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Brides of Christ
August 2023

Brides of Christ

Women and monasticism in medieval and early modern Ireland

Throughout the long history of Irish monasticism, the experience of women monastics has, until recently, been relatively sidelined. A desire to redress this inspired the decision in 2021 to dedicate the fifth Glenstal History Conference to exploring the various...Throughout the long history of Irish monasticism, the experience of women monastics has, until recently, been relatively sidelined. A desire to redress...
Author/Editor: Martin Browne OSB, Tracy Collins, Bronagh Ann McShane & Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB, editors
Visitors to the Country House in Ireland and Britain
September 2023

Visitors to the Country House in Ireland and Britain

Welcome and Unwelcome

Country houses have always been magnets for visitors. In early days individuals with the correct social credentials could gain entry, while visitors such as royalty were self-invited guests. With the rise of the railway and then the motor-car, houses...Country houses have always been magnets for visitors. In early days individuals with the correct social credentials could gain entry, while visitors...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors
Michael Healy, 1873-1941
October 2023

Michael Healy, 1873-1941

An Túr Gloine’s stained glass pioneer

This book tells the story of the reclusive artist, raised in a Dublin tenement, who ahead of Harry Clarke, Wilhelmina Geddes and Evie Hone, established the bar for artistic and technical excellence in this exacting craft, and who...This book tells the story of the reclusive artist, raised in a Dublin tenement, who ahead of Harry Clarke, Wilhelmina Geddes and...
Author/Editor: David Caron
Magnates and Merchants in Early Modern Kilkenny
October 2023

Magnates and Merchants in Early Modern Kilkenny

In the early modern period Kilkenny was the largest inland town in Ireland, where several factors had come into play that enabled the growth of prosperity and a burgeoning economy. During that period the merchant elite of the...In the early modern period Kilkenny was the largest inland town in Ireland, where several factors had come into play that enabled...
Author/Editor: Jane Fenlon & Sarah Maguire
Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Gara's of Coolavin
October 2023

Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Gara's of Coolavin

Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht. Constructed in the late fourteenth/early fifteenth century by the O’Garas, the castle functioned as a centre of...Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht....
Author/Editor: Kieran O’Conor, editor
Harp Studies II
October 2023

Harp Studies II

World Harp Traditions

This book situates harping activity as a vital aspect of music making in traditions around the world. *Contributors:* Helen Lawlor (TU Dublin); Sandra Joyce (UL); Niall Keegan (UL); Deirdre Nic Chárthaigh (MU); Helen Davies (ind.); Lia Lonnert (Linnaeus U.);...This book situates harping activity as a vital aspect of music making in traditions around the world. *Contributors:* Helen Lawlor (TU Dublin);...
Author/Editor: Helen Lawlor & Sandra Joyce, editors
Discovering Medieval Ferns, Co. Wexford
October 2023

Discovering Medieval Ferns, Co. Wexford

Medieval Ferns was one of south-eastern Ireland’s most important settlements. It played a key role in local, regional and national history from its foundation by St Aidan in 598, especially when serving as King Diarmuid McMurrough’s royal seat and...Medieval Ferns was one of south-eastern Ireland’s most important settlements. It played a key role in local, regional and national history from...
Author/Editor: Stephen Mandal, Michael Potterton & Denis Shine, editors
Barristers in Ireland
October 2023

Barristers in Ireland

An evolving profession since 1921

Barristers played significant roles in Irish public life in the twentieth century as lawmakers, politicians, civil servants, broadcasters, judges, academics and social reformers. This book is the first to examine the profession from the turbulent twenties until the Celtic...Barristers played significant roles in Irish public life in the twentieth century as lawmakers, politicians, civil servants, broadcasters, judges, academics and social reformers....
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin
The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48
October 2023

The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense change in early modern Ireland, when the parliament’s structures and operations were established in a manner that...This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense...
Author/Editor: Bríd McGrath
Armagh
November 2023

Armagh

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

County Armagh was one of the most controversial theatres of political and military conflict during the 1912–23 period. The county’s long-standing antipathy between unionism and nationalism intensified during the third home rule crisis of 1912–14. To the alarm of...County Armagh was one of the most controversial theatres of political and military conflict during the 1912–23 period. The county’s long-standing antipathy...
Author/Editor: Donal Hall & Eoin Magennis
Politics, Workers and Labour Relations in Independent Ireland, 1922–46
December 2023

Politics, Workers and Labour Relations in Independent Ireland, 1922–46

This book assesses trade unionism and labour relations from the foundation of the Irish Free State to the establishment of the Labour Court under the Industrial Relations Act 1946. This is the first comprehensive examination of labour relations, in...This book assesses trade unionism and labour relations from the foundation of the Irish Free State to the establishment of the Labour...
Author/Editor: Gerard Hanley
Fermanagh
December 2023

Fermanagh

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

In 1912, Fermanagh lay awkwardly between two competing and often hostile communities – the Ulster unionists in the north and the Irish nationalists in the south. An even population split made it one of the few counties in...In 1912, Fermanagh lay awkwardly between two competing and often hostile communities – the Ulster unionists in the north and the Irish...
Author/Editor: Daniel Purcell