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Éigse XL

Éigse XL

A Journal of Irish Studies [Vol. 40]

Liam Mac Mathúna, editor

Published by the National University of Ireland.

Éigse is devoted to the cultivation of a wide range of research in the field of Irish language and literature.…
Electioneering and Propaganda in Ireland, 1917–21

Electioneering and Propaganda in Ireland, 1917–21

Votes, violence and victory

Elaine Callinan

This book provides an illuminating and unique analysis of the political rivalry between all the major parties during Ireland’s revolutionary years. Politicians,…
The Best Address in Town

The Best Address in Town

Henrietta Street, Dublin and Its First Residents, 1720-80

Melanie Hayes

Once Dublin’s most exclusive residential street, throughout the eighteenth century Henrietta Street was home to the country’s foremost figures from church, mili…
Antrim

Antrim

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

Brian Feeney

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Antrim contained the largest Presbyterian population on the island of Ireland. It also contained most of Belfast – th…
Peadar Cowan (1903-62)

Peadar Cowan (1903-62)

Westmeath GAA administrator and political maverick

Tom Hunt

Imprisoned during the War of Independence, Peadar Cowan accepted the Anglo-Irish Treaty and served as an officer in the Irish army until 1931. While based in At…
Limestone and River

Limestone and River

Essays on Thomond history in honour of Liam Irwin

Catherine Swift, Brian Hodkinson & Tom Donovan, editors

From Viking trading place to modern hi-tech city, Limerick’s long history as Ireland’s oldest Atlantic port has been played out against its natural backdrop of …
The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell

The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell

The Man who shot the informer James Carey

Seán Ó Cuirreáin

Patrick O’Donnell achieved the status of a national hero when he killed Ireland’s most infamous informer James Carey on board a steamship off the coast of South…
Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641

Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641

The crisis, decline and fall of Irish lordship

David Heffernan

In the sixteenth century the Duhallow region of north-west Co. Cork was one of the most indisputably Irish parts of Ireland. Characterized geographically by the…
Commanders of the British Forces in Ireland, 1796–1922

Commanders of the British Forces in Ireland, 1796–1922

Tony Gaynor

In December 1922 General Nevil Macready sailed away from Dublin for the last time, marking the end of British rule in most of Ireland. Macready was the last in …
House and Home in Georgian Ireland

House and Home in Georgian Ireland

Spaces and Cultures of Domestic Life

Conor Lucey, editor

This book explores the everyday character and functions of domestic spaces in Georgian Ireland. Reflecting real as opposed to ideal patterns of living, the topi…