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20th-century history

Barristers in Ireland

Barristers in Ireland

An evolving profession since 1921

Barristers played significant roles in Irish public life in the twentieth century as lawmakers, politicians, civil servants, broadcasters, judges, academics and social reformers. This book is the first to examine the profession from the turbulent twenties until the Celtic...Barristers played significant roles in Irish public life in the twentieth century as lawmakers, politicians, civil servants, broadcasters, judges, academics and social reformers....
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin
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
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
Portmagee

Portmagee

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
Day Place

Day Place

“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
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
Visitors to the Country House in Ireland and Britain

Visitors to the Country House in Ireland and Britain

Welcome and Unwelcome

Country houses have always been magnets for visitors. In early days individuals with the correct social credentials could gain entry, while visitors such as royalty were self-invited guests. With the rise of the railway and then the motor-car, houses...Country houses have always been magnets for visitors. In early days individuals with the correct social credentials could gain entry, while visitors...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors
Mayo

Mayo

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

The land question had a crucial formative influence on Mayo politics in the decades before the First World War and this book shows the part played by many prominent nationalist figures such as Davitt, O’Brien, Dillon and MacBride...The land question had a crucial formative influence on Mayo politics in the decades before the First World War and this book...
Author/Editor: Joost Augusteijn
Harp Studies II

Harp Studies II

World Harp Traditions

This book situates harping activity as a vital aspect of music making in traditions around the world. *Contributors:* Helen Lawlor (TU Dublin); Sandra Joyce (UL); Niall Keegan (UL); Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh (MU); Helen Davies (ind.); Lia Lonnert (Linnaeus U.);...This book situates harping activity as a vital aspect of music making in traditions around the world. *Contributors:* Helen Lawlor (TU Dublin);...
Author/Editor: Helen Lawlor & Sandra Joyce, editors
Spirit of Revolution

Spirit of Revolution

Ireland from below, 1917–1923

In the spring of 1919, UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George wrote: ‘The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit of revolution. There is a deep sense not only of discontent, but of anger and revolt, amongst...In the spring of 1919, UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George wrote: ‘The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit...
Author/Editor: John Cunningham & Terry Dunne, editors
The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

Tracing its history to the foundation of the Irish Volunteers in 1913, the Irish Defence Forces has evolved beyond recognition from the force that emerged in tandem with the new state in 1922. Plunged immediately into the chaos of...Tracing its history to the foundation of the Irish Volunteers in 1913, the Irish Defence Forces has evolved beyond recognition from the...
Author/Editor: Eoin Kinsella
Soccer and Society in Dublin

Soccer and Society in Dublin

A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital

This book is the first full-length assessment of the history of soccer in Dublin and the game’s role within society in the city. It examines the sport's growth there from the late 1800s to the early twenty-first century....This book is the first full-length assessment of the history of soccer in Dublin and the game’s role within society in the...
Author/Editor: Conor Curran