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Edenderry, County Offaly, and the Downshire estate, 1790–1800

Edenderry, County Offaly, and the Downshire estate, 1790–1800

Ciarán Reilly

In the history of the 1798 rising in Ireland, Offaly is regarded as the forgotten county. It was not the scene of major military activity, but that does no mean…
Women and the country house in Ireland and Britain

Women and the country house in Ireland and Britain

Terence Dooley, Maeve O'Riordan & Christopher Ridgway, editors

This volume of essays examines the lives of women in country houses in Ireland and Britain from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century. The authors pr…
Irish Media

Irish Media

A critical history

John Horgan & Roddy Flynn

Revised and Expanded New Edition

As Irish media and society move from an insular, domestic focus in the mid-twentieth century to the global outlook of the twen…
The Mansion House Fund 1880

The Mansion House Fund 1880

David O’Regan, editor

The Little Famine of 1880 resulted from disastrous harvest failures in Ireland in the late 1870s. Hunger and poverty were evident throughout the country and a r…
Documents of Irish music history in the long nineteenth century

Documents of Irish music history in the long nineteenth century

Irish Musical Studies volume 12

Kerry Houston, Maria McHale & Michael Murphy, editors

This volume explores various aspects of Ireland's musical past through the lens of historical documents. The contributors have examined a range of published and…
Thomas Bermingham

Thomas Bermingham

Nineteenth-century Irish land agent and ‘Improver’

Cathal Smith

This study investigates the career of Thomas Bermingham, a professional land agent who was widely known in his day for his management of the Clonbrock estates i…
The Brigidine Sisters in Ireland, America, Australia and New Zealand, 1807–1922

The Brigidine Sisters in Ireland, America, Australia and New Zealand, 1807–1922

Ann Power

The history of the Brigidines, formally known as the Sisters of St Brigid, provides a detailed and fascinating account of the congregation and its mission to th…
Religion, landscape and settlement in Ireland

Religion, landscape and settlement in Ireland

From Patrick to present

Kevin Whelan

Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement

NEW Paperback Edition

Irish history is often fast and furious and nowhere m…
The Egan Irish Harps

The Egan Irish Harps

Tradition, patrons and players

Nancy Hurrell

An Ireland without harps is inconceivable, but in 1800 the native Gaelic harp had become obsolete. This is the compelling story of John Egan (fl.1797–1829), a s…
An oral history of University College Galway, 1930–1980

An oral history of University College Galway, 1930–1980

A university in living memory

Jackie Uí Chionna

This book tells the story of University College Galway from 1930 to 1980, through the reminiscences of dozens of people who were there. Interviews were conducte…