Teresa Ball and Loreto education

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

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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...
Author/Editor: Ann Power

Saint Brigid of Kildare

Life, legend and cult

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Despite being the female patron saint of Ireland and one of the most remarkable women in Irish history, St Brigid has always been an elusive figure. Some...
Author/Editor: Noel Kissane

The path of mercy

The life of Catherine McAuley

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*Customers based in the USA please note:* This book is available in America through the Catholic University of America Press. We cannot supply this book to customers living...
Author/Editor: Mary C. Sullivan

A guide to sources for the history of Irish education, 1780–1922

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This book is an introductory guide for students and researchers in the history of Irish education from 1780–1922. The nineteenth century saw the foundation of the national school...
Author/Editor: Susan M. Parkes

Schools and schooling, 1650–2000

New perspectives on the history of education – the eighth Seamus Heaney lectures

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This collection pursues new areas of inquiry and offers new perspectives on familiar subjects in the history of education in Ireland and Europe from the seventeenth century to...
Author/Editor: James Kelly & Susan Hegarty, editors

The Ideal Diplomat?

Women and Irish Foreign Affairs, 1946-90

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This book is the first full study to examine the appointment and experiences of women in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs from 1946 to 1990. Focusing...
Author/Editor: Ann Marie O'Brien

Ingenious Ireland

A county-by-county exploration of Irish mysteries and marvels

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Ingenious Ireland is a unique study of this country’s natural wonders, clever inventions and historic industries. Richly illustrated, meticulously researched and lucidly written, it brings the reader on...
Author/Editor: Mary Mulvihill

Winning the Vote for Women

The Irish Citizen newspaper and the suffrage movement in Ireland

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The campaign for women’s votes in Ireland coincided with the nationalist movement, the First World War, the rise of the trade union movement, the cultural revival and,...
Author/Editor: Louise Ryan

The making of inequality

Women, power and gender ideology in the Irish Free State, 1922–37

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How did Ireland travel from the glorious Proclamation of 1916, with its promise of equality and universal citizenship, to the conservative constitution of 1937, which allowed for only...
Author/Editor: Maryann Gialanella Valiulis