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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.…
Miraculous plenty

Miraculous plenty

Irish religious folktales and legends

Seán Ó Súilleabháin editor

For over fifteen hundred years, Ireland has been predominantly Christian. Religion has been a continuous force in various aspects of Irish life. As one might ex…
Visual, material and print culture in nineteenth-century Ireland

Visual, material and print culture in nineteenth-century Ireland

Ciara Breathnach & Catherine Lawless, editors

Emanating from the 2008 Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland Conference, this volume brings together scholars of nineteenth-century Ireland worki…
A guide to sources for the history of Irish education, 1780–1922

A guide to sources for the history of Irish education, 1780–1922

Susan M. Parkes

This book is an introductory guide for students and researchers in the history of Irish education from 1780–1922. The nineteenth century saw the foundation of t…
Church of Ireland records

Church of Ireland records

Raymond Refaussé

This revised and updated guide contains an overview of the Church of Ireland's administration and the records which it produced, a guide to published catalogues…
Poynings' Law and the making of law in Ireland, 1660–1800
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Poynings' Law and the making of law in Ireland, 1660–1800

Monitoring the constitution

James Kelly

Poynings’ Law was one of the most crucial statutes ever enacted by the Irish parliament, yet the law’s crucial impact on parliament’s operations from 1660 has n…
The IRA, 1926–36

The IRA, 1926–36

Brian Hanley

Although many books have been written about the IRA, little attention has been paid to the rank and file of the organization as well as the movement in 1930s Ir…
Sir Edward Newenham MP, 1734–1814

Sir Edward Newenham MP, 1734–1814

Defender of the Protestant constitution

James Kelly

Propagandist, popular politician, conservative reactionary, Edward Newenham excited sharply different responses during his lifetime. He was encouraged by his ad…