Politics and political culture in Ireland from Restoration to Union, 1660-1800

The Historian as Detective

Uncovering Irish Pasts. Essays in honour of Raymond Gillespie

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This collection of short essays presents the fruits of painstaking investigations conducted by over eighty scholars of history, early Irish, nua-Ghaeilge, archaeology, osteoarchaeology, forensic anthropology, geography and classical studies...
Author/Editor: Terence Dooley, Mary Ann Lyons & Salvador Ryan

The Best Address in Town

Henrietta Street, Dublin and Its First Residents, 1720-80

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Once Dublin’s most exclusive residential street, throughout the eighteenth century Henrietta Street was home to the country’s foremost figures from church, military and state. Here, in this elegant...
Author/Editor: Melanie Hayes

The politics of Dublin corporation, 1840-1900

From reform to expansion

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Dublin Corporation, the city’s council, was an ancient and prestigious body. In 1840 its system of voting was reformed to allow for more representation by Catholics and...
Author/Editor: James H. Murphy

Vindicating Dublin

The story behind the controversial dissolution of Dublin Corporation in 1924

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The strained relationship between the Irish Free State and Dublin Corporation (the city's municipal government) is brought to light in this absorbing study which captures the mood in...
Author/Editor: Aodh Quinlivan

The history and heritage of St James's Hospital, Dublin

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The history of St James’s Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on its site. Just under thirty years later...
Author/Editor: Davis Coakley & Mary Coakley

Representing Belfast's pasts

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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...
Author/Editor: Raymond Gillespie & Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, editors

William Molyneux's The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated

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*A critical edition with introduction and notes* Regarded as the most celebrated Irish political pamphlet published before 1801, William Molyneux’s Case of Ireland, stated (1698) was written to...
Author/Editor: Patrick Hyde Kelly, editor

Spectral Mansions

The making of a Dublin tenement, 1800–1914

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In 1800, Dublin was one of the largest and most impressive cities in Europe. The city’s town houses and squares represented the pinnacle of Georgian elegance. Henrietta Street...
Author/Editor: Timothy Murtagh