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Cathal Brugha

Cathal Brugha

‘An Indomitable Spirit’

By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: a member of the Gaelic League, Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers; a celebrated survivor of the 1916 Rising, despite multiple gunshot wounds; a crucial figure in the post-Rising reorganization of...By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: a member of the Gaelic League, Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers; a celebrated...
Author/Editor: Daithí Ó Corráin & Gerard Hanley
Her Keys to the City

Her Keys to the City

Honouring the Women who made Dublin

Just four women were among the 83 people given the Freedom of the City of Dublin since the award was inaugurated in 1876 to June 2022. The genesis of this book lies in wanting, in some way, to...Just four women were among the 83 people given the Freedom of the City of Dublin since the award was inaugurated...
Author/Editor: Alison Gilliland and Clodagh Finn
Land Surveying in Ireland, 1690–1830

Land Surveying in Ireland, 1690–1830

Ireland's rich history of manuscript and printed maps is testament to the information that earlier generations sought from the environment around them. Although we are accustomed to seeing these beautiful documents illustrate research on the early modern period, rarely...Ireland's rich history of manuscript and printed maps is testament to the information that earlier generations sought from the environment around them....
Author/Editor: Finnian Ó Cionnaith
Teresa Ball and Loreto education

Teresa Ball and Loreto education

Convents and the Colonial World, 1794-1875

Educated at the Bar Convent, York, Teresa Ball became a pioneer of girls’ education when she returned to Ireland in 1821 and opened Loreto Abbey convent and boarding school in 1822. The Dublin convent quickly attracted the daughters of...Educated at the Bar Convent, York, Teresa Ball became a pioneer of girls’ education when she returned to Ireland in 1821 and...
Author/Editor: Deirdre Raftery
Politics and political culture in Ireland from Restoration to Union, 1660-1800

Politics and political culture in Ireland from Restoration to Union, 1660-1800

Essays in honour of Jacqueline R. Hill

Political culture is not an idea that many historians of Ireland have engaged with, preferring more straightforward ways of thinking about the distribution of political power through institutions such as the vice regal court, parliament or the law. The...Political culture is not an idea that many historians of Ireland have engaged with, preferring more straightforward ways of thinking about the...
Author/Editor: Raymond Gillespie, James Kelly & Mary Ann Lyons, editors
Dublin from 1970 to 1990

Dublin from 1970 to 1990

The City Transformed

Dublin’s footprint grew steadily during the 1970s with housing transforming the landscape of the west of the city, especially in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Blanchardstown. It was a time of change with the dominance of the city centre increasingly challenged...Dublin’s footprint grew steadily during the 1970s with housing transforming the landscape of the west of the city, especially in Tallaght, Clondalkin...
Author/Editor: Joseph Brady
Sarah Cecilia Harrison

Sarah Cecilia Harrison

Artist, Social Campaigner and City Councillor

Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941) was one of Dublin’s finest portrait painters but she also immersed herself in the political and social fabric of Dublin life, becoming the first female elected as a Dublin City Councillor in 1912. Deeply involved...Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941) was one of Dublin’s finest portrait painters but she also immersed herself in the political and social fabric...
Author/Editor: Margarita Cappock
The early residential buildings of Trinity College Dublin

The early residential buildings of Trinity College Dublin

Architecture, financing, people

This book contains a history of the early buildings of Trinity College, from the Elizabethan Quadrangle up to the residential ranges of the early eighteenth century. Among all those red-brick buildings only the Rubrics remains, albeit much altered, to...This book contains a history of the early buildings of Trinity College, from the Elizabethan Quadrangle up to the residential ranges of...
Author/Editor: R.A. Somerville
Plantagenet Ireland

Plantagenet Ireland

For more than two centuries after 1199, Ireland was ruled by Plantagenet kings, lineal descendants of Henry II. The island became closely tied to the English crown not just by English law and by direct administration, but through...For more than two centuries after 1199, Ireland was ruled by Plantagenet kings, lineal descendants of Henry II. The island became closely...
Author/Editor: Robin Frame
The Historian as Detective

The Historian as Detective

Uncovering Irish Pasts. Essays in honour of Raymond Gillespie

This collection of short essays presents the fruits of painstaking investigations conducted by over eighty scholars of history, early Irish, nua-Ghaeilge, archaeology, osteoarchaeology, forensic anthropology, geography and classical studies who have delved into Ireland’s past and pieced together fragments of...This collection of short essays presents the fruits of painstaking investigations conducted by over eighty scholars of history, early Irish, nua-Ghaeilge, archaeology, osteoarchaeology,...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley, Mary Ann Lyons & Salvador Ryan
Dublin, 1910–1940

Dublin, 1910–1940

Shaping the city and suburbs

Between 1910 and 1940 Dublin's suburbs grew considerably. For the first time, planned suburbanization of the working classes became a stated policy, with new and idealistic schemes such as Marino, Drumcondra and Crumlin being built. At the same time,...Between 1910 and 1940 Dublin's suburbs grew considerably. For the first time, planned suburbanization of the working classes became a stated policy,...
Author/Editor: Ruth McManus
Building Healthy Homes

Building Healthy Homes

Dublin Corporation's first housing schemes, 1880-1925

During the twentieth century, Dublin Corporation transformed the urban landscape of Dublin. Its many housing developments sought to end a housing and public health crisis of immense proportions, the legacy of the nineteenth century.  Its early engagement with the...During the twentieth century, Dublin Corporation transformed the urban landscape of Dublin. Its many housing developments sought to end a housing and...
Author/Editor: Joseph Brady & Ruth McManus