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Sea and Settlement in Ireland

Sea and Settlement in Ireland

Geraldine Stout & Matthew Stout

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…
2025

2025
Irish Nurses in the NHS

Irish Nurses in the NHS

An oral history

Louise Ryan, Gráinne McPolin and Neha Doshi

From the inception of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, Irish women and men were actively recruited to train and work as nurses in British hospitals. B…
Killester. Book Launch

Killester. Book Launch

Marty Whelan, broadcaster, and host of Marty in the Morning on LyricFM will launch Killester: from medieval manor to garden suburb on Tuesday 29th April next at…
The Royal Irish Constabulary

The Royal Irish Constabulary

A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men, 1816-1922

Jim Herlihy

Back in Print

In 1836 the four provincial constabularies of the Constabulary of Ireland were amalgamated to form the Irish Constabulary, which in September 186…
People, Prehistory and the Past

People, Prehistory and the Past

Essays in honour of John Waddell

Michelle Comber and Kieran O’Conor

Dedicated to John Waddell, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Galway, an internationally renowned and popular scholar whose long career and …
Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150

Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150

Patrick Gleeson

This book represents the first interdisciplinary study of early Irish kingship. Kingship represents the core institution and central problem of early medieval I…
Dublin’s Stained Glass

Dublin’s Stained Glass

A guide to the finest twentieth-century windows

David Caron

This book features thirty eight sites which contain collections of the finest and most interesting – and in several instances, little known – twentieth-century …
National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland

National Hunt and Point-to-Point Racing in Ireland

A National Passion

Frances Nolan

The Irish people have a deep affinity for horses and an enduring passion for the sport they make possible. Jump racing - often regarded as the "poor relation" o…
A Dictionary of Irish Saints

A Dictionary of Irish Saints

Second Edition

Pádraig Ó Riain

Second Edition

Scarcely a parish in Ireland is without one or more dedications to saints, in the form of churches in ruins, holy wells or other ecclesiastical …