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Visualizing the Celtic Revival

Visualizing the Celtic Revival

The Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland – selected writings by Nicola Gordon Bowe

This volume brings together Nicola Gordon Bowe’s most important writings on the Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland, including insightful essays on its cultural and art historical background and contexts, the leading patrons and artists of the movement, as...This volume brings together Nicola Gordon Bowe’s most important writings on the Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland, including insightful essays on...
Author/Editor: Róisín Kennedy
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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The Irish Volunteers, 1913–19

The Irish Volunteers, 1913–19

A history

No organization was more central to the history of Ireland in the 20th century than the Irish Volunteers. This is the first authoritative history of that body from its inception in November 1913 to its rebranding as the...No organization was more central to the history of Ireland in the 20th century than the Irish Volunteers. This is the first...
Author/Editor: Daithí Ó Corráin
Directory of Historic Dublin Guilds

Directory of Historic Dublin Guilds

Second Edition

First published in 1993, and winner of the Phillimore Prize, this directory is re-issued in an expanded format, with full colour illustrations throughout. A must-have for local and family history. *Mary Clark* is the Dublin City Archivist. *Raymond Refausse* is...First published in 1993, and winner of the Phillimore Prize, this directory is re-issued in an expanded format, with full colour illustrations...
Author/Editor: Mary Clark & Raymond Refausse, editors
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
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
Confluences of Law and History

Confluences of Law and History

Irish Legal History Society Discourses, 2011-2021

This book brings together an eclectic mix of papers on aspects of Irish legal history from the early modern period to the twentieth century. Contributors to the volume include leading historians, legal historians and legal practitioners. They make use of...This book brings together an eclectic mix of papers on aspects of Irish legal history from the early modern period to the twentieth...
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin and Felix M. Larkin
Armagh

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
Spirit of Revolution

Spirit of Revolution

Ireland from below, 1917–1923

In the spring of 1919, UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George wrote: ‘The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit of revolution. There is a deep sense not only of discontent, but of anger and revolt, amongst...In the spring of 1919, UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George wrote: ‘The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit...
Author/Editor: John Cunningham & Terry Dunne, editors
Harp Studies II

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 (TCD); 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
Workers, Politics and Labour Relations in Independent Ireland, 1922–46

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

This book assesses the position of workers, 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...This book assesses the position of workers, trade unionism and labour relations from the foundation of the Irish Free State to the establishment...
Author/Editor: Gerard Hanley