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Cork

Cork

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Richard S. Grayson

Events in County Cork during the Irish Revolution point to there being 
many different Corks between 1912 and 1923. The county contributed 
some of the most pro…
English Countess, Irish Earl

English Countess, Irish Earl

The Social World of Frances, Countess of Clanricard, 1567–1632

Bernadette Cunningham

Frances Walsingham was the only surviving daughter of an Elizabethan secretary of state, Sir Francis Walsingham. In modern times Frances has enjoyed numerous ca…
Scandal, satire and the battle for reputation in Limerick’s ascendancy, 1815–20

Scandal, satire and the battle for reputation in Limerick’s ascendancy, 1815–20

Brian Leahy

This gripping account unravels the explosive feud between barrister-poet Thomas Grady, the controversial banker George Evans Bruce, and the politically ambitiou…
Ireland’s first sanitorium

Ireland’s first sanitorium

The St Ann’s Hill Hydro, County Cork, 1843–1953

Sinéad McSweeney and Ronan Foley

The St Ann’s Hill Hydropathic Establishment, or The Hydro, was Ireland’s first and pre-eminent sanitorium. The Hydro was built in Co. Cork in 1843 and closed it…
Cavan

Cavan

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Mel Farrell and Brendan Scott

Located in south Ulster adjacent to Counties Fermanagh and Monaghan, but also bordering Leitrim in north Connacht and the three north Leinster counties of Longf…
Improvement and nationhood

Improvement and nationhood

Essays in Irish history, 1700–1850 presented to James Kelly

David Hayton and Ciarán Mac Murchaidh

This collection of essays explores various aspects of Irish life from the beginning of the eighteenth century until the Great Famine, reflecting the interests a…
Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

A hidden Irish history

Margarita Cappock

This book will shed new light on the Dublin-born artist, Francis Bacon (1909-92), and explore how the complex origins of Bacon’s artistic life can be traced to …
The Medieval Castles of Ireland

The Medieval Castles of Ireland

David Sweetman

While ‘an Englishman’s home is his castle’, in Ireland virtually all castles were built for defensive purposes. The medieval castles of Ireland traces the devel…
Strongbow in Ireland and the Angevin empire

Strongbow in Ireland and the Angevin empire

The charter evidence

Marie Therese Flanagan

This book explores the career in Ireland of Strongbow, the first Anglo-Norman lord of Leinster, in the broader context of his interests and that of his family w…
Medieval Dublin XXI

Medieval Dublin XXI

Seán Duffy

This volume contains an abundance of new scholarship to shed light on Dublin’s fascinating medieval past, including reports of major archaeological excavations:…