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Rural tensions in nineteenth-century Knock, County Mayo

Rural tensions in nineteenth-century Knock, County Mayo

Frank Mayes

In 1879 the parish of Knock witnessed both the outbreak of the ‘land war’ and also a reported apparition of the Virgin Mary. The press coverage that resulted fr…
Laois

Laois

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Cormac Moore

The turbulent period from 1912 to 1923 had a profound impact on 
Laois – politically, economically and socially. The land question 
became prominent in Laois fr…
Dublin’s Stained Glass

Dublin’s Stained Glass

A guide to the finest twentieth-century windows

David Caron

Dublin's Stained Glass features the thirty-eight sites with the finest twentieth-century stained glass in Dublin city and county. The majority of the windows we…
Finding Mary

Finding Mary

The untold story of an Inishowen murder, 1844

Angela Byrne

During a robbery on 10 March 1844, 14-year-old servant Mary Doherty was murdered in a farmhouse near Culdaff, Co. Donegal. There was no doubt locally about the …
The languages of Ireland
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The languages of Ireland

Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin & Michael Cronin, editors

For over a thousand years Ireland has been a host to a surprising variety of languages and cultures. Every area of Irish life and cultural expression has been i…
The lordship of Ireland in the Middle Ages

The lordship of Ireland in the Middle Ages

Revised edition

James Lydon

The lordship of Ireland in the middle ages was vested in the English crown by the famous grant of Pope Adrian IV in 1155, resulting in the invasion of 1169. Thi…
The first century of Anglo-Irish relations, AD600–700

The first century of Anglo-Irish relations, AD600–700

The O'Donnell Lecture 2003

Dáibhí Ó Cróinín

Published by the National University of Ireland.

Charles James O’Donnell, born in Donegal and educated in Galway, provided in his will (1935) for a bequest to …
The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings AD 800-1060
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The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings AD 800-1060

Darren McGettigan

The kings of Aileach came to prominence in the north of Ireland c.AD 800, just as the first Viking fleets began to raid the coasts of Ulster. At first, Viking a…
Pathfinders to the past

Pathfinders to the past

The antiquarian road to Irish historical writing, 1640–1960

Próinséas Ní Chatháin & Siobhán Fitzpatrick, editors, with Howard B. Clarke

Compiled in celebration of the 150th anniversary of one of Ireland’s most distinguished and long-lived cultural institutions – the Royal Society of Antiquaries …
Frontiers, states and identity in early modern Ireland and beyond

Frontiers, states and identity in early modern Ireland and beyond

Essays in honour of Steven G. Ellis

Christopher Maginn & Gerald Power, editors

The scholarship of the influential historian Steven G. Ellis provides inspiration and coherence to this collection of original essays assembled in his honour. E…