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The Irish land agent, 1830–60

The Irish land agent, 1830–60

The case of King's County

Ciarán Reilly

Land agents have been stereotypically represented in Irish history as alien, capricious and in general the tormentors of the tenantry. However, to date, no defi…
Loughrea, that den of infamy
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Loughrea, that den of infamy

The Land War in County Galway, 1879–82

Pat Finnegan

During the Land War of 1879–82, Galway was regarded as 'dangerously disturbed' because of the large number of agrarian incidents reported. These included murder…
Laurence O'Neill (1864–1943)

Laurence O'Neill (1864–1943)

Lord Mayor of Dublin (1917–1924), patriot and man of peace

Thomas J. Morrissey SJ

Laurence O’Neill (1864-1943) was Lord Mayor of Dublin during key years in modern Irish history, 1917–1924. During these troubled years he held the confidence of…
Politics and ideology in children's literature

Politics and ideology in children's literature

Marian Thérèse Keyes & Áine McGillicuddy editors

The seventh volume in the Studies in Children's Literature series, this volume examines how children’s books retain the ability to transform, activate, indoctri…
Archives and archivists 2
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Archives and archivists 2

Current trends, new voices

Ailsa C. Holland & Elizabeth Mullins editors

This book is the result of recent research by postgraduate students in archivistics in University College Dublin. Their work addresses many of the issues faced …
The works of Walter Quin

The works of Walter Quin

An Irishman at the Stuart courts

John Flood editor

The Dubliner Walter Quin first came to prominence at the court of James VI, where he wrote poetry in support of the Stuart succession to Elizabeth I’s throne. T…
Dublin, 1930–1950

Dublin, 1930–1950

The emergence of the modern city

Joseph Brady

Using a great variety of source materials, and including a large number of photographs and other images, this book builds a picture of Dublin between 1930 and 1…
Langland and the Rokele family

Langland and the Rokele family

The gentry background to 'Piers Plowman'

Robert Adams

The social and political opinions of the author of Piers Plowman derive from, and reflect, a personal background significantly different from that of Chaucer, G…
Translation right or wrong

Translation right or wrong

Susana Bayó Belenguer, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin & Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin, editors

Translation was for centuries a locus of controversy, and the work of good translators has often been dismissed in an arbitrary, prescriptive manner. Today, suc…
Chaucer's Poetry

Chaucer's Poetry

Words, authority and ethics

Clíodhna Carney & Frances McCormack, editors

This book reminds us of the reasons to read, and re-read, Chaucer. The essays cast new light on the poetry and, in their careful scholarship and sensitivity to …