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Through the builder's lens

Through the builder's lens

Dublin's evolving streetscapes

Many people have helped create Dublin’s unique streetscapes. This book looks at the builders and their projects and draws on the extraordinarily rich photographic archive of one of Dublin’s foremost construction companies, G. & T. Crampton, as it explores...Many people have helped create Dublin’s unique streetscapes. This book looks at the builders and their projects and draws on the extraordinarily...
Author/Editor: Ruth McManus

The Mansion House Fund 1880

The Mansion House Fund 1880

The Little Famine of 1880 resulted from disastrous harvest failures in Ireland in the late 1870s. Hunger and poverty were evident throughout the country and a rapid response was needed to prevent the catastrophic loss of life which occurred...The Little Famine of 1880 resulted from disastrous harvest failures in Ireland in the late 1870s. Hunger and poverty were evident throughout...
Author/Editor: David O’Regan, editor

Representing Belfast's pasts

Representing Belfast's pasts

From port to commercial centre, and from textile town to centre of shipbuilding, Belfast has adapted, chameleon-like, to changing circumstances. Each of these changes has resulted in a reimagination of the city’s past to make it useable for the...From port to commercial centre, and from textile town to centre of shipbuilding, Belfast has adapted, chameleon-like, to changing circumstances. Each of...
Author/Editor: Raymond Gillespie & Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, editors

Limestone and River

Limestone and River

Essays on Limerick history in honour of Liam Irwin

From Viking trading place to modern hi-tech city, Limerick’s long history as Ireland’s oldest Atlantic port has been played out against its natural backdrop of limestone and river. The stone circles of Lough Gur, the Norman strongholds of Askeaton...From Viking trading place to modern hi-tech city, Limerick’s long history as Ireland’s oldest Atlantic port has been played out against its...
Author/Editor: Brian Hodkinson & Catherine Swift, editors

Evie Hone and the international avant-garde

Evie Hone and the international avant-garde

Evie Hone (1894–1955) is one of the few figures in Irish art history to have become a household name, to have found international fame and to have been described as ‘heroic’. Yet she was something of a paradox....Evie Hone (1894–1955) is one of the few figures in Irish art history to have become a household name, to have...
Author/Editor: Joseph McBrinn

Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250

Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250

The history of monasticism in early Ireland is dominated by its flourishing during the sixth and seventh centuries, a period dominated by Columba of Iona and Columbanus of Bobbio, and later by the ‘reform’ spearheaded by Malachy of Armagh...The history of monasticism in early Ireland is dominated by its flourishing during the sixth and seventh centuries, a period dominated by...
Author/Editor: Edel Bhreathnach

Meath

Meath

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

This book looks at the people of Meath during the turmoil of the revolutionary era. As politics, war and revolution intruded on daily life, some embraced the chance for change, risking life and livelihood for their chosen cause;...This book looks at the people of Meath during the turmoil of the revolutionary era. As politics, war and revolution intruded on...
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Archives of the Tholsel Court Dublin

Archives of the Tholsel Court Dublin

Dublin’s Tholsel Court was a recourse for creditors to bring debtors to account. Ranging from the 16th to the 18th centuries, although fragmentary in nature, the surviving archives give an insight into the lives of middle-class Dubliners, who followed...Dublin’s Tholsel Court was a recourse for creditors to bring debtors to account. Ranging from the 16th to the 18th centuries, although...
Author/Editor: Toby Barnard and Bridget McCormack, editors

The Church of Ireland under the Stuarts

The Church of Ireland under the Stuarts

The ‘long seventeenth century’ was a time of enormous religious and political change in Ireland, but there has never been a satisfactory study of the Church of Ireland throughout this turbulent period. This book fills the gap, drawing on...The ‘long seventeenth century’ was a time of enormous religious and political change in Ireland, but there has never been a satisfactory...
Author/Editor: Patrick Little

The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge

The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge

An account of Irish affairs, 1162-1370

When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to the bridge where the Four Courts are situated today. Anyone who wanted to enter the city...When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to...
Author/Editor: Bernadette Williams, editor

Ulster-Scots and America

Ulster-Scots and America

Diaspora literature, history and migration, 1750–2000

This collection of essays examines the contribution made by the Ulster-Scots diaspora upon the writing of North America. Themes covered by this collection include: literary constructions of colonial and post-colonial American identity; the linguistic and literary impact of Scots vernacular...This collection of essays examines the contribution made by the Ulster-Scots diaspora upon the writing of North America. Themes covered by this...
Author/Editor: Frank Ferguson & Richard MacMaster, edtiors

Laois

Laois

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

The turbulent revolutionary period in modern Irish history from 1912 to 1923 had a profound impact on the political, economic and social make-up of Laois. The issue of land that had dominated the landscape of Laois from the...The turbulent revolutionary period in modern Irish history from 1912 to 1923 had a profound impact on the political, economic and social...
Author/Editor: Cormac Moore

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