‘[T]his is a most comprehensive and in many ways a revolutionary work which [...] will stand the test of time and find a place on the book shelves of anyone who…
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 English royal saint Edmund, king and martyr (d. 869) was venerated in Ireland from at least the twelfth century, and Athassel priory in Co. Tipperary was th…
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…
King-maker, land-grabber, wronged husband and vengeful man of honour — just some of the popular views of Tigernán Ua Ruairc (died 1172), the long-lived king of …
When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to the bridge where the Four Courts are situa…
St Brigid is the earliest and best-known of the female saints of Ireland. In the generation after St Patrick, she established a monastery for men and women at K…
Killester: from medieval manor to garden suburb explores the development of Killester from its earliest days as Killester Demense, through its transformation in…
Ireland is an island, situated on the western fringes of Atlantic Europe. Any settlers to this island had to first cross the sea and it is this sea connection t…
Dedicated to John Waddell, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Galway, an internationally renowned and popular scholar whose long career and …
