This book is based on the burning of Ballydugan house in 1922, a middle-sized...
Author/Editor: Ann O'Riordan