This work traces the fortunes of a minor gentry family, the MacGeough Bonds of The Argory, Co. Armagh, through the dramatic changes that occurred in rural Irela…
This study of factional disorder sets the Liberty and Ormond Boys in their contemporary context. The conditions necessary to enable factions to develop and flou…
At the beginning of the 19th century, dancing was viewed as a necessary social skill and dancing masters and musicians were found throughout Ireland to cater fo…
A public meeting held in Dingle town on 5 May 1885 led to the establishment of a branch of the Irish national League. By the following December there were five …
Sir Charles Dumvile inherited his family's title and estates in 1857, becoming one of the wealthiest commoners in Ireland. The property included the lands of Sh…
In 1826, seven hundred parishioners from the Catholic parish of Blanchardstown sent a petition to Archbishop Murray requesting that he institute an inquiry amon…
The area known as Rossin is found on few maps. Instead of being an artificial creation of political or religious administration, it is an unofficial entity whic…
