King-maker, land-grabber, wronged husband and vengeful man of honour — just some of the popular views of Tigernán Ua Ruairc (died 1172), the long-lived king of …
This book charts the plantation town of Belturbet from its inception in the early seventeenth century up to the early eighteenth century. It was a period of pro…
During the first half of the nineteenth century, thousands of Irish men and woman were transported as convicts to Britain’s penal colonies in Australia. Few, ho…
Despite being the female patron saint of Ireland and one of the most remarkable women in Irish history, St Brigid has always been an elusive figure. Some schola…
This is the first comprehensive single volume history of County Kildare during the Irish Revolution of 1912-23. A noted garrison county, the concentration of Br…
