This collection of essays examines the contribution made by the Ulster-Scots diaspora upon the writing of North America. Themes covered by this collection inclu…
Evie Hone (1894–1955) is one of the few figures in Irish art history to have become a household name, to have found international fame and to have been describe…
Guilds were mutual benefit associations which flourished in the towns and cities of medieval Europe. The guild system was brought to Dublin by the Normans in th…
This edited volume presents some thirty chapters by a team of international scholars reviewing the Irish military experience throughout the world over the past …
Located in south Ulster adjacent to Counties Fermanagh and Monaghan, but also bordering Leitrim in north Connacht and the three north Leinster counties of Longf…
This collection of essays explores various aspects of Irish life from the beginning of the eighteenth century until the Great Famine, reflecting the interests a…
John Boyle was an orphan with a difficult upbringing, impoverished and a social misfit, yet he achieved great prominence in early nineteenth-century Cork. A dis…
This book examines the life and political career of a significant yet often overlooked figure in Irish nationalism. Politically active from 1885 to 1934, Thomas…
Step into the turbulent world of nineteenth-century Limerick, where scandal, ambition and razor-sharp wit collide. This gripping account unravels the explosive …
The St Ann’s Hill Hydropathic Establishment, or The Hydro, was Ireland’s first and pre-eminent sanitorium. The Hydro was built in in Co. Cork in 1843 and closed…
Donegal town is one of the most historic places in Ireland, and has given its name to Co. Donegal. It has been a Gaelic town, Plantation town, estate town and …
This study of a woman’s management of a middle-sized estate contributes to the understanding of agrarian society and the role of women in it. At the age of 32, …
