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The Brigidine Sisters in Ireland, America, Australia and New Zealand, 1807–1922

The Brigidine Sisters in Ireland, America, Australia and New Zealand, 1807–1922

The history of the Brigidines, formally known as the Sisters of St Brigid, provides a detailed and fascinating account of the congregation and its mission to the rural communities of Ireland, America, Australia and New Zealand. It compares...The history of the Brigidines, formally known as the Sisters of St Brigid, provides a detailed and fascinating account of the congregation...
Author/Editor: Ann Power
Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, and the colonization of north-east Ulster, c.1573–6

Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, and the colonization of north-east Ulster, c.1573–6

Between the summer of 1573 and the autumn of 1575 one of the rising figures of the Elizabethan court, Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, attempted to colonize the north-east of the province of Ulster in Ireland. This...Between the summer of 1573 and the autumn of 1575 one of the rising figures of the Elizabethan court, Walter Devereux, first...
Author/Editor: David Heffernan
The history and heritage of St James's Hospital, Dublin

The history and heritage of St James's Hospital, Dublin

The history of St James’s Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on its site. Just under thirty years later a foundling hospital was added to the workhouse. The opening chapters...The history of St James’s Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on its...
Author/Editor: Davis Coakley & Mary Coakley
In enigmate

In enigmate

The history of a riddle, 400–1500

This book is a study of a single riddle as it is transmitted, translated and transformed over more than a thousand years. Beginning with the influential late antique riddle text Aenigmata Symphosii, In Enigmate charts an arc through the...This book is a study of a single riddle as it is transmitted, translated and transformed over more than a thousand years....
Author/Editor: Erin Sebo
Life and death in medieval Gaelic Ireland
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Life and death in medieval Gaelic Ireland

The skeletons from Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal

In 2003, the skeletal remains of some 1,300 individuals – men, women and children – were uncovered from Ballyhanna, near Ballyshannon in Co. Donegal. Radiocarbon dating indicates that the cemetery was in use for a prolonged period of time...In 2003, the skeletal remains of some 1,300 individuals – men, women and children – were uncovered from Ballyhanna, near Ballyshannon in...
Author/Editor: Catriona J. McKenzie & Eileen M. Murphy
The Sunday papers

The Sunday papers

A history of Ireland’s weekly press

For over a century, the Irish Sunday newspaper has influenced social mores and political developments in Ireland. In this lively and engaging book, historians and journalists celebrate the character, role, culture and history of the Irish Sunday newspaper. Each chapter...For over a century, the Irish Sunday newspaper has influenced social mores and political developments in Ireland. In this lively and engaging...
Author/Editor: Joe Breen & Mark O'Brien, editors
Limerick

Limerick

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912–23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O’Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these...Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912–23. By examining a wide range of contemporary...
Author/Editor: John O'Callaghan
Tristernagh Priory, Co. Westmeath

Tristernagh Priory, Co. Westmeath

Colonial monasticism in medieval Ireland

Little remains of the Augustinian priory of Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath, founded by Geoffrey de Costentin around the year 1200 and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its domestic buildings were apparently lost in the two centuries after its dissolution...Little remains of the Augustinian priory of Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath, founded by Geoffrey de Costentin around the year 1200 and dedicated to...
Author/Editor: Tadhg O’Keeffe
Fleeing from famine in Connemara

Fleeing from famine in Connemara

James Hack Tuke and his assisted emigration scheme in the 1880s

Between 1882 and 1884, the English Quaker and philanthropist James Hack Tuke assisted nearly 5,000 people, mainly families, to emigrate from Connemara – paying for their passage and arranging for their settlement in Canada and the United States. The...Between 1882 and 1884, the English Quaker and philanthropist James Hack Tuke assisted nearly 5,000 people, mainly families, to emigrate from Connemara...
Author/Editor: Gerard Moran
The Great Famine in Kinsale

The Great Famine in Kinsale

This book examines the effects of the Great Famine on the people of Kinsale and surrounding countryside. It shows how famine, death and disease took their toll on one class in particular – the poor. The Kinsale workhouse...This book examines the effects of the Great Famine on the people of Kinsale and surrounding countryside. It shows how famine, death...
Author/Editor: Catherine Flanagan
Thomas Bermingham

Thomas Bermingham

Nineteenth-century Irish land agent and ‘Improver’

This study investigates the career of Thomas Bermingham, a professional land agent who was widely known in his day for his management of the Clonbrock estates in Galway and Roscommon between 1826 and 1843. It focuses on Bermingham’s efforts...This study investigates the career of Thomas Bermingham, a professional land agent who was widely known in his day for his management...
Author/Editor: Cathal Smith
The Parnell split in Westmeath

The Parnell split in Westmeath

The bishop and the newspaper editor

This book tells the story of the Parnell split in Westmeath and argues that it was part of a wider revolt by a section of the Catholic middle class against the dominant role of the Church in the...This book tells the story of the Parnell split in Westmeath and argues that it was part of a wider revolt...
Author/Editor: Michael Nolan