‘This pioneering guide to the sources and scholarship of Irish material culture by the leading historian in the field opens up the case for material culture studies in the wider context of Irish historical studies … Dr Barnard’s guide will be invaluable to anyone interested in Irish history, and an essential source for all those studying and researching Irish design history and material culture. This is a definitive contribution to Irish scholarship, and no one with any interest in Irish history can afford to ignore it', Dr Paul Caffrey, Journal of Design History.