Archaeology

Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150

Patrick Gleeson

This book represents the first interdisciplinary study of early Irish kingship. Kingship represents the core institution and central problem of early medieval I…

People, Prehistory and the Past

Essays in honour of John Waddell

Michelle Comber and Kieran O’Conor

Dedicated to John Waddell, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of Galway, an internationally renowned and popular scholar whose long career and …

Moynagh Lough Studies 1

Michael Potterton, editor

Moynagh Lough is one of the most significant archaeological sites ever discovered in Ireland. From 1980 to 1998 excavations were directed by John Bradley. This …

Medieval Dublin XX

Seán Duffy, editor

This volume presents a rich variety of new scholarly explorations of life in medieval Dublin, including an analysis by Bruce Campbell of the occupational profil…

Dún na nGall, ‘Fort of the Foreigners’?

The Vikings and their legacy in Donegal

Megan McAuley

Dún na nGall, the Irish name for ‘Donegal’, translates as ‘Fort of the Foreigners’, but who were the foreigners in question? This book considers that they were …

The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator

An account of Irish affairs, 1162-1370

Bernadette Williams, editor

When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to the bridge where the Four Courts are situa…

Sea and Settlement in Ireland

Geraldine Stout & Matthew Stout

Ireland is an island, situated on the western fringes of Atlantic Europe. Any settlers to this island had to first cross the sea and it is this sea connection t…

The Uí Chellaig lords of Uí Maine and Tír Maine

An archaeological and landscape exploration of a later medieval inland Gaelic lordship

Daniel Patrick Curley

The Ó Cellaig (O’Kelly) lordship of Uí Maine and Tír Maine was a substantial political territory and influential cultural power in later medieval Connacht. This…

Limestone and River

Essays on Thomond history in honour of Liam Irwin

Catherine Swift, Brian Hodkinson & Tom Donovan, editors

From Viking trading place to modern hi-tech city, Limerick’s long history as Ireland’s oldest Atlantic port has been played out against its natural backdrop of …

Discovering Medieval Ferns, Co. Wexford

Stephen Mandal, Michael Potterton & Denis Shine, editors

Medieval Ferns was one of south-eastern Ireland’s most important settlements. It played a key role in local, regional and national history from its foundation b…

Medieval Dublin XIX

Seán Duffy, editor

This volume contains a wealth of new scholarly research on Dublin’s medieval past, including a fascinating examination by Catherine Swift of traders and trading…

Spectral Mansions

The making of a Dublin tenement, 1800–1914

Timothy Murtagh

In 1800, Dublin was one of the largest and most impressive cities in Europe. The city’s town houses and squares represented the pinnacle of Georgian elegance. H…