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A paper landscape

A paper landscape

The Ordnance Survey in nineteenth-century Ireland

J.H. Andrews

For many years after its foundation in 1791, the Ordnance Survey was mainly concerned with making small scale military maps of England. The department had no de…
Ireland, Europe and the Marshall Plan

Ireland, Europe and the Marshall Plan

Till Geiger & Michael Kennedy editors

This volume is a major departure in the ongoing debate on Ireland's involvement in the Marshall Plan. Rather than concentrating on Irish-American relations, the…
The making of the eighteenth-century Irish constitution

The making of the eighteenth-century Irish constitution

Government, parliament and the revenue, 1692–1714

Charles Ivar McGrath

The Glorious Revolution and the Irish War of 1689–91 fundamentally altered the course of Irish constitutional and political history. However, primarily because …
Community in early modern Ireland

Community in early modern Ireland

Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin & Robert Armstrong editors

The theme of 'community' has proved a focus of considerable interest in recent historiography, but has been neglected in its application to Ireland. Here the qu…
The big houses and landed estates of Ireland

The big houses and landed estates of Ireland

A research guide

Terence Dooley

This book is designed to provide historians and all those interested in local history, specifically the history of landed estates and Irish big houses, with prac…
The Factory Acts in Ireland, 1802–1914

The Factory Acts in Ireland, 1802–1914

Desmond Greer & James W. Nicolson

Working conditions in Irish industry prior to 1914 were frequently harsh and dangerous, particularly for women and children. The large textile, shipbuilding and…
Bristol's trade with Ireland and the Continent, 1503–1601
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Bristol's trade with Ireland and the Continent, 1503–1601

The evidence of the Exchequer customs accounts

Evan Jones & Susan Flavin, editors

The English exchequer customs accounts are the most thorough, comprehensive and long-running records of foreign trade to exist for any country in the pre-modern…
Rebellion and remembrance in modern Ireland

Rebellion and remembrance in modern Ireland

Laurence M. Geary, editor

The fifth volume in a series focusing on 19th-century Ireland.

Interested in 19th-century Ireland?
Then visit The Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century I…
Deluge

Deluge

Ireland's weather disasters, 2009–2010

Kieran Hickey

In 2009–2010 Ireland experienced a remarkable sequence of weather disasters and freak natural occurrences. The summer of 2009 broke all sorts of rainfall record…
The priory of Llanthony Prima and Secunda in Ireland, 1172–1541

The priory of Llanthony Prima and Secunda in Ireland, 1172–1541

Lands, patronage and politics

Arlene Hogan

When Henry II departed Ireland in 1172, he handed over to Hugh de Lacy I the gift of the land of Meath; an enormous tract which covered the modern counties of M…