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20th-century studies

Killester

Killester

Dublin Through the Ages

Dublin Through the Ages: Killester presents new research into the rich history and heritage of Killester Demesne, tracing its earliest origins in the twelfth century through to its more modern development. An archaeological assessment of the area reviews its...Dublin Through the Ages: Killester presents new research into the rich history and heritage of Killester Demesne, tracing its earliest origins in...
Author/Editor: Ruth McManus, Joe Brady & Antoine Giacometti
Élie Bouhéreau

Élie Bouhéreau

The collections and communities of a Huguenot refugee

Élie Bouhéreau (1643–1719) was a French medical doctor and scholar from a prosperous merchant family prominent in the Reformed Church of La Rochelle. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes Bouhéreau fled France, and the personal library and...Élie Bouhéreau (1643–1719) was a French medical doctor and scholar from a prosperous merchant family prominent in the Reformed Church of La...
Author/Editor: Amy Boylan & Janée Allsman, editors
The intellectual world of the Country House in Ireland and Britain

The intellectual world of the Country House in Ireland and Britain

Country houses may be triumphs of architecture, fine and decorative art, and landscape design, but they are also about the history and transmission of ideas. In varying degrees their occupants thought, conversed, read, and responded to their milieu through...Country houses may be triumphs of architecture, fine and decorative art, and landscape design, but they are also about the history and...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors
Visualizing the Celtic Revival

Visualizing the Celtic Revival

The Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland – selected writings by Nicola Gordon Bowe

This volume brings together Nicola Gordon Bowe’s most important writings on the Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland, including insightful essays on its cultural and art historical background and contexts, the leading patrons and artists of the movement, as...This volume brings together Nicola Gordon Bowe’s most important writings on the Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland, including insightful essays on...
Author/Editor: Róisín Kennedy
Dublin

Dublin

The Irish Revolution, 1912−1923

Dublin – capital of Ireland and, to some at least, the ‘second city of the Empire’ – was central to the Irish Revolution. But there were many different ‘Dublins’, including the city borough and its suburban townships, picturesque seaside...Dublin – capital of Ireland and, to some at least, the ‘second city of the Empire’ – was central to the...
Author/Editor: Brian Hughes
Caricature and the Irish

Caricature and the Irish

Satirical prints from the Library of Trinity College Dublin, c.1780-1830

From the author’s extensive collection given to Trinity College in 1996, 105 caricatures, political and social, have been selected that poke fun at the Irish during London’s golden age of caricature. Some of them lampoon (or, occasionally, stand up...From the author’s extensive collection given to Trinity College in 1996, 105 caricatures, political and social, have been selected that poke fun...
Author/Editor: Nicholas K. Robinson
The politics of gender and sexuality in modern Ireland

The politics of gender and sexuality in modern Ireland

A Reader

This collection of focused, cohesive and persuasive essays is based on the newest research on gender, sexuality and sexual politics. It offers historical reflections and contemporary analyses of issues related to the contested and often hidden histories of sexual...This collection of focused, cohesive and persuasive essays is based on the newest research on gender, sexuality and sexual politics. It offers...
Author/Editor: Jennifer Redmond & Mary McAuliffe, editors
Land reform and legislation in Ireland, 1800-2024

Land reform and legislation in Ireland, 1800-2024

This volume explores the provenance, mechanisms and impact of land legislation and land reform in Ireland from the 1800 to 2024, one of the dominant issues in Irish politics, society, economy and culture through the whole period. It takes...This volume explores the provenance, mechanisms and impact of land legislation and land reform in Ireland from the 1800 to 2024, one...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley, Tony McCarthy & Annie Tindley
A century of courts

A century of courts

The Courts of Justice Act, 1924

The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings together legal scholars, historians and members of the judiciary, to reflect on the legacies of the 1924 Act. Making...The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings together legal...
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin, editor
Laois

Laois

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

The turbulent revolutionary period in modern Irish history from 1912 to 1923 had a profound impact on the political, economic and social make-up of Laois. The issue of land that had dominated the landscape of Laois from the...The turbulent revolutionary period in modern Irish history from 1912 to 1923 had a profound impact on the political, economic and social...
Author/Editor: Cormac Moore
Ulster-Scots and America

Ulster-Scots and America

Diaspora literature, history and migration, 1750–2000

This collection of essays examines the contribution made by the Ulster-Scots diaspora upon the writing of North America. Themes covered by this collection include: literary constructions of colonial and post-colonial American identity; the linguistic and literary impact of Scots vernacular...This collection of essays examines the contribution made by the Ulster-Scots diaspora upon the writing of North America. Themes covered by this...
Author/Editor: Frank Ferguson & Richard MacMaster, edtiors
Mary Mercer’s Dublin legacy, 1724-2024

Mary Mercer’s Dublin legacy, 1724-2024

This book details the various charitable endeavours of Mary Mercer, from her shelter for orphaned girls (built in 1724), to the later voluntary hospital and her school in Rathcoole, which subsequently merged with the King’s Hospital School. Such charitable...This book details the various charitable endeavours of Mary Mercer, from her shelter for orphaned girls (built in 1724), to the later...
Author/Editor: Peter A. Daly