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Anglicizing Tudor Connacht

Anglicizing Tudor Connacht

The expansion of English rule in the lordships of Clanrickard and Hy Many

Joseph Mannion

At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the south Connacht lordships of Clanrickard and Hy Many lay beyond the effective control of the Tudor government. Cla…
The Irish Jacobite army

The Irish Jacobite army

Harman Murtagh & Diarmuid Murtagh

The Irish Jacobite army was the largest body of Irish soldiers ever to go into battle prior to the twentieth century. Although largely a new force, for three ye…
The origin of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey
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The origin of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey

Finnian O'Cionnaith

Since 1824, the Ordnance Survey (now Tailte Éireann and OSNI) has become the essence of cartographic accuracy in Ireland, documenting the ever-changing relation…
Invasion 1169

Invasion 1169

Peter Crooks & Seán Duffy, editors

May 2nd, 2019, marked the 850th anniversary of the first landing in Co. Wexford in 1169 of the Anglo-Norman adventurers enlisted by the king of Leinster, Diarma…
Medieval Dublin XX

Medieval Dublin XX

Seán Duffy, editor

This volume presents a rich variety of new scholarly explorations of life in medieval Dublin, including an analysis by Bruce Campbell of the occupational profil…
Moynagh Lough Studies 1

Moynagh Lough Studies 1

Michael Potterton, editor

Moynagh Lough is one of the most significant archaeological sites ever discovered in Ireland. From 1980 to 1998 excavations were directed by John Bradley. This …
Élie Bouhéreau

Élie Bouhéreau

The collections and communities of a Huguenot refugee

Amy Boylan & Janée Allsman, editors

Élie Bouhéreau (1643–1719) was a French medical doctor and scholar from a prosperous merchant family prominent in the Reformed Church of La Rochelle. After the …
Mary Mercer’s Dublin legacy, 1724-2024

Mary Mercer’s Dublin legacy, 1724-2024

Peter A. Daly

This book details the various charitable endeavours of Mary Mercer, from her shelter for orphaned girls (built in 1724), to the later voluntary hospital and her…
From Carrigdrumruske to Carrick-on-Shannon

From Carrigdrumruske to Carrick-on-Shannon

The St George estate, 1613-1864

Mairead Lynch

Beginning on the eve of the Leitrim Plantation and concluding in the wake of the Great Famine, this is the story of the St George family and their Carrick-on-Sh…
Dún na nGall, ‘Fort of the Foreigners’?

Dún na nGall, ‘Fort of the Foreigners’?

The Vikings and their legacy in Donegal

Megan McAuley

Dún na nGall, the Irish name for ‘Donegal’, translates as ‘Fort of the Foreigners’, but who were the foreigners in question? This book considers that they were …