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The Nugents of Westmeath and Queen Elizabeth's Irish primer

The Nugents of Westmeath and Queen Elizabeth's Irish primer

Denis Casey

This is the first in-depth study of the oldest surviving ‘beginner’s guide’ to the Irish language. Christopher Nugent, baron of Delvin, presented Queen Elizabet…
In enigmate

In enigmate

The history of a riddle, 400–1500

Erin Sebo

This book is a study of a single riddle as it is transmitted, translated and transformed over more than a thousand years. Beginning with the influential late an…
The making of medieval Derry

The making of medieval Derry

Ciarán J. Devlin

‘[T]his is a most comprehensive and in many ways a revolutionary work which [...] will stand the test of time and find a place on the book shelves of anyone who…
Killester

Killester

From medieval manor to garden suburb

Joseph Brady & Ruth McManus

Killester: from medieval manor to garden suburb explores the development of Killester from its earliest days as Killester Demense, through its transformation in…
Victoria's Ireland?

Victoria's Ireland?

Irishness and Britishness, 1837–1901

Peter Gray, editor

This collection of interdisciplinary essays focuses on the articulation and interplay of 'Irish' and 'British' identities during the Victorian period in Ireland…
Taking sides?

Taking sides?

Colonial and confessional menalités in early modern Ireland

Vincent Carey & Ute Lotz-Heumann, edtiors

This volume in honour of Professor Karl Bottigheimer examines the impact of the dramatic shifts in culture, society and politics on people in Ireland in the ear…
Ireland, Germany and the Nazis

Ireland, Germany and the Nazis

Politics and diplomacy, 1919–1939

Mervyn O'Driscoll

An absorbing evaluation of independent Ireland’s response to the rise and consolidation of Nazism in Germany, this book places Irish-German relations in the con…
The world of Thomas Ward

The world of Thomas Ward

Sex and scandal in late-17th century Co. Antrim

Eamon Darcy

Why do a number of children look like the local dean? Did you hear that the bishop did not like the communion wine and spat it out, exclaiming “this is the base…
The Making of The Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985

The Making of The Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985

A Memoir by David Goodall

Frank Sheridan, editor

The Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) signed by Garret FitzGerald and Margaret Thatcher on 15 November 1985 was unique in providing a treaty-based arrangement for the…
A century of scholarship

A century of scholarship

Travelling Students of the National University of Ireland

National University of Ireland

‘Some men see things as they are and say “why?”; I dream things that never were and say “why not?”.

These words of George Bernard Shaw might well have been th…