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A road less travelled
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A road less travelled

Tales of the Irish missionaries

From the Amazon rainforest to the South Pacific islands, and from India to the African plains, thousands of Irish missionaries devote themselves to the practical service of humanity. Working in dozens of countries around the globe, these missionaries – joined...From the Amazon rainforest to the South Pacific islands, and from India to the African plains, thousands of Irish missionaries devote themselves...
Author/Editor: Aidan Clerkin and Brendan Clerkin, editors
Conflicts in the North of Ireland, 1900–2000
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Conflicts in the North of Ireland, 1900–2000

Flashpoints and fracture zones

This collection of essays looks at aspects of conflict and polarization in the north of Ireland during the twentieth century and illustrates that division was never far from the surface in northern society. Though dealing with specific and very...This collection of essays looks at aspects of conflict and polarization in the north of Ireland during the twentieth century and illustrates...
Author/Editor: Alan F. Parkinson & Éamon Phoenix editors
The SDLP
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The SDLP

The struggle for agreement in Northern Ireland, 1970–2000

Established in the midst of civil unrest, community tensions and political uncertainty, the Social Democratic and Labour Party was not expected by many to endure. But it has endured, and it has provided two of the outstanding statesmen of...Established in the midst of civil unrest, community tensions and political uncertainty, the Social Democratic and Labour Party was not expected by...
Author/Editor: Seán Farren
An English-Irish lexicon of scientific and technological space-related terminology

An English-Irish lexicon of scientific and technological space-related terminology

This unique lexicon features over 3,500 astronautical terms, listed alphabetically in English, with their Irish translation. It is a stand-alone edition based on a twenty-language lexicon prepared by the International Academy of Astronautics on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary...This unique lexicon features over 3,500 astronautical terms, listed alphabetically in English, with their Irish translation. It is a stand-alone edition based...
Author/Editor: Susan McKenna Lawlor & Damien Ó Muirí
1972 and the Ulster Troubles
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1972 and the Ulster Troubles

1972 proved to be by far the bloodiest and most eventful year of the Northern Ireland conflict. The January shootings in Derry precipitated the downfall of the Stormont administration in March. British military reinforcements struggled to cope with the...1972 proved to be by far the bloodiest and most eventful year of the Northern Ireland conflict. The January shootings in Derry...
Author/Editor: Alan F. Parkinson
All in! All in!: a selection of Dublin children's traditional street-games with rhymes and music

All in! All in!: a selection of Dublin children's traditional street-games with rhymes and music

Scríbhinní Béaloidis / Folklore Studies 2

Children’s traditional street-games play an important part in the folk-life of a country. This book will help parents and educators to realize how happy children are, when given an opportunity to use their imagination and to create their own...Children’s traditional street-games play an important part in the folk-life of a country. This book will help parents and educators to realize...
Author/Editor: Eilís Brady
Uncovering medieval Trim
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Uncovering medieval Trim

Trim is one of Ireland’s best-known medieval towns, and yet for a very long time many aspects of its early history and development were poorly understood. A series of important archaeological excavations have taken place in recent years and...Trim is one of Ireland’s best-known medieval towns, and yet for a very long time many aspects of its early history and...
Author/Editor: Michael Potterton & Matthew Seaver
The clergy of the diocese of Derry: an index
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The clergy of the diocese of Derry: an index

Second Edition

This new, revised, expanded and updated edition of a book first published in 1997 includes comprehensive entries on saints associated with the see; bishops (including monastic bishops) and abbots; priests from the earliest period to the sixteenth century (the...This new, revised, expanded and updated edition of a book first published in 1997 includes comprehensive entries on saints associated with the...
Author/Editor: Edward Daly & Kieran Devlin
Who killed the Franks family?

Who killed the Franks family?

Agrarian violence in pre-Famine Cork

This study examines the violent world of north Cork during the Rockite disturbances of the early 1820s. Agrarian gangs attempted to regulate rural society, threatening or attacking those who ignored their decrees. Taking the killing of a Protestant family...This study examines the violent world of north Cork during the Rockite disturbances of the early 1820s. Agrarian gangs attempted to regulate...
Author/Editor: Denis A. Cronin
Dublin in 1707
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Dublin in 1707

A year in the life of the city

What happened in Dublin in 1707? At first glance – not much. But initial impressions can be misleading - the legacy of the decisions reached of 1707 persist to this day. The Ballast Office (Dublin Port), the Registry...What happened in Dublin in 1707? At first glance – not much. But initial impressions can be misleading - the legacy of...
Author/Editor: Brendan Twomey
Franco-Irish military connections, 1590–1945

Franco-Irish military connections, 1590–1945

The connection between France and Ireland is an historic one. For generations of Irish exiles, France has provided a new home and it is often forgotten that the initial link between the two countries was a military one....The connection between France and Ireland is an historic one. For generations of Irish exiles, France has provided a new home and...
Author/Editor: Nathalie Genet-Rouffiac & David Murphy, editors
Medieval Irish Dominican studies
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Medieval Irish Dominican studies

These studies on the Dominicans or Friars Preachers of medieval Ireland are unique, for no other account of equal length exists. The author, Father Benedict O’Sullivan, published them in twenty-seven successive articles in The Irish Rosary between 1948 and...These studies on the Dominicans or Friars Preachers of medieval Ireland are unique, for no other account of equal length exists. The...
Author/Editor: Hugh Fenning, editor