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Charles Owen O’Conor, the O’Conor Don

Charles Owen O’Conor, the O’Conor Don

Landlordism, liberal Catholicism and unionism in nineteenth-century Ireland

This book uncovers the world of Charles Owen O’Conor, the O‘Conor Don (1838–1906), one of the most prominent Catholic landlords and Liberal MPs of his generation. The scion of the last high king of Ireland and one of a long line of politically...This book uncovers the world of Charles Owen O’Conor, the O‘Conor Don (1838–1906), one of the most prominent Catholic landlords and Liberal MPs of his generation. The...
Author/Editor: Aidan Enright
Noraid and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1970–94

Noraid and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1970–94

Since the end of the eighteenth century, the United States has offered sanctuary and support to Irish men and women engaged in the struggle for Irish independence from Britain. When violence broke out in Northern Ireland in the...Since the end of the eighteenth century, the United States has offered sanctuary and support to Irish men and women engaged in...
Author/Editor: Robert Collins
Palles

Palles

The Legal Legacy of the last Lord Chief Baron

Marking the 2020 centenary of his death, this book explores the judicial legacy of chief baron Christopher Palles, the last chief baron of the Court of Exchequer Ireland, in a judicial career spanning over 40 years from 1874...Marking the 2020 centenary of his death, this book explores the judicial legacy of chief baron Christopher Palles, the last chief baron...
Author/Editor: Oonagh B. Breen & Noel McGrath, editors
Lansdowne FC

Lansdowne FC

A History

Lansdowne FC is one of the most iconic rugby clubs in Ireland. Based at the headquarters of Irish rugby, the Club was established even before the international game came to Lansdowne Road. The brain-child of the visionary H.W.D. Dunlop,...Lansdowne FC is one of the most iconic rugby clubs in Ireland. Based at the headquarters of Irish rugby, the Club was...
Author/Editor: Charles Ivar McGrath
Ireland and the Crusades

Ireland and the Crusades

The crusades – a broad term encompassing a disparate series of military expeditions, with the avowed intent of preserving/expanding Christianity and the heterodoxy of the Roman Church – were a quintessential phenomenon of moral and religious life in medieval...The crusades – a broad term encompassing a disparate series of military expeditions, with the avowed intent of preserving/expanding Christianity and the...
Author/Editor: Edward Coleman, Paul Duffy & Tadhg O'Keeffe, editors
Cathal Brugha

Cathal Brugha

‘An Indomitable Spirit’

By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: a member of the Gaelic League, Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers; a celebrated survivor of the 1916 Rising, despite multiple gunshot wounds; a crucial figure in the post-Rising reorganization of...By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: a member of the Gaelic League, Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers; a celebrated...
Author/Editor: Daithí Ó Corráin & Gerard Hanley
Waterford’s Maritime World

Waterford’s Maritime World

The ledger of Walter Butler, 1750–7

In October 1750 Walter Butler, a Waterford sea captain, purchased a ship in the port of Bordeaux and had it refitted there before loading it with wine, brandy and other French produce for his home port. Renamed the...In October 1750 Walter Butler, a Waterford sea captain, purchased a ship in the port of Bordeaux and had it refitted there...
Author/Editor: John Mannion
Her Keys to the City

Her Keys to the City

Honouring the Women who made Dublin

Just four women were among the 83 people given the Freedom of the City of Dublin since the award was inaugurated in 1876 to June 2022. The genesis of this book lies in wanting, in some way, to...Just four women were among the 83 people given the Freedom of the City of Dublin since the award was inaugurated...
Author/Editor: Alison Gilliland and Clodagh Finn
A supplement to A Dictionary of Irish Saints

A supplement to A Dictionary of Irish Saints

Containing additions and corrections

*To be bought in conjunction with A Dictionary of Irish Saints* In the ten years since its publication by Four Courts Press in 2011 *A dictionary of Irish saints *has attracted a large amount of supplementary material, mainly through comments and corrections...*To be bought in conjunction with A Dictionary of Irish Saints* In the ten years since its publication by Four Courts Press in...
Author/Editor: Pádraig Ó Riain
Donegal

Donegal

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

This new assessment of Donegal in the revolutionary period expands and refines our understanding of the nature of the Irish Revolution itself. While not in the vanguard of the Irish Revolution, the county was far from a disinterested bystander....This new assessment of Donegal in the revolutionary period expands and refines our understanding of the nature of the Irish Revolution itself....
Author/Editor: Pauric Travers
Land Surveying in Ireland, 1690–1830

Land Surveying in Ireland, 1690–1830

Ireland's rich history of manuscript and printed maps is testament to the information that earlier generations sought from the environment around them. Although we are accustomed to seeing these beautiful documents illustrate research on the early modern period, rarely...Ireland's rich history of manuscript and printed maps is testament to the information that earlier generations sought from the environment around them....
Author/Editor: Finnian Ó Cionnaith
The Gaelic Finn tradition II

The Gaelic Finn tradition II

The Gaelic Finn tradition encompasses literature and lore centered on the figure of Finn Mac Cumaill. The essays in this volume cover, as with those in the earlier volume, The Gaelic Finn tradition (2012), numerous aspects of this material,...The Gaelic Finn tradition encompasses literature and lore centered on the figure of Finn Mac Cumaill. The essays in this volume cover,...
Author/Editor: Sharon J. Arbuthnot, Síle Ní Mhurchú & Geraldine Parsons, editors