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Medieval ecclesiastical buildings in Ireland, 1789–1915

Medieval ecclesiastical buildings in Ireland, 1789–1915

Building on the past

Niamh NicGhabhann

This is the first full-length study of the perception and treatment of Gothic architecture in Ireland in the period between 1789 and 1915. It considers three ma…
Envisioning Christ on the cross

Envisioning Christ on the cross

Ireland and the early medieval West

Juliet Mullins Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh & Richard Hawtree editors

The crucifixion is at the very centre of Christian art and thought. This volume brings together leading medieval scholars from a wide range of disciplines in an…
Ireland, Philadelphia and the re-invention of America, 1760–1800

Ireland, Philadelphia and the re-invention of America, 1760–1800

Maurice Bric

While the American Revolution led to the establishment of the United States as an independent republic, it also inaugurated a debate as to what the character an…
Prehistoric Art in Ireland

Prehistoric Art in Ireland

John Waddell

From the earliest Ice Age cave paintings to the metalwork and statuary in the pre-Roman Celtic world, western Europe has had over 40,000 years of prehistoric ar…
The colonial world of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork
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The colonial world of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork

David Edwards & Colin Rynne, editors

Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork (1566–1643), ranks among the most famous and infamous figures in the history of early modern Ireland and the wider English Atl…
Teresa Ball and Loreto education

Teresa Ball and Loreto education

Convents and the Colonial World, 1794-1875

Deirdre Raftery

Educated at the Bar Convent, York, Teresa Ball became a pioneer of girls’ education when she returned to Ireland in 1821 and opened Loreto Abbey convent and boa…
The Orange Order in Canada

The Orange Order in Canada

David A. Wilson, editor

Nowhere in the world – not even in Northern Ireland – was Orangeism more popular than it was in Canada. When the Orange Order reached its peak in the 1920s, 60 …
Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

Richard Doherty

The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Second World War…
Music and the stars
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Music and the stars

Mathematics in medieval Ireland

Mary Kelly & Charles Doherty, editors

Ireland’s contribution to modern science is well attested, yet it is not so well known that Ireland, famed for over half a millennium for its saints and scholar…
The Medieval Castles of Ireland

The Medieval Castles of Ireland

David Sweetman

While ‘an Englishman’s home is his castle’, in Ireland virtually all castles were built for defensive purposes. The medieval castles of Ireland traces the devel…