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The life and career of Archbishop Richard Whately

The life and career of Archbishop Richard Whately

Ireland, religion and reform

Ciara Boylan

When Richard Whately (1787–1863) was appointed as Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin in 1831, his liberalism made him a highly controversial figure within h…
Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland

Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland

Coleman A. Dennehy, editor

In October 1641, violence erupted in mid-Ulster that spread throughout the whole kingdom and lasted for more than a decade. The war was neither unpredictable no…
Periodicals and journalism in twentieth-century Ireland 2

Periodicals and journalism in twentieth-century Ireland 2

A variety of voices

Mark O'Brien & Felix M. Larkin, editors

Periodicals have been at the core of journalistic activity since before the foundation of the state but have remained an area long neglected within media histor…
Speculative Minds in Georgian Ireland

Speculative Minds in Georgian Ireland

Novelty, experiment and widening horizons

Toby Barnard & Alison FitzGerald, editors

Between 1750 and 1837 Ireland encountered new ideas, commodities and experiences. While political upheavals and international warfare have been thoroughly explo…
National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland

National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland

A history

Frances Nolan

The Irish people have a deep affinity for horses and an enduring passion for the sport they make possible. Jump racing - often regarded as the "poor relation" o…
James Ryan and the Development of Independent Ireland, 1892-1970

James Ryan and the Development of Independent Ireland, 1892-1970

Michael Loughman

Few figures in twentieth-century Ireland remained at the centre of Irish public life as long as James Ryan. First coming to prominence as the GPO’s medical offi…
Gothic

Gothic

Building Castles in post-Union Ireland

Judith Hill

Castles speak. Especially in an age when they are no longer necessary. The act of union of 1800, which brought Ireland into closer association with Britain, cha…
Philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland

Philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland

Laurence M. Geary & Oonagh Walsh editors

This collection of essays offers new and challenging perspectives on the history of philanthropy in nineteenth-century Ireland, shifting and extending standard …
Charles O'Conor of Ballinagare

Charles O'Conor of Ballinagare

Life and works

Luke Gibbons & Kieran O'Conor, editors

Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare (1710–91) was one of 18th-century Ireland’s greatest scholars. Writing in both Irish and English, his work was clearly influenced…
A supplement to the dictionary of Scandinavian words in the languages of Britain and Ireland

A supplement to the dictionary of Scandinavian words in the languages of Britain and Ireland

Diarmaid Ó Muirithe

In a preface to his ground-breaking and highly praised Dictionary of Scandinavian words in the languages of Britain and Ireland, the author wrote that what he r…