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16th/17th-century studies

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
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
Magnates and Merchants in Early Modern Kilkenny

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
Portmagee, Co. Kerry

Portmagee, Co. Kerry

The origins of an Atlantic smuggling village

This volume — focusing on the immediate region surrounding the Atlantic village of Portmagee — shows how many of our traditional master narratives of Irish history do not stand up to scrutiny when investigated at local level. Christianization, Norman...This volume — focusing on the immediate region surrounding the Atlantic village of Portmagee — shows how many of our traditional master...
Author/Editor: Denis Casey
Speculative Minds in Georgian Ireland

Speculative Minds in Georgian Ireland

Novelty, experiment and widening horizons

Between 1750 and 1837 Ireland encountered new ideas, commodities and experiences. While political upheavals and international warfare have been thoroughly explored, the novelties in the domestic sphere and daily life remain hazy. This collection investigates a wide and varied...Between 1750 and 1837 Ireland encountered new ideas, commodities and experiences. While political upheavals and international warfare have been thoroughly explored, the novelties...
Author/Editor: Toby Barnard & Alison FitzGerald, editors
The Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland, 1560-1760

The Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland, 1560-1760

This collection featuring eleven essays by established and early career scholars, explores multiple dimensions to the Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland. Themes include women and Jesuit ministry in seventeenth-century Ireland (Mary Ann Lyons), the Latin writings of seventeenth-century...This collection featuring eleven essays by established and early career scholars, explores multiple dimensions to the Jesuit mission in early modern Ireland....
Author/Editor: Mary Ann Lyons & Brian Mac Cuarta SJ, editors
Botany and Gardens in Early Modern Ireland

Botany and Gardens in Early Modern Ireland

This beautifully illustrated book explores sources for botany and gardening in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ireland. It investigates the contributions of individuals such as Philip O’Sullivan Beare and Thomas Molyneux in the seventeenth century, and, for the eighteenth century, focuses on...This beautifully illustrated book explores sources for botany and gardening in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Ireland. It investigates the contributions of individuals such as...
Author/Editor: Elizabethanne Boran, E. Charles Nelson & Emer Lawlor, editors
The Siege of Londonderry

The Siege of Londonderry

As Ireland descended into war in 1689, Londonderry was isolated and besieged. Unable to stop the Irish advance or to control the “ungovernable rabble” that flooded into the city, the governor deserted. The city’s defence was left to men...As Ireland descended into war in 1689, Londonderry was isolated and besieged. Unable to stop the Irish advance or to control the...
Author/Editor: Piers Wauchope
House and Home in Georgian Ireland

House and Home in Georgian Ireland

Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life

This book explores the everyday character and functions of domestic spaces in Georgian Ireland. Reflecting real as opposed to ideal patterns of living, the topics and themes addressed here range widely from maternity and hospitality to social identity and...This book explores the everyday character and functions of domestic spaces in Georgian Ireland. Reflecting real as opposed to ideal patterns of...
Author/Editor: Conor Lucey, editor
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Religion and society in medieval Galway

The town of Galway occupied a unique situation in medieval Ireland. Conspicuously English in its religious and political allegiances, it existed in an overwhelmingly Gaelic hinterland, far from the institutions of the colonial administration. Having cast off the overlordship...The town of Galway occupied a unique situation in medieval Ireland. Conspicuously English in its religious and political allegiances, it existed in...
Author/Editor: Rachel Moss and Cólman Ó Clabaigh OSB
Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641

Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641

The crisis, decline and fall of Irish lordship

In the sixteenth century the Duhallow region of north-west Co. Cork was one of the most indisputably Irish parts of Ireland. Characterized geographically by the mountainous boggy lands of Sliabh Luachra, the region was dominated by the lordships of...In the sixteenth century the Duhallow region of north-west Co. Cork was one of the most indisputably Irish parts of Ireland. Characterized...
Author/Editor: David Heffernan
Land Surveying in Ireland, 1690–1830

Land Surveying in Ireland, 1690–1830

Ireland's rich history of manuscript and printed maps is testament to the information that earlier generations sought from the environment around them. Although we are accustomed to seeing these beautiful documents illustrate research on the early modern period, rarely...Ireland's rich history of manuscript and printed maps is testament to the information that earlier generations sought from the environment around them....
Author/Editor: Finnian Ó Cionnaith