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Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present

Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present

Peter Crooks & Thomas Mohr, editors

Magna Carta is among the most famous documents in the history of the world, credited with being the first effective check in writing on arbitrary, oppressive an…
Ireland, 1815–1870

Ireland, 1815–1870

Emancipation, famine and religion

Donnchadh Ó Corráin & Tomás O'Riordan, editors

This book opens by exploring how nationalist Ireland mobilized a mass democratic movement under O’Connell to secure Catholic Emancipation. This world was soon t…
Two Lives of Saint Brigid

Two Lives of Saint Brigid

Philip Freeman

St Brigid is the earliest and best-known of the female saints of Ireland. In the generation after St Patrick, she established a monastery for men and women at K…
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…
The Early Finn Cycle

The Early Finn Cycle

Kevin Murray

The Finn (or Fenian) Cycle (fíanaigecht) is classified by modern scholarship as one of four medieval Irish literary cycles along with the Ulster Cycle, the Cycl…
The Templars, the witch and the wild Irish

The Templars, the witch and the wild Irish

Vengeance and heresy in medieval Ireland

Maeve Brigid Callan

Early medieval Ireland is remembered as the 'Land of Saints and Scholars,' due to the distinctive devotion to Christian faith and learning that permeated its cu…
Ireland Encastellated, AD 950–1550

Ireland Encastellated, AD 950–1550

Insular castle-building in its European context

Tadhg O'Keeffe

Despite an ever-expanding literature on Irish castles, the relationships between the castle-building tradition in Ireland and those of contemporary Europe have …
Troubled waters

Troubled waters

A social and cultural history of Ireland's sea fisheries

Jim Mac Laughlin

This is the most comprehensive study of the history of sea fishing in Ireland to date. It charts the evolution of fisheries from the earliest times, and discuss…
Guarding neutral Ireland

Guarding neutral Ireland

The Coast Watching Service and military intelligence, 1939–1945

Michael Kennedy

Ireland’s Second World War frontline troops were the men of the Coast Watching Service. From 1939–45 they maintained a continuous watch along the Irish shorelin…
Lordship in medieval Ireland
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Lordship in medieval Ireland

Image and reality

Linda Doran & James Lyttleton, editors

In this volume in the Study of Irish historic settlement series scholars from the perspectives of archaeology, art history and history offer insights into the d…