Throughout the history of modern Ireland, cultural representations of youth and childhood have served as focal points for discussions of social and political is…
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, …
The fourteen essays in this book cover a wide range of topics within the field of legal history. Most are adaptations of discourses given at meetings of the Iri…
This volume presents one of the largest and most authoritative collections of essays on the theme of medieval Ireland to appear in many years. Published to mark…
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…
This book offers a new interpretation of Adomnán’s 'Life of Saint Columba', a crucial source for the study of early Irish and north British history. Whereas pre…
This collection of essays is the first extensive exploration of the history and practice of teaching creative writing as a distinct discipline in Ireland. The v…
This book is the first full-length study of the royal manors of Crumlin, Esker, Saggart and Newcastle Lyons (all in south Co. Dublin) in the period 1170 to 1400…
The experience of the Irish abroad has been a vibrant and exciting area of scholarly research in recent years. Most of that work has chronicled the political, m…
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,…
