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The Irish Franciscans, 1534–1990
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The Irish Franciscans, 1534–1990

Edel Bhreathnach, Joseph MacMahon OFM & John McCafferty, editors

2009 marked the 800th anniversary of the foundation of the Franciscan Order. This volume examines all aspects of the Irish Franciscans and their impact in Irela…
The kingship and landscape of Tara

The kingship and landscape of Tara

Edel Bhreathnach

This volume is the culmination of an inter-disciplinary project undertaken as part of the Discovery Programme involving archaeologists, historians, linguists an…
Building Irish identity in America, 1870–1915

Building Irish identity in America, 1870–1915

The Gaelic Revival

Úna Ní Bhroiméil

The Irish language was the hook on which Irish cultural nationalism was hung in Ireland at the end of the 19th century. The foundation of the Gaelic League in 1…
Committed relationships and the Law

Committed relationships and the Law

William Binchy & Oran Doyle

The questioning of traditional family forms is not a new phenomenon. However, it has recently developed a new dimension in the gay rights movement’s claim for l…
The exercise of power in medieval Scotland, 1200–1500

The exercise of power in medieval Scotland, 1200–1500

Steve Boardman & Alasdair Ross, editors

Through detailed case studies this volume re-evaluates the notion that the Scottish kingdom experienced a rapid and revolutionary change in government and arist…
Dublin, 1745–1922

Dublin, 1745–1922

Hospitals, spectacle & vice

Gary A. Boyd

Based on material from the Rotunda Hospital, the Lock (venereal) Hospital and the Hospital for Incurables, this book challenges the vision of 18th-century Dubli…
Music, Ireland and the seventeenth century

Music, Ireland and the seventeenth century

Irish Musical Studies 10

Barra Boydell & Kerry Houston, editors

The 17th century is a pivotal but unfamiliar period in Irish musical history: reflecting political and cultural changes, the ancient harp tradition declined as …
Dante and his literary precursors

Dante and his literary precursors

John C. Barnes & Jennifer Petrie, editors

This volume explores connections between Dante and literary contexts of periods earlier than his own, from the pre-Christian era to the thirteenth century.

Ess…
Folklore Commission

Folklore Commission
Formation of a folklorist
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Formation of a folklorist

The visit of James Hamilton Delargy (Séamus Ó Duilearga) to Scandinavia, Finland, Estonia and Germany, 1 April–29 September 1928 (Scríbhinní Béaloidis / Folklore Studies 18)

Séamas Ó Catháin

Formation of a Folklorist is the eighteenth volume to be published by Comhairle Bhéaloideas Éirann in its series Scríbhinní Béaloidis / Folklore Studies. This v…