18th-century history

Oral and print cultures in Ireland, 1600–1900

Marc Caball & Andrew Carpenter, editors

On the whole, surprisingly little work has been done on how the oral, the manuscript and the printed interacted with each other in Ireland between 1600 and 1900…

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…

Clubs and societies in eighteenth-century Ireland

James Kelly & Martyn J. Powell, editors

Clubs and societies emerge as a distinct feature of the Irish social landscape from the end of the seventeenth century. The most notable early organization was …

Ireland and the Spanish empire, 1600–1825

Óscar Recio Morales

This book has been selected by Choice, a journal which provides book reviews for academic libraries, to be part of their annual Outstanding Academic Title list.…

Sir Richard Musgrave, 1746–1818

Ultra-protestant ideologue

James Kelly

Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart. (1746–1818) is properly best known as the author of Memoirs of the various rebellions in Ireland – the seminal history of the 1798 R…

The clergy of the diocese of Derry: an index

Second Edition

Edward Daly & Kieran Devlin

This new, revised, expanded and updated edition of a book first published in 1997 includes comprehensive entries on saints associated with the see; bishops (inc…

Franco-Irish connections

Essays, memoirs and poems in honour of Pierre Joannon

Jane Conroy, editor

This collection of essays, memoirs and poems is an acknowledgment of the work of Pierre Joannon. Over four decades he has made an outstanding contribution to Ir…

Clonsilla and the rebellion of 1798

Ciarán Priestley

This study examines the response of the inhabitants of Clonsilla to the social disorder, violent attacks and civil unrest that were a feature of their community…

Dublin in 1707

A year in the life of the city

Brendan Twomey

What happened in Dublin in 1707? At first glance – not much. But initial impressions can be misleading - the legacy of the decisions reached of 1707 persist to …

Piss-pots, printers and public opinion in eighteenth-century Dublin

Richard Twiss's 'Tour of Ireland'

Martyn J. Powell

This book explores the visit of the English tourist Richard Twiss to Ireland and the resulting controversy - enthusiastically stoked by Dublin's printers - that…

Revising Robert Burns and Ulster

Literature, religion and politics, c.1770–1920

Frank Ferguson & Andrew R. Holmes, editors

In a broad-ranging series of essays this book, published in the 250th anniversary year of the birth of Robert Burns, offers a timely opportunity to re-examine t…

Franco-Irish military connections, 1590–1945

Nathalie Genet-Rouffiac & David Murphy, editors

The connection between France and Ireland is an historic one. For generations of Irish exiles, France has provided a new home and it is often forgotten that the…