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Deborah Brown

Deborah Brown

From painting to sculpture

Hilary Pyle, editor

This lavishly illustrated book celebrates the work and career of Deborah Brown. It consists of an interview with the artist which serves among other things as a…
Jack B. Yeats
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Jack B. Yeats

Old and new departures

Yvonne Scott, editor

A symposium on the work of Jack Yeats was held by the Irish Art Research Centre in Trinity College Dublin to mark the exhibition Jack B. Yeats, amongst friends,…
Making and meaning in insular art

Making and meaning in insular art

Rachel Moss, editor

Comprising papers from the 5th international conference on insular art held at Trinity College in August 2005, this volume deals with the technological and inte…
Philip II of Spain

Philip II of Spain

Patron of the arts

Rosemarie Mulcahy

The image of Philip II (1527–98) as stern and assiduous defender of his political inheritance and of the Catholic faith is tempered and enriched by the image of…
Studies in the gothic revival

Studies in the gothic revival

Michael McCarthy & Karina O'Neill, editors

This book contains the text and illustrations of ten papers delivered at a conference held in the Irish Architectural Archive in January 2005 to mark the retire…
The eighteenth-century Dublin town house

The eighteenth-century Dublin town house

Form, function and finance

Christine Casey, editor

In the 18th century Dublin grew spectacularly; in the last quarter of a century, understanding of that growth has increased enormously. This book brings togethe…
'The fire i' the flint'

'The fire i' the flint'

Essays on the creative imagination

Mary Shine Thompson, editor

Seamus Heaney and other eminent artists, scientists and commentators examine what happens when art is created. Is the imagination still seen as the driving forc…
A hidden Ulster

A hidden Ulster

People, songs and traditions of Oriel

Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

This book is the first major study of the song-tradition of Oriel, a region which straddles the borders of southeast Ulster and north Leinster and which was the…
A tragedy of Cola's furie or Lirenda's miserie

A tragedy of Cola's furie or Lirenda's miserie

by Henry Burkhead

Angelina Lynch, editor

Introduction by Patricia Coughlan.

Cola’s Furie (1646) by Henry Burkhead was published in Kilkenny during the Catholic Confederacy. A fascinating composite of …
Staging Ireland

Staging Ireland

Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama

Stephen O'Neill

This book is a comprehensive study of the representation of Ireland in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Through a detailed analysis of a range o…