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The Irish Country House

The Irish Country House

Its past, present and future

Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors

‘In their variety, these essays indicate how very new is serious analysis of the Irish country house and how many avenues remain to be explored’, Irish Times. 
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Saint Brigid of Kildare

Saint Brigid of Kildare

Life, legend and cult

Noel Kissane

Despite being the female patron saint of Ireland and one of the most remarkable women in Irish history, St Brigid has always been an elusive figure. Some schola…
The Nine Years War, 1593–1603

The Nine Years War, 1593–1603

O'Neill, Mountjoy and the military revolution

James O'Neill

The Nine Years War was one of the most traumatic and bloody conflicts in the history of Ireland. Encroachment on the liberties of the Irish lords by the English…
The Church of Ireland and its past

The Church of Ireland and its past

history, interpretation and identity

Mark Empey, Alan Ford & Miriam Moffitt, editors

This book brings together leading Irish historians who examine how the history of the Church of Ireland has been written in the 500 years since the Reformation.…
Dancing as a social pastime in the south-east of Ireland, 1800–1897

Dancing as a social pastime in the south-east of Ireland, 1800–1897

Mary Friel

At the beginning of the 19th century, dancing was viewed as a necessary social skill and dancing masters and musicians were found throughout Ireland to cater fo…
Land and Landscape in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Land and Landscape in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Úna Ni Bhromeil & Glenn Hooper

In the unsettled political and social context of nineteenth-century Ireland the land provides a space for negotiation - of identity, of nationality, of ownershi…
William Molyneux's The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated

William Molyneux's The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated

Patrick Hyde Kelly, editor

A critical edition with introduction and notes

Regarded as the most celebrated Irish political pamphlet published before 1801, William Molyneux’s Case of Irela…
A history of the Irish Red Cross

A history of the Irish Red Cross

Shane Lehane

Since its establishment in 1939, the Irish Red Cross Society (IRCS) has played a key part in the medical, social, religious, cultural, political and diplomatic …
Captain Francisco de Cuéllar

Captain Francisco de Cuéllar

The Armada, Ireland, and the Wars of the Spanish Monarchy, 1578–1606

Francis Kelly

Captain Francisco de Cuéllar was an officer who served with the ill-fated Spanish Armada. He was shipwrecked on the coast of Co. Sligo in September 1588. Known …
The Rise and Fall of the Orange Order during the Famine Years

The Rise and Fall of the Orange Order during the Famine Years

From reformation to Dolly's Brae

Daragh Curran

In the mid-nineteenth century, the Orange Order of Ireland fell into and emerged from apparent extinction into a vigorous resurrection - which was then stopped …