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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…
Louth

Louth

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

Donal Hall

This is the first comprehensive account of County Louth’s experience of the revolutionary period (1912–23), revealing a county with a strong industrial and agri…
An Ulster slave-owner in the revolutionary Atlantic

An Ulster slave-owner in the revolutionary Atlantic

The life and letters of John Black

Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, editor

Born in Ulster, John Black left Ireland for the West Indies in 1771 and never returned. Settling first in Grenada, he moved on to Trinidad in 1784 and establish…
Creation theology

Creation theology

José Morales

Creation is an essential element in the Christian understanding of existence, and one which is not fully explicable by unaided reason. The notion and truth of c…
Encountering Christ

Encountering Christ

Homilies, letters and addresses of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio

Pope Francis

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio stepped out onto the balcony in St. Peter’s square as the new Pope, many were unfamiliar with him. Many wondered who he was,…
An Irishman’s life on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, 1787–90

An Irishman’s life on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, 1787–90

The letter book of Attorney General Michael Keane

Mark S. Quintanilla

This book makes available the previously unpublished correspondence of Michael Keane, an eighteenth-century Irish attorney general of St Vincent.

From Ballylon…
Harp Studies II

Harp Studies II

World Harp Traditions

Helen Lawlor & Sandra Joyce, editors

This book situates harping activity as a vital aspect of music making in traditions around the world.

Contributors: Helen Lawlor (TU Dublin); Sandra Joyce (UL)…
Marsden Haddock and the Androides

Marsden Haddock and the Androides

Entertainment, late Georgian Cork and the wider world

Neil Cronin

By the late eighteenth century, many people had designated leisure time. The appetite for novelty in popular entertainment became insatiable. The hero of this s…
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…
Handbook & select calendar of sources for medieval Ireland in the National Archives of the United Kingdom

Handbook & select calendar of sources for medieval Ireland in the National Archives of the United Kingdom

Paul Dryburgh & Brendan Smith editors

The establishment of English rule in Ireland in the late 12th century involved the introduction not only of foreign settlers, but also of administrative practic…