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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 Many hitherto unpublished texts in prose and vers…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…
Dublin, 1950–1970

Dublin, 1950–1970

Houses, flats and high rise

Joseph Brady

Housing occupies more land than any other urban use and it helps define the character of any city. Dublin continued to expand its footprint during the 1950s and…
Grave Matters
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Grave Matters

Death and dying in Dublin, 1500 to the present

Lisa Marie Griffith & Ciarán Wallace, editors

Grave Matters examines the universal subject of death – looking at the particular experience of death, burial and commemoration in Dublin since the sixteenth ce…
The committal of two Mallow children to an industrial school in 1893

The committal of two Mallow children to an industrial school in 1893

Martin McCarthy

At Mallow petty sessions on 31 October 1893, two young Cork girls were committed to an industrial school at Kinsale, on the south coast of the county. They were…
The country house and the Great War

The country house and the Great War

Irish and British experiences

Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors

Drawing on archival materials, and incorporating never-before-seen images, this volume presents a spectrum of experience: from owners, to servants and tenants, …
Patrick Pearse and the theatre

Patrick Pearse and the theatre

Eugene McNulty & Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, editors

This book focuses on Patrick Pearse the theatre man. Pearse, like many among the revolutionary generation, was deeply interested in the theatre and its possibil…