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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…
The Vikings in Ireland

The Vikings in Ireland

Settlement, trade and urbanization

Mary Valante

Over two-and-a-half centuries, Viking raiders and their descendants settled in, and urbanized Ireland, connecting the Irish to long-distance trade routes. By co…
A hidden Ulster

A hidden Ulster

People, songs and traditions of Oriel

Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

This book is the first major study of the song-tradition of Oriel, a region which straddles the borders of southeast Ulster and north Leinster and which was the…
Music in nineteenth-century Ireland

Music in nineteenth-century Ireland

Irish musical studies 9

Michael Murphy & Jan Smaczny, editors

This, the 9th volume in the Irish Musical Studies Series, collects 15 essays on various aspects of musical life in Ireland in the 19th century, including sacred…