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The Vestry Records of the Parishes of St Catherine and St James, Dublin, 1657–1692

The Vestry Records of the Parishes of St Catherine and St James, Dublin, 1657–1692

Raymond Gillespie, editor

This volume provides a vivid picture of life in the suburbs of seventeenth-century Dublin. Situated as they were in the Liberties area of the city, outside the …
Ireland and the Crimean War

Ireland and the Crimean War

David Murphy

In 1854 four of the major powers in Europe, Britain, France, Turkey and Russia became embroiled in a devastating and costly war. While hostilities began in Turk…
A century of scholarship

A century of scholarship

Travelling Students of the National University of Ireland

National University of Ireland

‘Some men see things as they are and say “why?”; I dream things that never were and say “why not?”.

These words of George Bernard Shaw might well have been th…
Local Government in Nineteenth-Century County Dublin

Local Government in Nineteenth-Century County Dublin

The Grand Jury

David Broderick

Much has been written about the politics and government of nineteenth century Ireland at a national level. Yet the point at which government touched the lives o…
Irish fairs and markets

Irish fairs and markets

Studies in local history

Denis A. Cronin, Jim Gilligan & Karina Holton, editors

This book is the first major study of buying and selling at local level in Ireland. The contributors analyse different aspects of the exchange and sale of goods…
Fr Michael Dungan's Blanchardstown, 1836–1868

Fr Michael Dungan's Blanchardstown, 1836–1868

Elizabeth Cronin

In 1826, seven hundred parishioners from the Catholic parish of Blanchardstown sent a petition to Archbishop Murray requesting that he institute an inquiry amon…
Kiltubrid, County Leitrim

Kiltubrid, County Leitrim

Snapshots of a rural parish in the 1890s

Liam Kelly

Kiltubrid, a rural parish in south Leitrim, was designated a ‘congested district’ – a euphemism for an impoverished place – under the terms of the 1891 land act…
Edenderry, County Offaly, and the Downshire estate, 1790–1800

Edenderry, County Offaly, and the Downshire estate, 1790–1800

Ciarán Reilly

In the history of the 1798 rising in Ireland, Offaly is regarded as the forgotten county. It was not the scene of major military activity, but that does no mean…
Rossin, County Meath

Rossin, County Meath

An unofficial place

Bryn Coldrick

The area known as Rossin is found on few maps. Instead of being an artificial creation of political or religious administration, it is an unofficial entity whic…
The philosopher king and the Pictish nation

The philosopher king and the Pictish nation

Julianna Grigg

The political climate of early medieval northern Britain was dynamic. Identifiable kingdoms came into prominence and new ideas on political governance promoted …