20th-century history

Killester

From medieval manor to garden suburb

Joseph Brady & Ruth McManus

Killester: from medieval manor to garden suburb explores the development of Killester from its earliest days as Killester Demense, through its transformation in…

The Irish Volunteers, 1913–19

A history

Daithí Ó Corráin

No organization was more central to the history of Ireland in the 20th century than the Irish Volunteers. This is the first authoritative history of that body f…

Evie Hone and the international avant-garde

Joseph McBrinn

Evie Hone (1894–1955) is one of the few figures in Irish art history to have become a household name, to have found international fame and to have been describe…

Irish Nurses in the NHS

An oral history

Louise Ryan, Gráinne McPolin and Neha Doshi

From the inception of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, Irish women and men were actively recruited to train and work as nurses in British hospitals. B…

Directory of Historic Dublin Guilds

Second Edition

Mary Clark & Raymond Refausse, editors

First published in 1993, and winner of the Phillimore Prize, this directory is re-issued in an expanded format, with full colour illustrations throughout. A mus…

Élie Bouhéreau

The collections and communities of a Huguenot refugee

Amy Boylan & Janée Allsman, editors

Élie Bouhéreau (1643–1719) was a French medical doctor and scholar from a prosperous merchant family prominent in the Reformed Church of La Rochelle. After the …

Visualizing the Celtic Revival

The Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland – selected writings by Nicola Gordon Bowe

Róisín Kennedy

This volume brings together Nicola Gordon Bowe’s most important writings on the Arts and Crafts movement in Ireland, including insightful essays on its cultural…

A century of courts

The Courts of Justice Act, 1924

Niamh Howlin, editor

The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings together legal scholars, historians…

Mary Mercer’s Dublin legacy, 1724-2024

Peter A. Daly

This book details the various charitable endeavours of Mary Mercer, from her shelter for orphaned girls (built in 1724), to the later voluntary hospital and her…

From Carrigdrumruske to Carrick-on-Shannon

The St George estate, 1613-1864

Mairead Lynch

Beginning on the eve of the Leitrim Plantation and concluding in the wake of the Great Famine, this is the story of the St George family and their Carrick-on-Sh…

Farming and society since 1700 in the barony of Carbury, Co. Kildare

Lesley Whiteside

This study examines Carbury’s long-established reputation as an unusually stable and prosperous farming community in Co. Kildare. Through the significant challe…

Land reform and legislation in Ireland, 1800-2024

Terence Dooley, Tony McCarthy & Annie Tindley

This volume explores the provenance, mechanisms and impact of land legislation and land reform in Ireland from the 1800 to 2024, one of the dominant issues in I…