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Marcella Gerrard's Galway estate, 1820–70

Marcella Gerrard's Galway estate, 1820–70

Tom Crehan

This book explores the transition that took place in a landed estate in the barony of Killian, east Galway, in the years 1820–70. It examines how the landlord, …
A capital in conflict

A capital in conflict

Dublin city and the 1913 Lockout

Francis Devine editor

This book explores aspects of the social, political and cultural life of Dublin at a defining point in Irish history during the 1913 Lockout. Certain personalit…
Richard FitzRalph
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Richard FitzRalph

His life, times and thought

Michael Dunne & Simon Nolan O.Carm., editors

The essays in this volume are the fruit of a major conference held in Maynooth on the occasion of the 650th anniversary of the death at Avignon of fourteenth-ce…
Leaders of the city

Leaders of the city

Dublin's first citizens, 1500–1950

Ruth McManus & Lisa-Marie Griffith, editors

The lord mayor is the first citizen of Dublin city and chairperson of the elected council. The office of mayor, created in 1229 and restyled lord mayor in 1665,…
Borris House, Co. Carlow, and elite regency patronage

Borris House, Co. Carlow, and elite regency patronage

Edmund Joyce

Borris House, situated in the small town of Borris in Co. Carlow, is the ancestral home of the MacMurrough Kavanagh family. The family have had a residence at B…
John Toland's 'Letters to Serena'

John Toland's 'Letters to Serena'

Ian Leask editor

John Toland’s Letters to Serena is one of the most important texts of the early Enlightenment. Synthesizing an array of European thought – from radical biblical…
The life and times of Sir Frederick Hamilton, 1590–1647

The life and times of Sir Frederick Hamilton, 1590–1647

Dominic Rooney

This is the story of Sir Frederick Hamilton, an ambitious and boastful 17th-century Scottish nobleman who secured a grant of land during the Leitrim Plantation …
Benedict XVI and the Roman Missal

Benedict XVI and the Roman Missal

Janet E. Rutherford & James O'Brien editors

The proceedings of the Fourth Fota International Liturgy Conference, contained in this volume, examine the approach of Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger to understa…
The Easter Rising of 1916 in north Co. Dublin

The Easter Rising of 1916 in north Co. Dublin

A Skerries perspective

Peter F. Whearity

The rebellion of 1916 transformed Irish politics. Outside of Dublin, there were only a few locations where military action occurred. One of these was Ashbourne,…
The Gaelic Finn Tradition

The Gaelic Finn Tradition

Sharon J. Arbuthnot & Geraldine Parsons, editors

Stories of Finn Mac Cumaill and his fían (warband) constitute the most enduringly popular branch of Gaelic literature. These thirteen essays, the first English-…