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Government, war and society in medieval Ireland

Government, war and society in medieval Ireland

Essays by Edmund Curtis, A.J. Otway-Ruthven and James Lydon

Peter Crooks, editor

In the late twelfth century, Ireland was absorbed into the dominions of the kings of England. This transformed the social and political life of the island, with…
Mapping Death

Mapping Death

Burial in Late Iron Age and Early Medieval Ireland

Elizabeth O'Brien

New paperback edition

Burial rites and associated events can provide a unique insight into the attitudes and beliefs of diverse communities at any given moment…
Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150

Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150

Patrick Gleeson

This book represents the first interdisciplinary study of early Irish kingship. Kingship represents the core institution and central problem of early medieval I…
Medieval Irish Dominican studies

Medieval Irish Dominican studies

Hugh Fenning, editor

These studies on the Dominicans or Friars Preachers of medieval Ireland are unique, for no other account of equal length exists. The author, Father Benedict O’S…
Invasion 1169

Invasion 1169

Peter Crooks & Seán Duffy, editors

May 2nd, 2019, marked the 850th anniversary of the first landing in Co. Wexford in 1169 of the Anglo-Norman adventurers enlisted by the king of Leinster, Diarma…
Richard II and the Irish kings

Richard II and the Irish kings

Darren McGettigan

Most late-medieval kings of England showed little interest in their lordship of Ireland. They showed even less interest in the Gaelic Irish population of the is…
Church and Settlement in Ireland

Church and Settlement in Ireland

James Lyttleton & Matthew Stout, editors

Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement and the American Society for Irish Medieval Studies, this exciting new book f…
The Irish Ringfort

The Irish Ringfort

Matthew Stout

This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national…
Medieval and monastic Derry

Medieval and monastic Derry

Sixth century to 1600

Brian Lacey

According to legend, Derry originated as a monastery founded by St Columba/Colum Cille. That story was almost certainly a later rationalization and simplificati…
James Hogan

James Hogan

Revolutionary, historian and political scientist

Donnchadh Ó Corráin

Studies on the life and work of James Hogan (1898–1963), Director of Intelligence in the National Army during the Civil War and Professor of History at Universi…