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Meath

Meath

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

This book looks at life in Meath during the turmoil of the Irish Revolution. As politics, war and revolution intruded on their daily routine, some people embrac…
The MacGeough Bonds of The Argory

The MacGeough Bonds of The Argory

An Ulster Gentry Family, 1880-1950

Olwen Purdue

This work traces the fortunes of a minor gentry family, the MacGeough Bonds of The Argory, Co. Armagh, through the dramatic changes that occurred in rural Irela…
Élie Bouhéreau

Élie Bouhéreau

The collections and communities of a Huguenot refugee

Amy Boylan & Janée Allsman, editors

Élie Bouhéreau (1643–1719) was a French medical doctor and scholar from a prosperous merchant family prominent in the Reformed Church of La Rochelle. After the …
Mary Mercer’s Dublin legacy, 1724-2024

Mary Mercer’s Dublin legacy, 1724-2024

Peter A. Daly

This book details the various charitable endeavours of Mary Mercer, from her shelter for orphaned girls (built in 1724), to the later voluntary hospital and her…
Brian Friel

Brian Friel

Beginnings

Kelly Matthews

When Brian Friel died in 2015, the New York Times described him as ‘the Irish Chekhov’, and the Guardian called him ‘the father of modern Irish drama’. He had l…
The Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Force, 1881-3

The Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary Force, 1881-3

A short history and complete alphabetical list of the “Magpies”

Jim Herlihy

To augment the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Land War, 1879–82, a new auxiliary police force was raised, entitled the Royal Irish Constabulary Auxiliary F…
Siege in Ireland 1641-53

Siege in Ireland 1641-53

Blood and Stone

Pádraig Lenihan

Siege was the defining experience of the grindingly brutal and consequential Irish Wars of Religion (1641–53). Civilians were more likely to encounter siege war…
‘A miserable thing to be a woman’

‘A miserable thing to be a woman’

Mary Anne Tyrrell (1821–94) and her landed estate

Lesley Whiteside

This study of a woman’s management of a middle-sized estate contributes to the understanding of agrarian society and the role of women in it. At the age of 32, …
Book Launch | Meath: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Book Launch | Meath: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Join us for the launch of Meath by Ciarán Wallace.

The book will be launched alongside the Ríocht na Midhe in the Ardboyne Hotel in Navan, Co. Meath at 6.15pm …
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