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The Geraldines and medieval Ireland

The Geraldines and medieval Ireland

The making of a myth

Peter Crooks & Seán Duffy, editors

Geraldines (or FitzGeralds) are the most celebrated of the dynasties established in Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Norman invasion; and the dynasty’s most cel…
Evie Hone and the international avant-garde

Evie Hone and the international avant-garde

Joseph McBrinn

Evie Hone (1894–1955) is one of the few figures in Irish art history to have become a household name, to have found international fame and to have been describe…
Medieval Fore, County Westmeath

Medieval Fore, County Westmeath

Rory Masterson

In the history of Norman monasteries founded in Ireland, the Benedictine priory of Fore stands apart. While many foundations were independent entities and other…
Princes, prelates and poets in medieval Ireland

Princes, prelates and poets in medieval Ireland

Essays in honour of Katharine Simms

Seán Duffy editor

This volume presents one of the largest and most authoritative collections of essays on the theme of medieval Ireland to appear in many years. Published to mark…
Christ Church Cathedral Dublin

Christ Church Cathedral Dublin

A history

Kenneth Milne

The cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, commonly called Christ Church, is by Irish standards rich in archival and architectural remains, and so it comes as s…
Wilhelmina Geddes

Wilhelmina Geddes

Life and work

Nicola Gordon Bowe

Shortlisted for The Apollo Awards 2016 Book of the Year and The William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2016.

Also, Times Literary Supplement choice f…
Church and society in County Kildare, c.1480–1547
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Church and society in County Kildare, c.1480–1547

Mary Ann Lyons

This book investigates the socio-economic, ecclesiastical and cultural world of Garret Mor and Garret Oge Fitzgerald, 8th and 9th earls of Kildare. A profile of…
Exercise of authority

Exercise of authority

Surveyor Thomas Owen and the paving, cleansing and lighting of Georgian Dublin

Finnian Ó Cionnaith

The Dublin Paving Board (founded 1744) was a controversial organization that attempted to bring order to Dublin’s streets during the late eighteenth century. Gr…
Hospitality in medieval Ireland, 900–1500

Hospitality in medieval Ireland, 900–1500

Catherine Marie O'Sullivan

Hospitality was, without question, one of the most important social institutions in medieval Ireland. It occupied a prominent place in the pantheon of virtues m…
Medieval Dublin XVI

Medieval Dublin XVI

Proceedings of Clontarf 1014–2014: national conference marking the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf

Seán Duffy, editor

This volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in Trinity College Dublin in April 2014 marking the millennium of the battle of Clontarf, one of the l…