The pursuit of ‘myth’ has long been an important part of Celtic studies. Are there, in fact, waifs and strays of ancient mythology preserved in medieval Celtic …
The Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis, written in Latin around AD 800, describes how the 6th-century Irish saint Brendan set sail for an island paradise on the …
In 1707 an act of parliament established Marsh’s Library as ‘a publick library for ever’. This volume contains the papers presented at a conference to commemora…
The history of the Catholic Church is an essential part of world history over the past two thousand years. This book is meant for readers who are looking for a …
Genesis – which deals with the 'origins' of the world and mankind – is the first book of the Bible, the first book of the Pentateuch, the Law of Moses, the Hebr…
Genesis • Exodus • Leviticus • Numbers • Deuteronomy This volume contains the first five books of the Bible in the Revised Standard Version and the New Vulgate…
Job • Proverbs • Ecclesiastes • Wisdom • Sirach Full biblical text in the Revised Standard Version and the New Vulgate together with extensive commentaries. W…
Although the major political issues that plagued Ireland in the 19th century (land ownership and self-rule), were largely resolved by 1921, there remained persi…
From 1937 to 1950 the Irish government granted political asylum to a number of European minority nationalists, many of whom were wanted for crimes of collaborat…
Edith Somerville (1858–1949) was one half of the writing duo Somerville and Ross, best known for The Real Charlotte (1894) and Some experiences of an Irish R.M.…
