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Age of atrocity

Age of atrocity

Violence and political conflict in early modern Ireland

David Edwards, Clodagh Tait & Padraig Lenihan, editors

This book examines one of the bloodiest epochs in Irish history. Part one covers the 16th century, revealing how efforts by the Tudor monarchy to curb the power…
Conflicts in the North of Ireland, 1900–2000

Conflicts in the North of Ireland, 1900–2000

Flashpoints and fracture zones

Alan F. Parkinson & Éamon Phoenix editors

This collection of essays looks at aspects of conflict and polarization in the north of Ireland during the twentieth century and illustrates that division was n…
Gaelic Ireland c.1250–c.1650

Gaelic Ireland c.1250–c.1650

Land, lordship & settlement

Patrick J. Duffy David Edwards & Liz FitzPatrick editors

Published to critical acclaim in hardback in 2001, this book has become one of the definitive books on Gaelic Ireland in publication. Now made available in pape…
Landscapes of cult and kingship

Landscapes of cult and kingship

Roseanne Schot, Conor Newman & Edel Bhreathnach, editors

This volume offers new perspectives on kingship and royal landscapes in Ireland and abroad in thirteen essays by leading experts which consider how topography, …
Lough Swilly

Lough Swilly

A living landscape

Andrew Cooper editor

Nestled between Fanad and Inishowen peninsulas on Ireland’s most northern coast, is Lough Swilly, one of the largest of Ireland’s sea loughs. Long noted for its…
St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, 1875–2000

St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, 1875–2000

A history

James Kelly

St Patrick's College is one of the oldest third-level educational institutions in Ireland. From virtually its inception (in 1875), the College acquired a unique…
The Irish College at Santiago de Compostela, 1605–1769

The Irish College at Santiago de Compostela, 1605–1769

Patricia O'Connell

The Irish College at Santiago de Compostela, 1605–1769 covers the history of this important college with its associations with the early Irish exiles who came i…
The Irish political system, 1740–1765

The Irish political system, 1740–1765

The golden age of undertakers?

Eoin Magennis

The book provides a chronology of political developments in Ireland from the late 1740s to the late 1760s with an emphasis on the Irish parliament, its manageme…
The murders at Wildgoose Lodge

The murders at Wildgoose Lodge

Agrarian crime and punishment in pre-Famine Ireland

Terence Dooley

On the night of 29-30 October 1816 eight people were murdered by burning to death in a house in a remote part of County Louth, known locally as Wildgoose Lodge.…