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The Otherworld Voyage in early Irish literature

The Otherworld Voyage in early Irish literature

An anthology of criticism

Jonathan Wooding editor

Prominent in the literature of early Ireland are the tales known as echtrai (adventures) and immrama (voyages), stories telling of journeys to the Otherworld of…
The history of Jack Connor

The history of Jack Connor

by William Chaigneau

Ian Campbell Ross, editor

The history of Jack Connor (1752) is the only, and once very popular, novel of the Irish writer of Huguenot descent, William Chaigneau (1709–81). An example of …
Imagination in the classroom

Imagination in the classroom

Teaching and learning creative writing in Ireland

Anne Fogarty Éilís Ní Dhuibhne & Eibhear Walshe editors

This collection of essays is the first extensive exploration of the history and practice of teaching creative writing as a distinct discipline in Ireland. The v…
Children's literature on the move

Children's literature on the move

Nations, translations, migrations

Nora Maguire & Beth Rodgers editors

Children’s Literature on the Move is the sixth volume in the Studies in Children’s Literature series. From translating Alice in Wonderland for a newly independe…
The Irish Parliamentary Party and the third Home Rule crisis

The Irish Parliamentary Party and the third Home Rule crisis

James McConnel

But for the 1916 Rising, self-governing Ireland’s founding political generation would have been drawn not from Sinn Féin and the IRA, but from among the ranks o…
An island's law

An island's law

A bibliographical guide to Ireland’s legal past

W.N. Osborough

In its 25th anniversary year, the Irish Legal History Society republishes two bibliographical essays by its progenitor and former president, Professor W.N. Osbo…
Rooted in the soil

Rooted in the soil

A history of cottage gardens and allotments in Ireland since 1750

Jonathan Bell & Mervyn Watson

Listed as one of the 'Top Titles of 2012' by writer Aoife O'Connor in the Irish Times.

The last decade has seen a remarkable rise in gardening for the purpose …
Strokestown and the Great Irish Famine

Strokestown and the Great Irish Famine

Ciarán Reilly

‘The most in-depth study of the effects of the Famine on a landed estate and its community … With the help of this book, we are brought deep inside the actualit…
The Ranch War in Riverstown, Co. Sligo, 1908

The Ranch War in Riverstown, Co. Sligo, 1908

Patrick Cosgrove

This book investigates how the anti-grazing agitation known as the Ranch War, 1906–9, operated at local level in Co. Sligo by focusing on the activities of the …
Economy, trade and Irish merchants at home and abroad, 1600–1988

Economy, trade and Irish merchants at home and abroad, 1600–1988

Louis Cullen

Professor Cullen’s writing over a long career has had a profound effect on the interpretation of Irish history. It has also been characterized by an extended ch…