This book examines the roles of magic in medieval romance. Magic’s crucial function in the romances may be established by studying the diverse works of Chrétien…
David Howlett presents a radically new text, translation, and analysis of Muirchú Moccu Macthéni's Life of Saint Patrick, with newly discovered internal confirm…
This is the third volume of papers from the Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar designed to encourage Irish film scholarship and the study of Irish film. T…
Patrick McAlister was bishop of Down and Connor for only nine years, but during that short episcopate he had to cope with the worst riots of the 19th century in…
A rare historical continuum in Anglo-Irish history ran from 1558 until 1612, years dominated by William and Robert Cecil, father and son. Among the significant …
This book charts the attempts made to introduce religious reforms into the diocese of Meath during the 16th century. The study opens with an investigation of th…
This study seeks to assess the role of informers in the 1790s in Ireland, and it does so in two ways. First, it offers a detailed assessment of the dozen or so …
This book provides a summary of the contents of the documentary and published sources for the study of crime held in Irish and British repositories, offers sugg…
With an introduction by David FitzPatrick. This collection of essays brings together the work of the historian John B. O'Brien who paved the way in the study …
That Island Never Found is a collection of poems and essays in honour of Terence Brown by some of Ireland’s leading writers and scholars. In studies of Louis Ma…