18th-century history

Agriculture and settlement in Ireland

Margaret Murphy & Matthew Stout, editors

Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement and the Agricultural History Society of Ireland, this book explores the relat…

The Irish Country House

Its past, present and future

Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors

‘In their variety, these essays indicate how very new is serious analysis of the Irish country house and how many avenues remain to be explored’, Irish Times. 
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The woods of Ireland

A history, 700–1800

Nigel Everett

The accepted view of Irish woodlands is that Ireland was covered in trees until the English came and chopped them down. While admirable in its brevity, this int…

Charles O'Conor of Ballinagare

Life and works

Luke Gibbons & Kieran O'Conor, editors

Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare (1710–91) was one of 18th-century Ireland’s greatest scholars. Writing in both Irish and English, his work was clearly influenced…

Nathaniel Clements (1705–77)

Politics, fashion and architecture in mid-eighteenth-century Ireland

Anthony Malcomson

This book argues that Nathaniel Clements was an enlightened patron of architecture, not a practising architect, and that he influenced upper-class residential d…

Children, childhood and Irish society

1500 to the present

Maria Luddy & James Smith editors

Studies of Irish children’s literature are relatively numerous in Ireland, and yet the study of children and childhood, and the concepts associated with these w…

The history of Arsaces, Prince of Betlis

By Charles Johnston

Daniel Sanjiv Roberts editor

Recounting the eventful travels of Selim, an intrepid young Arab who runs away from his parental home to learn about the world, The History of Arsaces, Prince o…

Irish farming life

History and heritage

Jonathan Bell & Mervyn Watson

This book examines Irish rural society and its basic social unit – the family farm – as well as important issues such as neighbourly ties and the use of hired l…

Charles Tisdall of County Meath, 1740–51

Marion Rogan

This book investigates the world of Charles Tisdall, a Co. Meath landlord and gentleman, during the mid-eighteenth century. It begins with Charles’ coming into …

Borris House, Co. Carlow, and elite regency patronage

Edmund Joyce

Borris House, situated in the small town of Borris in Co. Carlow, is the ancestral home of the MacMurrough Kavanagh family. The family have had a residence at B…

Women, architecture and building in the east of Ireland, c.1790–1840

Ruth Thorpe

Until the 20th century, the world of architecture and building was considered a male domain, but long before this, women of the landed class in Ireland were des…

Wolves in Ireland

A natural and cultural history

Kieran Hickey

'A fascinating overview of the wolf in Ireland through the ages. Hickey redresses the demonization of this iconic animal.' – Ciaran Mc Mahon, Team leader, Dubli…