Using a great variety of source materials, and including a large number of photographs and other images, this book builds a picture of Dublin between 1930 and 1950. While this period is on the edge of
This book traces the emergence of a Protestant middle-class family in late eighteenth-century Dublin. From relative obscurity, in just three generations, the Shaw family were to rise to the highest e
Onl 31 July 1835 the body of a local Catholic curate, Fr John Walsh, was found near Kilgraney bridge near Borris in Country Carlow. His death was most likely from being thrown from his horse, but in
This impressive volume, the first publication of the Discovery Programme's Medieval Rural Settlement Project, presents a scholarly summary of the archaeological and historical research to date on the
Scholars from Scotland and elsewhere gathered on the island of Iona in September 2004 to mark the sixth centenary of Adomnan's (627-704) death. He was abbot of the monastery there for the last 25 year
This is the story of the men of the Kimmage Garrison who formed part of the vanguard of the Revolution in Dublin in 1916. The garrison comprised of approximately 90 men who were members of the Irish V
During the Second World War, aircraft (all German) dropped bombs on this officially neutral state on a number of occasions. On the nights of 2 and 3 January bombs were dropped for the first time on Du
An Irish College was established in Rome in 1628 in order to prepare priests for the Irish mission. As part of an elaborate network of such colleges across the continent, the Irish College was always
The late medieval kings of England showed little interest in their Lordship of Ireland. They showed even less interest in the Gaelic Irish population of the island. Richard II, however, was different.
The Ulster Cycle is a jewel in the Irish literary tradition. Comprising approximately eighty distinct tales, it describes a heroic world set in Ireland's distant past and centred on the court of Conch
No organization was more central to the history of Ireland in the 20th century than the Irish Volunteers. This is the first authoritative history of that body from its inception in November 1913 to it
Now available in paperback! Originally published in 1781, The Triumph of Prudence over Passion; or, The History of Miss Mortimer and Miss Fitzgerald is an unconventional epistolary novel set in Irelan
Patrick Pearse was a journalist, a pioneering educationalist, an Irish-language activist, a creative writer, a political theorist and one of the driving forces behind what became the Easter Rising of
Some 12,566 men enlisted in the Dublin Metropolitan Police between the force's formation, in 1836, and its amalgamation with the Garda Sfochßna, in 1925. Herlihy is interested less in providing a for
Following on from volume 1 on new unionism and old (1889-1906), volume 2 reviews the impact of Larkinism and syndicalism on Derry. After impressive progress in the 19th century, Derry's industrial gro
This volume presents a unique and engaging selection of stories from current and retired staff at NUI Galway of familial participation during the revolutionary period. It captures the ways in which fa
A vivid history of Dublin unfolds in this exploration of more than one thousand years of bridges over the river Liffey. From the time of the Vikings and their simple, wooden bridge, through Dublin's l
This new, revised and expanded edition brings back into print an excellent resource for those interested in the history of the RIC and the revolutionary period generally. In the period 1816 to 1922 so
This book provides an unprecedented analysis of the politics underlying the appointment of judges in Ireland, enlivened by a wealth of interview material, and putting the Irish experience into a broad
