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…
This book explores the career in Ireland of Strongbow, the first Anglo-Norman lord of Leinster, in the broader context of his interests and that of his family w…
This volume contains an abundance of new scholarship to shed light on Dublin’s fascinating medieval past, including reports of major archaeological excavations:…
May 2nd, 2019, marked the 850th anniversary of the first landing in Co. Wexford in 1169 of the Anglo-Norman adventurers enlisted by the king of Leinster, Diarma…
Moynagh Lough is one of the most significant archaeological sites ever discovered in Ireland. From 1980 to 1998 excavations were directed by John Bradley. This …
Events in the ‘Rebel County’ of Cork have played a central role in popular memory and historiography of the Irish Revolution. The county contributes some of the…
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 1933, Thomas…
Step into the turbulent world of nineteenth-century Limerick, where scandal, ambition and razor-sharp wit collide. This gripping account unravels the explosive …
