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Agriculture and settlement in Ireland
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Agriculture and settlement in Ireland

Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement and the Agricultural History Society of Ireland, this book explores the relationship between Irish settlement and agricultural practice from the Neolithic to the eighteenth century. The...Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement and the Agricultural History Society of Ireland, this book...
Author/Editor: Margaret Murphy & Matthew Stout, editors
The woods of Ireland

The woods of Ireland

A history, 700–1800

The accepted view of Irish woodlands is that Ireland was covered in trees until the English came and chopped them down. While admirable in its brevity, this interpretation is inadequate regarding the actual management of Irish forests from the...The accepted view of Irish woodlands is that Ireland was covered in trees until the English came and chopped them down. While...
Author/Editor: Nigel Everett
Children, childhood and Irish society

Children, childhood and Irish society

1500 to the present

Studies of Irish children’s literature are relatively numerous in Ireland, and yet the study of children and childhood, and the concepts associated with these words, is really just beginning in this country. Addressing this lacuna, this book is a...Studies of Irish children’s literature are relatively numerous in Ireland, and yet the study of children and childhood, and the concepts associated...
Author/Editor: Maria Luddy & James Smith editors
The annals of the four masters

The annals of the four masters

Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century

There was something about the form and substance of the Annals of the Four Masters, compiled in the 1630s, that allowed them to become accepted as an authentic, reliable and comprehensive record of Gaelic society. Drawing on a rich...There was something about the form and substance of the Annals of the Four Masters, compiled in the 1630s, that allowed them...
Author/Editor: Bernadette Cunningham
The English Isles

The English Isles

Cultural transmission and political conflict in Britain and Ireland, 1100–1500

Leading medieval scholars discuss the impact of English imperialism and the ways in which English and wider European cultural norms were transmitted outwards towards Ireland, Scotland and Wales from the Norman Conquest onwards. Subjects examined include, in the field...Leading medieval scholars discuss the impact of English imperialism and the ways in which English and wider European cultural norms were transmitted...
Author/Editor: Seán Duffy & Susan Foran, editors
The Jacobean plantations in seventeenth-century Offaly

The Jacobean plantations in seventeenth-century Offaly

An archaeology of a changing world

The assimilation of the Gaelic Irish lordships into the British state marks the end of medieval Ireland and the beginning of a society more recognizable to modern eyes. A number of native Irish lordships in west and south...The assimilation of the Gaelic Irish lordships into the British state marks the end of medieval Ireland and the beginning of a...
Author/Editor: James Lyttleton
Lady with a mead cup

Lady with a mead cup

Ritual, prophecy and lordship in the European warband from La Tène to the Viking Age

Lady with a Mead Cup is a broad-ranging, innovative and strikingly original study of the early medieval barbarian cup-offering ritual and its social, institutional and religious significance. Medievalists are familiar with the image of a queen offering a drink...Lady with a Mead Cup is a broad-ranging, innovative and strikingly original study of the early medieval barbarian cup-offering ritual and its...
Author/Editor: Michael J. Enright
Irish Europe, 1600–1650

Irish Europe, 1600–1650

Writing and learning

The experience of the Irish abroad has been a vibrant and exciting area of scholarly research in recent years. Most of that work has chronicled the political, military and religious experience of those Irish men and women who...The experience of the Irish abroad has been a vibrant and exciting area of scholarly research in recent years. Most of that...
Author/Editor: Raymond Gillespie & Ruairí Ó hUiginn, editors
Wolves in Ireland

Wolves in Ireland

A natural and cultural history

'A fascinating overview of the wolf in Ireland through the ages. Hickey redresses the demonization of this iconic animal.' – Ciaran Mc Mahon, Team leader, Dublin zoo From prehistory to the present day, the wolf has always loomed large...'A fascinating overview of the wolf in Ireland through the ages. Hickey redresses the demonization of this iconic animal.' – Ciaran Mc...
Author/Editor: Kieran Hickey
Leaders of the city

Leaders of the city

Dublin's first citizens, 1500–1950

The lord mayor is the first citizen of Dublin city and chairperson of the elected council. The office of mayor, created in 1229 and restyled lord mayor in 1665, has been held by diverse individuals who have left...The lord mayor is the first citizen of Dublin city and chairperson of the elected council. The office of mayor, created in...
Author/Editor: Ruth McManus & Lisa-Marie Griffith, editors
The Vestry Records of the Parish of St Audoen, Dublin, 1636–1702

The Vestry Records of the Parish of St Audoen, Dublin, 1636–1702

St Audoen’s, on a prominent site in Cornmarket, is one of the most distinctive churches in the city of Dublin. A medieval foundation dedicated to the seventh century French saint, St Ouen, patron saint of Normandy, the spiritual...St Audoen’s, on a prominent site in Cornmarket, is one of the most distinctive churches in the city of Dublin. A medieval...
Author/Editor: Maighréad Ní Mhurchadha, editor
Irish and English

Irish and English

Essays on the Irish linguistic and cultural frontier, 1600–1900

The transformation of Ireland from a predominantly Irish-speaking country to a primarily English-speaking country was the most profound social change to take place on the island between the seventeenth and the twentieth century. Yet the nature, manner and course...The transformation of Ireland from a predominantly Irish-speaking country to a primarily English-speaking country was the most profound social change to take...
Author/Editor: James Kelly & Ciarán Mac Murchaidh, editors