The Fishery of Arklow, 1800–1950

Troubled waters

A social and cultural history of Ireland's sea fisheries

Jim Mac Laughlin

This is the most comprehensive study of the history of sea fishing in Ireland to date. It charts the evolution of fisheries from the earliest times, and discuss…

The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911

Janet Moody

This publication aims to re-constitute a micro-community of 132 families living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in Dublin, using the 1911 censu…

Islanders and Water-Dwellers

Patricia Lysaght, Séamas Ó Catháin & Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, editors

The Proceedings of the Celtic-Nordic-Baltic Folklore Symposium held at University College Dublin in June 1996, this book contains twenty-seven articles which ex…