This is a critical edition of over 320 extant letters written by, to, or about her in her lifetime, and drawn together in one volume for the first time. It show…
What happened in Dublin in 1707? At first glance – not much. But initial impressions can be misleading - the legacy of the decisions reached of 1707 persist to …
Between 1947 and 1957 Ireland received assistance in varying ways under the European Recovery Programme which was more commonly known as the Marshall Plan. The …
This book deals with United States policy towards Ireland between 1913 and 1929. Focusing on Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, it examines the…
Supported by documents, many of which were not readily available or have never been published before, this book studies images of the ‘Irish traditional storyte…
This volume provides a vivid picture of life in the suburbs of seventeenth-century Dublin. Situated as they were in the Liberties area of the city, outside the …
Much has been written about the politics and government of nineteenth century Ireland at a national level. Yet the point at which government touched the lives o…
In 1826, seven hundred parishioners from the Catholic parish of Blanchardstown sent a petition to Archbishop Murray requesting that he institute an inquiry amon…
Kiltubrid, a rural parish in south Leitrim, was designated a ‘congested district’ – a euphemism for an impoverished place – under the terms of the 1891 land act…
In the history of the 1798 rising in Ireland, Offaly is regarded as the forgotten county. It was not the scene of major military activity, but that does no mean…
