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The Celtic World

The Celtic World

A History

John Waddell

Shortlisted for the Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction. Winner to be announced in October 2026.

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James Ryan and the Development of Independent Ireland, 1892-1970

James Ryan and the Development of Independent Ireland, 1892-1970

Michael Loughman

Few figures in twentieth-century Ireland remained at the centre of Irish public life as long as James Ryan. First coming to prominence as the GPO’s medical offi…
Gothic

Gothic

Building Castles in post-Union Ireland

Judith Hill

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Castles speak. Especially in an age…
The Judges of Ireland, 1866-1921

The Judges of Ireland, 1866-1921

Daire Hogan

The late 1860s and the 1870s are important years in the history of the Irish judiciary, and for the structure and culture of the courts. On New Year’s Day 1878 …
Anglesey in Ireland, 1828 to 1833

Anglesey in Ireland, 1828 to 1833

Worse than War

Síle McGuckian

Henry Paget, 1st Marquess Anglesey (1768–1854), was a war hero who had fought alongside the duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo. A glamorous and engagi…
Cork

Cork

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Richard S. Grayson

Events in County Cork during the Irish Revolution point to there being 
many different Corks between 1912 and 1923. The county contributed 
some of the most pro…
English Countess, Irish Earl

English Countess, Irish Earl

The Social World of Frances, Countess of Clanricard, 1567–1632

Bernadette Cunningham

Frances Walsingham was the only surviving daughter of an Elizabethan secretary of state, Sir Francis Walsingham. In modern times Frances has enjoyed numerous ca…
John Boyle, the Freeholder and pre-Famine Cork society

John Boyle, the Freeholder and pre-Famine Cork society

Neil Cronin

John Boyle was an orphan with a difficult upbringing, impoverished and a social misfit, yet he achieved great prominence in early nineteenth-century Cork. A dis…
Scandal, satire and the battle for reputation in Limerick’s ascendancy, 1815–20

Scandal, satire and the battle for reputation in Limerick’s ascendancy, 1815–20

Brian Leahy

This gripping account unravels the explosive feud between barrister-poet Thomas Grady, the controversial banker George Evans Bruce, and the politically ambitiou…
Ireland’s first sanitorium

Ireland’s first sanitorium

The St Ann’s Hill Hydro, County Cork, 1843–1953

Sinéad McSweeney and Ronan Foley

The St Ann’s Hill Hydropathic Establishment, or The Hydro, was Ireland’s first and pre-eminent sanitorium. The Hydro was built in Co. Cork in 1843 and closed it…