Some of the most important recent historical research on the subject of Dublin city and county in the Middle Ages is gathered together in this volume, including…
Although much has been written on the Ulster Plantation, no sustained work on its urban aspects has been undertaken since the research of Robert Hunter a genera…
Little has been written on Trinity College’s role in Easter Week 1916 as a ‘loyal nucleus’ dividing the insurgents and providing an effective counterweight to r…
Since its establishment in 1939, the Irish Red Cross Society (IRCS) has played a key part in the medical, social, religious, cultural, political and diplomatic …
Although the most numerous and widespread of all the religious orders in medieval Ireland, the regular canons and canonesses have been somewhat neglected in Iri…
The Gaelic Finn tradition encompasses literature and lore centered on the figure of Finn Mac Cumaill. The essays in this volume cover, as with those in the earl…
Based on the recovery and analysis of the letters and private papers of the wife, daughters, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters of Richard Boyle (1566–1643), …
Sir Shane Leslie once wrote that ‘Country life was entirely organized to give nobility and gentry and demi-gentry a good time.’ Throughout Ireland and Britain …
The management and development of Waterford port and harbour during a formative period in Irish history are explored in this book. Particular attention is paid …
This case study provides the first account to focus on the career and work of a master of an Irish workhouse. It explores the role of a master in respect of iss…
