Murder trials in Ireland, 1836–1914

The Old Library, Trinity College Dublin, 1712–2012

W.E. Vaughan, editor

This lavishly illustrated volume is published to celebrate the tercentenary of the laying of the foundation stone of the world-famous Old Library in May 1712. T…

The history and development of the Special Criminal Court, 1922–2005

Fergal Davis

The Special Criminal Court consists of three judges sitting without a jury and hears cases when the ordinary courts are ‘inadequate’. Generally this has involve…

Loughrea, that den of infamy

The Land War in County Galway, 1879–82

Pat Finnegan

During the Land War of 1879–82, Galway was regarded as 'dangerously disturbed' because of the large number of agrarian incidents reported. These included murder…

Who killed the Franks family?

Agrarian violence in pre-Famine Cork

Denis A. Cronin

This study examines the violent world of north Cork during the Rockite disturbances of the early 1820s. Agrarian gangs attempted to regulate rural society, thre…

The death of Fr John Walsh at Kilgraney

Community tensions in pre-Famine Carlow

Maura Cronin

On 31 July 1835 the body of a local catholic curate, Fr John Walsh, was found near Kilgraney bridge near Borris in County Carlow. How had he died? It was likely…