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The Shaws of Terenure

The Shaws of Terenure

A nineteenth-century Dublin merchant family

Tony Mc Carthy

This book traces the emergence of a protestant middle class family in late eighteenth century Dublin. From relative obscurity, in just three generations, the Sh…
Chaucer and the culture of dissent

Chaucer and the culture of dissent

The Lollard context and subtext of the Parson's Tale

Frances McCormack

This book investigates the links between Chaucer’s Parson’s Tale and Lollard discourse and ideas. From the moment the Parson is introduced in the General Prolog…
South Tipperary, 1570–1841

South Tipperary, 1570–1841

Religion, land and rivalry

David J. Butler

This study explores the interaction between the Protestant and Roman Catholic communities of South Tipperary from their earliest divergence c.1570 to the culmin…
Cogan's 'History of the diocese of Meath'

Cogan's 'History of the diocese of Meath'

Alfred P. Smyth, editor

A reissue of this major study of the Diocese from the earliest times to the beginnings of the nineteenth century. Published in 1862, much of the original source…
The ghost story from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century

The ghost story from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century

Helen Conrad-O'Briain & Julie Anne Stevens, editors

A descendant of the fireside tale, the short story has never neglected the uncanny. Indeed the development of the literary ghost story helped to make short fict…
Our good health
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Our good health

A history of Dublin's water and drainage

Michael Corcoran

Dublin had a supply of piped water since the 13th century and a drainage service since the late 18th century. Their history is related against the backdrop of t…
The Earldom of Desmond, 1463–1583

The Earldom of Desmond, 1463–1583

The decline and crisis of a feudal lordship

Anthony M. McCormack

Descended from one of the first Anglo-Norman invaders in the late 1160s, the Fitzgerald earls of Desmond came to dominate the political, economic and social lif…
The pastoral and education letters of Bishop James Doyle of Kildare and Leighlin, 1786–1834
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The pastoral and education letters of Bishop James Doyle of Kildare and Leighlin, 1786–1834

Thomas McGrath

The brilliant Bishop James Doyle of Kildare and Leighlin (J.K.L.) was the outstanding Catholic bishop of his time. This major source book is a companion volume …
Dublin docklands reinvented

Dublin docklands reinvented

The post-industrial regeneration of a European city quarter

Niamh Moore

Over the last twenty years, the redevelopment of the docklands has radically altered the physical fabric and social structure of a large part of Dublin City bot…
Maria Edgeworth and romance

Maria Edgeworth and romance

Sharon Murphy

The work of Maria Edgeworth has always attracted interest, but little attention has been paid to her extraordinary recognition of the power of imagination, a fo…