The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

Dublin City University, 1980–2020

Designed to be different

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Dublin City University has grown rapidly from its origins as the National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin, which opened its doors in November 1980 to admit 191...
Author/Editor: Eoin Kinsella

Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916

Anzacs and the Rising

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Little has been written on Trinity College’s role in Easter Week 1916 as a ‘loyal nucleus’ dividing the insurgents and providing an effective counterweight to rebel headquarters in...
Author/Editor: Rory Sweetman

Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

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The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Second World...
Author/Editor: Richard Doherty

They shall grow not old

Irish soldiers and the Great War

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they shall grown no old, as we that are left grow old, age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn, at the going down...
Author/Editor: Myles Dungan

Commanders of the British Forces in Ireland, 1796–1922

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In December 1922 General Nevil Macready sailed away from Dublin for the last time, marking the end of British rule in most of Ireland. Macready was the...
Author/Editor: Tony Gaynor

Captain Francisco de Cuéllar

The Armada, Ireland, and the Wars of the Spanish Monarchy, 1578–1606

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Captain Francisco de Cuéllar was an officer who served with the ill-fated Spanish Armada. He was shipwrecked on the coast of Co. Sligo in September 1588. Known...
Author/Editor: Francis Kelly

The Nine Years War, 1593–1603

O'Neill, Mountjoy and the military revolution

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The Nine Years War was one of the most traumatic and bloody conflicts in the history of Ireland. Encroachment on the liberties of the Irish lords by...
Author/Editor: James O'Neill

Soccer and Society in Dublin

A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital

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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...
Author/Editor: Conor Curran