An Irishman’s life on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, 1787–90

An Ulster slave-owner in the revolutionary Atlantic

The life and letters of John Black

Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, editor

Born in Ulster, John Black left Ireland for the West Indies in 1771 and never returned. Settling first in Grenada, he moved on to Trinidad in 1784 and establish…

Atlantic gateway

The port and city of Londonderry since 1700

Robert Gavin, William P. Kelly & Dolores O'Reilly

This study takes a fresh look at the economic role of North West Ireland and the port and city of Derry. It sees the region as prospering from exchanges of labo…

The colonial world of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork

David Edwards & Colin Rynne, editors

Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork (1566–1643), ranks among the most famous and infamous figures in the history of early modern Ireland and the wider English Atl…