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The changing fortunes of the Headfort estates, 1870–1928

The changing fortunes of the Headfort estates, 1870–1928

Joe Mooney

In 1870, Thomas Taylour succeeded his father as marquess of Headfort and inherited estates of over 20,000 acres in Cavan and Meath. He had experience as an esta…
Independent Newspapers

Independent Newspapers

A history

Mark O'Brien & Kevin Rafter, editors

For over a century, Independent Newspapers has been the most successful media organization in Ireland. From William Martin Murphy to Tony O’Reilly, the newspape…
Bank architecture in Dublin

Bank architecture in Dublin

A history to c.1940

Michael O'Neill

This book, commissioned as an action of the Dublin City Heritage Plan, opens with an historical introduction to eighteenth and nineteenth century banking, begin…
The minutes of the Antrim ministers' meeting, 1654–8

The minutes of the Antrim ministers' meeting, 1654–8

Mark Sweetnam, editor

These minutes record the business conducted at the regular meetings of the Presbyterian ministers and elders who formed the leadership of the predominantly Ulst…
Classical and Gothic

Classical and Gothic

Studies in the history of art

Michael McCarthy

Continuing concern with the Gothic Revival in architecture is reflected in the first pair of essays, which offer corrections to the account given in the author’…
Belfast merchant families in the seventeenth century

Belfast merchant families in the seventeenth century

Jean Agnew

With the dramatic increase in trade witnessed in Belfast during the seventeenth century, large numbers of Scottish families were attracted by the town's economi…
Character building

Character building

A guide for parents and teachers

David Isaacs

This new edition of the book contains questions for parents and teachers on the subject of each chapter. Acclaimed originally when first published in 1992, this…
English newsbooks and Irish rebellion, 1641–1649

English newsbooks and Irish rebellion, 1641–1649

David A. O'Hara

Between 1641 and 1649 Charles I experienced either civil war or insurrection in his three kingdoms. This book examines how English weekly newsbooks reported the…
Gypsum mining and the Shirley estate in south Monaghan, 1800–1936

Gypsum mining and the Shirley estate in south Monaghan, 1800–1936

Micheál McDermott

In the early 1800s a fruitless pursuit of coal on the Shirley estate in south Monaghan led to the discovery and the intermittent exploitation of gypsum on the e…