Waterford port and harbour, c.1815–42

The Redmonds and Waterford

A political dynasty 1891–1952

Pat McCarthy

For sixty years the Redmonds – John, his son William Archer and his daughter-in-law Bridget – dominated the politics of Waterford city. From 1891 to 1922 a Redm…

Waterford

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

Patrick McCarthy

This is the first comprehensive history of Waterford during the turbulent and extraordinary years of the Irish Revolution. Drawing on an impressive array of sou…

John Ferrall

Master of Sligo Workhouse, 1852–66

Fergus O'Ferrall

This case study provides the first account to focus on the career and work of a master of an Irish workhouse. It explores the role of a master in respect of iss…

Rathcoole and the United Irish Rebellions, 1798–1803

Kerron Ó Luain

The story of the United Irish rebellions in a hitherto quiet corner of south-west County Dublin is a story of personal resentments fuelled by the spread of radi…

Landholding in the new English settlement of Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, 1635–1875

Oliver Whelan

The new Protestant settlement in the lordship of Clonmore, centred around Hacketstown, proved resilient to the 1641 rebellion and attracted investment, includin…

The Kirwan murder case, 1852

A glimpse of the Irish Protestant middle class in the mid-nineteenth century

Suzanne Leeson

This book relates the story of the controversial trial, conviction and imprisonment of William Burke Kirwan, a Dublin artist, for the murder of his wife, Sarah,…