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Discovering Medieval Ferns, Co. Wexford

Discovering Medieval Ferns, Co. Wexford

Stephen Mandal, Michael Potterton & Denis Shine, editors

Medieval Ferns was one of south-eastern Ireland’s most important settlements. It played a key role in local, regional and national history from its foundation b…
Visitors to the Country House in Ireland and Britain

Visitors to the Country House in Ireland and Britain

Welcome and Unwelcome

Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors

Country houses have always been magnets for visitors. In early days individuals with the correct social credentials could gain entry, while visitors such as roy…
Palles

Palles

The Legal Legacy of the last Lord Chief Baron

Oonagh B. Breen & Noel McGrath, editors

Marking the 2020 centenary of his death, this book explores the judicial legacy of chief baron Christopher Palles, the last chief baron of the Court of Excheque…
Soccer and Society in Dublin

Soccer and Society in Dublin

A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital

Conor Curran

This book is the first full-length assessment of the history of soccer in Dublin and the game’s role within society in the city. It examines the sport's growth …
Time’s Subjects

Time’s Subjects

Horology and Literature in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance

John Scattergood

There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by means of intellectual theories …
Charles Owen O’Conor, the O’Conor Don

Charles Owen O’Conor, the O’Conor Don

Landlordism, liberal Catholicism and unionism in nineteenth-century Ireland

Aidan Enright

This book uncovers the world of Charles Owen O’Conor, the O‘Conor Don (1838–1906), one of the most prominent Catholic landlords and Liberal MPs of his generatio…
Lansdowne FC

Lansdowne FC

A History

Charles Ivar McGrath

Lansdowne FC is one of the most iconic rugby clubs in Ireland. Based at the headquarters of Irish rugby, the Club was established even before the international …
The Siege of Londonderry

The Siege of Londonderry

Piers Wauchope

As Ireland descended into war in 1689, Londonderry was isolated and besieged. Unable to stop the Irish advance or to control the “ungovernable rabble” that floo…
Her Keys to the City

Her Keys to the City

Honouring the Women who made Dublin

Alison Gilliland and Clodagh Finn

Just four women were among the 83 people given the Freedom of the City of Dublin since the award was inaugurated in 1876 to June 2022. The genesis of this book …
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