The connection between France and Ireland is an historic one. For generations of Irish exiles, France has provided a new home and it is often forgotten that the…
The sixth volume in the Irish musical studies series forms a logical sequel to the second volume, Music and the Church (1993), which explored the connective str…
A major study of women and the medieval Irish church, this book includes ground-breaking investigations of medieval nunneries in Ireland, their personnel, patro…
The monastic sites of early Christian Ireland have always been an attraction to visitors. Now issued in a new edition, this book is intended for use by those wh…
Although many books have been written about the IRA, little attention has been paid to the rank and file of the organization as well as the movement in 1930s Ir…
In this history of the ancient, and now defunct, office of the king's serjeant at law in Ireland, Judge Hart traces the development of an office which was at th…
In the Middle Ages, religious theatre was a popular medium for both the edification and the entertainment of the public. This book centres on seven of the forty…
Studies of medieval poverty tend to focus on a few works, particularly Piers Plowman and related texts, and on the indigent and rural poor. This book presents a…
In 2009–2010 Ireland experienced a remarkable sequence of weather disasters and freak natural occurrences. The summer of 2009 broke all sorts of rainfall record…
When Henry II departed Ireland in 1172, he handed over to Hugh de Lacy I the gift of the land of Meath; an enormous tract which covered the modern counties of M…
