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The Old Library, Trinity College Dublin, 1712–2012
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The Old Library, Trinity College Dublin, 1712–2012

W.E. Vaughan, editor

This lavishly illustrated volume is published to celebrate the tercentenary of the laying of the foundation stone of the world-famous Old Library in May 1712. T…
The 'Annals of Multyfarnham'

The 'Annals of Multyfarnham'

Roscommon and Connacht Provenance

Bernadette Williams editor

Written in the late thirteenth century, the so-called ‘Annals of Multyfarnham’ are fascinating for many reasons. They were given their title in the seventeenth …
Archives

Archives

Science and technology in nineteenth-century Ireland

Science and technology in nineteenth-century Ireland

Juliana Adelman & Éadaoin Agnew editors

This interdisciplinary book offers new insights into the history of science in nineteenth-century Ireland. The volume expands the existing literature in this ar…
George Russell (Æ) and the New Ireland, 1905–30
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George Russell (Æ) and the New Ireland, 1905–30

Nicholas Allen

George Russell (1867–1935), poet and author, was a central figure of the Irish literary revival. He was editor of early 20th-century Ireland's two most importan…
A paper landscape

A paper landscape

The Ordnance Survey in nineteenth-century Ireland

J.H. Andrews

For many years after its foundation in 1791, the Ordnance Survey was mainly concerned with making small scale military maps of England. The department had no de…
Maps in those days

Maps in those days

Cartographic methods before 1850

J.H. Andrews

For some years the emphasis in map-historical literature has been either on traditional cartobibliography or on various cultural, social and ideological aspects…
The Irish Ordnance Survey

The Irish Ordnance Survey

History, culture and memory

Gillian Doherty

This is a cultural and intellectual history of the Ordnance Survey, which mapped Ireland from 1824 to 1846. Captain Thomas Larcom of the Survey intended to prod…
Maps and Map-Making in Local History

Maps and Map-Making in Local History

Jacinta Prunty

This book aims to introduce the local history practitioner to the world of maps – the special character (and appeal) of maps as an historical source, why they a…
An introduction to early Irish literature

An introduction to early Irish literature

Muireann Ní Bhrolcháin

This book discusses the rich written heritage of the Old and Middle Irish period, 600–1200, and is suitable for students of medieval Ireland as well as the gene…