20th-century history

Nursing and midwifery in the poor-law unions of Borrisokane and Nenagh, 1882–1922

Lisa McGeeney

This study examines how the professionalization and development of nursing and midwifery in the nineteenth century was reflected in the poor-law unions of Borri…

Commanders of the British Forces in Ireland, 1796–1922

Tony Gaynor

In December 1922 General Nevil Macready sailed away from Dublin for the last time, marking the end of British rule in most of Ireland. Macready was the last in …

Charles Owen O’Conor, the O’Conor Don

Landlordism, liberal Catholicism and unionism in nineteenth-century Ireland

Aidan Enright

This book uncovers the world of Charles Owen O’Conor, the O‘Conor Don (1838–1906), one of the most prominent Catholic landlords and Liberal MPs of his generatio…

Noraid and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1970–94

Robert Collins

Since the end of the eighteenth century, the United States has offered sanctuary and support to Irish men and women engaged in the struggle for Irish independen…

Palles

The Legal Legacy of the last Lord Chief Baron

Oonagh B. Breen & Noel McGrath, editors

Marking the 2020 centenary of his death, this book explores the judicial legacy of chief baron Christopher Palles, the last chief baron of the Court of Excheque…

Lansdowne FC

A History

Charles Ivar McGrath

Lansdowne FC is one of the most iconic rugby clubs in Ireland. Based at the headquarters of Irish rugby, the Club was established even before the international …

Cathal Brugha

‘An Indomitable Spirit’

Daithí Ó Corráin & Gerard Hanley

By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: a member of the Gaelic League, Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers; a celebrated survivor …

Her Keys to the City

Honouring the Women who made Dublin

Alison Gilliland and Clodagh Finn

Just four women were among the 83 people given the Freedom of the City of Dublin since the award was inaugurated in 1876 to June 2022. The genesis of this book …

Donegal

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Pauric Travers

This new assessment of Donegal in the revolutionary period expands and refines our understanding of the nature of the Irish Revolution itself. While not in the …

Teresa Ball and Loreto education

Convents and the Colonial World, 1794-1875

Deirdre Raftery

Educated at the Bar Convent, York, Teresa Ball became a pioneer of girls’ education when she returned to Ireland in 1821 and opened Loreto Abbey convent and boa…

Dublin from 1970 to 1990

The City Transformed

Joseph Brady

Dublin’s footprint grew steadily during the 1970s with housing transforming the landscape of the west of the city, especially in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Blanch…

Sarah Cecilia Harrison

Artist, Social Campaigner and City Councillor

Margarita Cappock

Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941) was one of Dublin’s finest portrait painters but she also immersed herself in the political and social fabric of Dublin life,…