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Nenagh, 1914–21

Nenagh, 1914–21

Years of crisis

Gerard Dooley

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series.

This book looks at life in Nenagh during the tumultuous period of 1914 to 1921. It examines the rise of …
The middle class of Callan, Co. Kilkenny, 1825–45

The middle class of Callan, Co. Kilkenny, 1825–45

Pierce Grace

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History.

This short book uses the remarkable diaries of Callan resident Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin to examine the changing …
Crime in the city
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Crime in the city

Kilkenny in 1845

Fergal Donoghue

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History.

This book investigates crime and sentencing at petty sessions, quarter sessions and assizes in Kilkenny city in …
East Galway agrarian agitation and the burning of Ballydugan House, 1922

East Galway agrarian agitation and the burning of Ballydugan House, 1922

Ann O'Riordan

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History.

This book is based on the burning of Ballydugan house in 1922, a middle-sized country house on a 1,500-acre esta…
Guardian of the Treaty

Guardian of the Treaty

The Privy Council Appeal and Irish sovereignty

Thomas Mohr

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the final appellate court of the British Empire. In 1935 the Irish Free State was recognized as the first part o…
Éigse: a journal of Irish Studies (39)

Éigse: a journal of Irish Studies (39)

Volume 39

Liam Mac Mathúna, editor

Éigse is devoted to the cultivation of a wide range of research in the field of Irish language and literature. Many hitherto unpublished texts in prose and vers…
The Irish Martyrs

The Irish Martyrs

Patrick J. Corish & Benignus Millett OFM, editors

The beatified Irish martyrs are a selection of seventeen of the hundreds of bishops, priests, religious and laity, male and female, who died for their faith in …
Mayo's Lost Islands

Mayo's Lost Islands

The Inishkeas

Brian Dornan

The Inishkeas are low-lying islands a few miles off the coast of the Mullet peninsula in County Mayo. The past 4,000 years have seen several layers of settlemen…
The Rivers Dodder and Poddle

The Rivers Dodder and Poddle

Mills, storms, droughts and the public water supply

Don McEntee & Michael Corcoran

The Rivers Dodder and Poddle is the first in a new series of books issued by Dublin City Council to explore the engineering history and heritage of the city. Th…
The Three Castles of Dublin

The Three Castles of Dublin

An eclectic history of Dublin through the evolution of the city's Coat of Arms

Michael English

The Three Castles have been the symbol of Dublin since 1230AD, when they first appeared on a city seal as three towers situated around one of the fortified gate…