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Valentine Lawless, Lord Cloncurry, 1773–1853

Valentine Lawless, Lord Cloncurry, 1773–1853

From United Irishman to liberal politician

Karina Holton

This study of Valentine Lawless, 2nd Lord Cloncurry (1773–1853), provides a fresh perspective on the life of a late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century …
Religion, landscape and settlement in Ireland

Religion, landscape and settlement in Ireland

From Patrick to present

Kevin Whelan

Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement

NEW Paperback Edition

Irish history is often fast and furious and nowhere m…
Lorg na Leabhar

Lorg na Leabhar

A Festschrift for Pádraig A. Breatnach

Caoimhín Breatnach, Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail & Gordon Ó Riain, editors

The present volume contains a collection of essays to honour the enormous contribution by Professor Pádraig A. Breatnach to learning in a diverse range of field…
The reminiscences of Ignatius O'Brien, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1913-18

The reminiscences of Ignatius O'Brien, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1913-18

A life in Cork, Dublin and Westminster

Daire Hogan & Patrick Maume, editors

Ignatius O’Brien was the youngest son of a struggling Cork business family. After somewhat unhappy experiences at a Cork Vincentian school and the Catholic Univ…
The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin

The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin

Irish Traditional Singer

Dáibhí Ó Cróinín

Elizabeth (Bess) Cronin, ‘The Queen of Irish Song’ as Séamus Ennis called her, was probably the best-known Irish female traditional singer of her time. Collecto…
A supplement to A Dictionary of Irish Saints

A supplement to A Dictionary of Irish Saints

Containing additions and corrections

Pádraig Ó Riain

To be bought in conjunction with A Dictionary of Irish Saints

In the ten years since its publication by Four Courts Press in 2011 A dictionary of Irish saints …
The Irish Coroner

The Irish Coroner

Death, murder and politics in Co. Monaghan, 1846-78

Michelle McGoff-McCann

Coroners who conducted inquests into sudden and suspicious deaths in nineteenth-century Ireland were viewed with disdain and disrespect in a society that was hi…
The East Donegal Border Petition and the Derry-Donegal Milk War, 1934-8

The East Donegal Border Petition and the Derry-Donegal Milk War, 1934-8

Samuel Gary Beckton

In November 1934, 7,368 Protestants in east Donegal signed a Unionist petition to the British and Northern Irish governments requesting to transfer their region…
The Royal Irish Constabulary

The Royal Irish Constabulary

A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men, 1816-1922

Jim Herlihy

In 1836 the four provincial constabularies of the Constabulary of Ireland were amalgamated to form the Irish Constabulary, which in September 1867 was awarded t…
National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland

National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland

A history

Frances Nolan

The Irish people have a deep affinity for horses and an enduring passion for the sport they make possible. Jump racing - often regarded as the "poor relation" o…