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Two Lives of Saint Brigid

Two Lives of Saint Brigid

St. Brigid is the earliest and best-known of the female saints of Ireland. In the generation after St. Patrick, she established a monastery for men and women at Kildare which became one of the most powerful and influential...St. Brigid is the earliest and best-known of the female saints of Ireland. In the generation after St. Patrick, she established a...
Author/Editor: Philip Freeman
Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies. Volume 42 (2023)

Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies. Volume 42 (2023)

Éigse is devoted to the cultivation of a wide range of research on the Irish language and its literature, embracing both textual and contextual studies. *Liam Mac Mathúna* is Professor Emeritus of Irish at University College Dublin. His extensive publications...Éigse is devoted to the cultivation of a wide range of research on the Irish language and its literature, embracing both textual...
Author/Editor: Liam Mac Mathúna
The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense change in early modern Ireland, when the parliament’s structures and operations were established in a manner that...This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense...
Author/Editor: Bríd McGrath
Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Gara's of Coolavin

Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Gara's of Coolavin

Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht. Constructed in the late fourteenth/early fifteenth century by the O’Garas, the castle functioned as a centre of...Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht....
Author/Editor: Kieran O’Conor, editor
Magnates and Merchants in Early Modern Kilkenny

Magnates and Merchants in Early Modern Kilkenny

In the early modern period Kilkenny was the largest inland town in Ireland, where several factors had come into play that enabled the growth of prosperity and a burgeoning economy. During that period the merchant elite of the...In the early modern period Kilkenny was the largest inland town in Ireland, where several factors had come into play that enabled...
Author/Editor: Jane Fenlon & Sarah Maguire
Poverty in pre-Famine Westmeath

Poverty in pre-Famine Westmeath

The findings of the Poor Commission of 1833

The scale of the Great Famine of 1846 has overshadowed the prevalence of extreme poverty in Ireland in the period 1815–45. As economic conditions deteriorated between those years, population increased rapidly. From the 1820s onwards, in the wake of...The scale of the Great Famine of 1846 has overshadowed the prevalence of extreme poverty in Ireland in the period 1815–45. As...
Author/Editor: Seán Byrne
Day Place, Co. Kerry

Day Place, Co. Kerry

“The most respectable locality in Tralee”

This book studies the occupants of Day Place, a terrace of ten Georgian townhouses in Tralee, Co. Kerry, over a 100-year period. The street was the most fashionable and sought-after address in the town and residents of the terrace...This book studies the occupants of Day Place, a terrace of ten Georgian townhouses in Tralee, Co. Kerry, over a 100-year period....
Author/Editor: Laurence Jones
Portmagee, Co. Kerry

Portmagee, Co. Kerry

The origins of an Atlantic smuggling village

This volume — focusing on the immediate region surrounding the Atlantic village of Portmagee — shows how many of our traditional master narratives of Irish history do not stand up to scrutiny when investigated at local level. Christianization, Norman...This volume — focusing on the immediate region surrounding the Atlantic village of Portmagee — shows how many of our traditional master...
Author/Editor: Denis Casey
The East Donegal Border Petition and the Derry-Donegal Milk War, 1934-8

The East Donegal Border Petition and the Derry-Donegal Milk War, 1934-8

In November 1934, 7,368 Protestants in east Donegal signed a Unionist petition to the British and Northern Irish governments requesting to transfer their region to Northern Ireland. This was a reaction to policies made in the Irish Free State...In November 1934, 7,368 Protestants in east Donegal signed a Unionist petition to the British and Northern Irish governments requesting to transfer...
Author/Editor: Samuel Gary Beckton
The Mansfields of Co. Kildare

The Mansfields of Co. Kildare

A Franco-Irish Catholic elite family and their networks, 1870-1915

While dominated by Protestants, the nineteenth-century landed gentry of Ireland also included a minority of Catholics. Social and marriage networks of this latter group have received little scholarly attention, and this volume helps to fill that gap. It looks...While dominated by Protestants, the nineteenth-century landed gentry of Ireland also included a minority of Catholics. Social and marriage networks of this...
Author/Editor: Fergus Murphy
Marsden Haddock and the Androides

Marsden Haddock and the Androides

Entertainment, late Georgian Cork and the wider world

By the late eighteenth century, many people had designated leisure time. The appetite for novelty in popular entertainment became insatiable. The hero of this story is Marsden Haddock, who devised an exhibition of mechanical ingenuity, the Androides. Haddock’s spectacle...By the late eighteenth century, many people had designated leisure time. The appetite for novelty in popular entertainment became insatiable. The hero...
Author/Editor: Neil Cronin
Speculative Minds in Georgian Ireland

Speculative Minds in Georgian Ireland

Novelty, experiment and widening horizons

Between 1750 and 1837 Ireland encountered new ideas, commodities and experiences. While political upheavals and international warfare have been thoroughly explored, the novelties in the domestic sphere and daily life remain hazy. This collection investigates a wide and varied...Between 1750 and 1837 Ireland encountered new ideas, commodities and experiences. While political upheavals and international warfare have been thoroughly explored, the novelties...
Author/Editor: Toby Barnard & Alison FitzGerald, editors