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The MacGeough Bonds of The Argory

The MacGeough Bonds of The Argory

An Ulster Gentry Family, 1880-1950

Olwen Purdue

This work traces the fortunes of a minor gentry family, the MacGeough Bonds of The Argory, Co. Armagh, through the dramatic changes that occurred in rural Irela…
Mayo

Mayo

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

Joost Augusteijn

The land question had a crucial formative influence on Mayo politics in the decades before the First World War and this book shows the part played by many promi…
The Songs of Anna John Chiot

The Songs of Anna John Chiot

Amhráin Anna John Chiot

Pól Ó Seachnasaigh

Anna John Chiot was one of the Irish Folklore Commission’s most important sources of tales, poetry and lore from its foundation in 1935. However, it was her gre…
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Laois

Laois

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Cormac Moore

The turbulent period from 1912 to 1923 had a profound impact on 
Laois – politically, economically and socially. The land question 
became prominent in Laois fr…
Two Lives of Saint Brigid

Two Lives of Saint Brigid

Philip Freeman

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…
Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250

Monasticism in Ireland, AD 900-1250

Edel Bhreathnach

Winner of the 2025 ACIS James S. Donnelly, Sr. Prize for Books in the Humanities and Social Sciences

The history of monasticism in early Ireland is dominated b…
The National University of Ireland First World War Centenary Roll of Honour and Essays

The National University of Ireland First World War Centenary Roll of Honour and Essays

Ronan McGreevy & Emer Purcell

At the beginning of the First World War, many Irish men were enticed to enlist by the promise of home rule, while others may have joined up to secure a decent l…
The Latin Lives of St Laurence of Dublin

The Latin Lives of St Laurence of Dublin

Maurice F. Roche

The four Latin ‘lives’ of St Laurence O’Toole (with ancillary material) were critically edited for a doctoral thesis by Maurice Roche in 1981. Sadly Dr Roche di…
Reforming Galway

Reforming Galway

Civic society, religious change and St Nicholas's collegiate church, 1550-1750

Raymond Gillespie

This book explores a new way of looking at the reformation in Ireland. Traditionally Irish historians have described early modern religious change on a national…