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Exploring the history and heritage of Irish landscapes

Exploring the history and heritage of Irish landscapes

Patrick J. Duffy

This book highlights the principal themes and elements in the making of the landscape, and the sources which can assist historians and historical geographers in…
Church of Ireland records

Church of Ireland records

Raymond Refaussé

This revised and updated guide contains an overview of the Church of Ireland's administration and the records which it produced, a guide to published catalogues…
Pre-census sources for Irish demography

Pre-census sources for Irish demography

Brian Gurrin

This book focuses on how local historians can source and use the various censuses and universal taxation returns and a variety of other sources of the pre-censu…
Christ Church deeds

Christ Church deeds

M.J. McEnery & Raymond Refaussé, editors

When the Irish Public Record Office was destroyed by fire in 1922 one of the most important collections to be lost was the Christ Church deeds, which had been d…
George Edmund Street and the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

George Edmund Street and the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Roger Stalley, editor

The English architect George Edmund Street was immensely proud of his restoration of the medieval cathedral of Christ Church. He believed he had saved the build…
The account roll of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, 1337–1346

The account roll of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, 1337–1346

James Mills, editor

With introductions by James Lydon & Alan J. Fletcher.

One of the most important documents for the medieval history of the cathedral and for the economic of lat…
The first chapter act book of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, 1574–1634

The first chapter act book of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, 1574–1634

Raymond Gillespie, editor

This is the earliest chapter act book in Ireland and contains the basic material not only for the history of the cathedral but for charting the progress of the …
The proctor's accounts of Peter Lewis, 1564–1565

The proctor's accounts of Peter Lewis, 1564–1565

During the first phase of the Reformation in Ireland, the majority of the medieval religious houses were dissolved. One exception was the Augustinian house of H…
Scotland and the Ulster plantations

Scotland and the Ulster plantations

Explorations in the British settlements of Stuart Ireland

William P. Kelly & John R. Young, editors

As we approach the 400th anniversary of the official Plantation of Ulster, this volume seeks to make an important historiographical contribution to that event. …
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The port and city of Londonderry since 1700

Robert Gavin, William P. Kelly & Dolores O'Reilly

This study takes a fresh look at the economic role of North West Ireland and the port and city of Derry. It sees the region as prospering from exchanges of labo…