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A Sense of Place

A Sense of Place

Studies in British and Irish legal history in memory of W.N. Osborough

Sparky Booker and Kevin Costello, editors

W.N. Osborough was described by the Irish Times on his death in 2020 as Ireland’s ‘greatest legal historian’. He wrote prolifically on Irish legal history and c…
Thomas Aquinas: teacher and scholar

Thomas Aquinas: teacher and scholar

The Aquinas lectures at Maynooth, volume 2: 2002–2010

James McEvoy, Michael Dunne & Julia Hynes, editors

This is the second volume of Maynooth Aquinas Lectures. The annual series was founded by the late Professor James McEvoy in 1995. Its aim is to examine the thou…
Cultural identity and cultural integration

Cultural identity and cultural integration

Doris Edel editor

Ireland occupies a distinctive position in the cultural history of early medieval Europe. Uniquely untouched by Roman cultural influence, yet deeply informed by…
Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, 1190–1610

Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, 1190–1610

Custom and conflict in a baronial town

Adrian Empey

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series.

Our knowledge of Anglo-Norman Ireland is derived from a wide spectrum of written records: charters, lega…
Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Gara's of Coolavin

Moygara Castle, County Sligo and the O’Gara's of Coolavin

Kieran O’Conor, editor

Moygara Castle, with its four towers, gatehouse and high curtain walls, is one of the most impressive masonry-built monuments in north Connacht. Constructed in …
Irish houses and castles, 1400–1740

Irish houses and castles, 1400–1740

Rolf Loeber

This volume assembles Rolf Loeber’s groundbreaking articles on Irish houses and castles from the late medieval period to the mid eighteenth century. Read togeth…
Éigse Vol. 41

Éigse Vol. 41

A Journal of Irish Studies. Volume 41

Liam MacMathuna, editor

Éigse is devoted to the cultivation of a wide range of research on the Irish language and its literature, embracing both textual and contextual studies. Volume …
Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies. Volume 42 (2024)

Éigse: A Journal of Irish Studies. Volume 42 (2024)

Liam Mac Mathúna

Éigse Volume 42 includes contributions on medieval texts and manuscripts, an edition of an aisling poem by Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin and articles on Manx, the m…
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Archaeology and Celtic myth

Archaeology and Celtic myth

An exploration

John Waddell

In this book John Waddell contends that elements of pre-Christian Celtic myth preserved in medieval Irish literature shed light on older traditions and beliefs …