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 …
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…
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…
This volume contains an abundance of new scholarship to shed light on Dublin’s fascinating medieval past, including reports of major archaeological excavations:…
Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork (1566–1643), was reputedly the wealthiest man in the Stuart dominions, with an estate of over 100,000 acres in Ireland. His ri…
This book chronicles the ending of landlordism in Carlow. In the depression of the late 1870s tenants were supported by town merchants in their efforts to secur…
It is impossible to exaggerate the role and influence of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries; and that influence was exercised a…
The parish of St Michael the Archangel served a small area inside the Dublin city walls between Winetavern Street to the east and Schoolhouse Lane to the west, …
Join us for the launch of Improvement and nationhood: Essays in Irish history, 1700–1850 presented to James Kelly edited by David Hayton and Ciarán Mac Murchaid…
Many thanks to Dorena for the photograph, which features: (L-R) Prof. Ronan Foley, Neil Cronin, Prof. Eeva Leinon (President, MU), Dr Matthew Potter, Brian Leah…
