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Social memory, reputation and the politics of death in the medieval Irish lordship

Social memory, reputation and the politics of death in the medieval Irish lordship

Stories of murderous monks, tavern brawls, robberies gone wrong, tragic accidents and criminal gangs from court records reveal how the English of medieval Ireland governed and politicized death and collectively decided what passed for ‘truth’ in legal proceedings. This...Stories of murderous monks, tavern brawls, robberies gone wrong, tragic accidents and criminal gangs from court records reveal how the English of...
Author/Editor: Joanna MacGugan
Edmund Sexten Pery

Edmund Sexten Pery

The politics of virtue and intrigue in eighteenth-century Ireland

Edmund Sexten Pery was one of the great Irish parliamentarians of the eighteenth century. His political career, as a prominent patriot in the 1750s and 1760s and later as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons between 1771 and...Edmund Sexten Pery was one of the great Irish parliamentarians of the eighteenth century. His political career, as a prominent patriot in...
Author/Editor: David A. Fleming
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
Spectral Mansions

Spectral Mansions

The making of a Dublin tenement, 1800–1914

In 1800, Dublin was one of the largest and most impressive cities in Europe. The city’s town houses and squares represented the pinnacle of Georgian elegance. Henrietta Street was synonymous with this world of cultural refinement, being one of...In 1800, Dublin was one of the largest and most impressive cities in Europe. The city’s town houses and squares represented the...
Author/Editor: Timothy Murtagh
Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present

Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present

Magna Carta is among the most famous documents in the history of the world, credited with being the first effective check in writing on arbitrary, oppressive and unjust rule – in a word, on tyranny. The fame of...Magna Carta is among the most famous documents in the history of the world, credited with being the first effective check in...
Author/Editor: Peter Crooks & Thomas Mohr, editors
The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

Tracing its history to the foundation of the Irish Volunteers in 1913, the Irish Defence Forces has evolved beyond recognition from the force that emerged in tandem with the new state in 1922. Plunged immediately into the chaos of...Tracing its history to the foundation of the Irish Volunteers in 1913, the Irish Defence Forces has evolved beyond recognition from the...
Author/Editor: Eoin Kinsella
Éigse Ancillary Volume 3

Éigse Ancillary Volume 3

Douglas Hyde: Irish Ideology and International Impact

Drawing on the latest research on diaries, personal correspondence, memoir reflections, newspaper reports and State archives, this collection of essays by leading scholars on Douglas Hyde and the Irish language revival traces developments in the formulation and explication of Irish...Drawing on the latest research on diaries, personal correspondence, memoir reflections, newspaper reports and State archives, this collection of essays by leading scholars...
Author/Editor: Liam Mac Mathúna & Máire Nic an Bhaird, editors
Soccer and Society in Dublin

Soccer and Society in Dublin

A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital

This book is the first full-length assessment of the history of soccer in Dublin and the game’s role within society in the city. It examines the sport's growth there from the late 1800s to the early twenty-first century....This book is the first full-length assessment of the history of soccer in Dublin and the game’s role within society in the...
Author/Editor: Conor Curran
The Irish Ringfort

The Irish Ringfort

This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the fore the...This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function –...
Author/Editor: Matthew Stout
The Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland, 1560-1760

The Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland, 1560-1760

This collection featuring eleven essays by established and early career scholars, explores multiple dimensions to the Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland. Themes include women and Jesuit ministry in seventeenth-century Ireland (Mary Ann Lyons), the Latin writings of seventeenth-century...This collection featuring eleven essays by established and early career scholars, explores multiple dimensions to the Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland....
Author/Editor: Mary Ann Lyons & Brian Mac Cuarta SJ, editors
Botany and Gardens in Early Modern Ireland

Botany and Gardens in Early Modern Ireland

This beautifully illustrated book explores sources for botany and gardening in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ireland. It investigates the contributions of individuals such as Philip O’Sullivan Beare and Thomas Molyneux in the seventeenth century, and, for the eighteenth century, focuses on...This beautifully illustrated book explores sources for botany and gardening in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ireland. It investigates the contributions of individuals such as...
Author/Editor: Elizabethanne Boran, E. Charles Nelson & Emer Lawlor, editors
Time’s Subjects

Time’s Subjects

Horology and Literature in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance

There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by means of intellectual theories about historical sequences and the contours of peoples’ lives, as well as by practical literary...There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by means of...
Author/Editor: John Scattergood