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Directory of Irish archives: 5th edition

Directory of Irish archives: 5th edition

Seamus Helferty & Raymond Refaussé

Since its first appearance the Directory of Irish Archives has become the standard work for those who need introductory information on archival and manuscript c…
The priory of Llanthony Prima and Secunda in Ireland, 1172–1541

The priory of Llanthony Prima and Secunda in Ireland, 1172–1541

Lands, patronage and politics

Arlene Hogan

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…
The making of British unionism, 1740–1848

The making of British unionism, 1740–1848

Politics, government, and the Anglo-Irish constitutional relationship

Douglas Kanter

Between 1740 and 1848, an overwhelming majority of the British ruling class determined that a legislative union with Ireland was preferable to the devolved cons…
Studies in the gothic revival

Studies in the gothic revival

Michael McCarthy & Karina O'Neill, editors

This book contains the text and illustrations of ten papers delivered at a conference held in the Irish Architectural Archive in January 2005 to mark the retire…
A hidden Ulster

A hidden Ulster

People, songs and traditions of Oriel

Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

This book is the first major study of the song-tradition of Oriel, a region which straddles the borders of southeast Ulster and north Leinster and which was the…
Staging Ireland

Staging Ireland

Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama

Stephen O'Neill

This book is a comprehensive study of the representation of Ireland in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Through a detailed analysis of a range o…
Essays on the early Irish king tales

Essays on the early Irish king tales

Dan M. Wiley, editor

This volume presents a new introduction to the early Irish king-tales together with ten original essays on selected topics and suggestions for future research.
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The seafaring saint

The seafaring saint

Sources and analogues of the twelfth-century Voyage of Saint Brendan

Clara Strijbosch

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 …
Cardinal Paul Cullen and his world

Cardinal Paul Cullen and his world

Dáire Keogh & Albert McDonnell editors

From the mid-nineteenth century, the authority of Cardinal Paul Cullen (1803–78) was ubiquitous within Irish society and the English-speaking world. Contemporar…
Wise-woman of Kildare

Wise-woman of Kildare

Moll Anthony and popular tradition in the east of Ireland

Erin Kraus

The retrieval and preservation of local Irish traditions has long been a preoccupation of Irish scholars but interest and research has been focused on the weste…