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

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

This study examines Carbury’s long-established reputation as an unusually stable and prosperous farming community in Co. Kildare. Through the significant challenges of civil strife, famine and the transition from tenancy to ownership, succeeding generations of...This study examines Carbury’s long-established reputation as an unusually stable and prosperous farming community in Co. Kildare. Through the significant...
Author/Editor: Lesley Whiteside
A century of courts

A century of courts

The Courts of Justice Act, 1924

The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings together legal scholars, historians and members of the judiciary, to reflect on the legacies of...The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings...
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin, editor
The politics of gender and sexuality in modern Ireland

The politics of gender and sexuality in modern Ireland

A Reader

This collection of focused, cohesive and persuasive essays is based on the newest research on gender, sexuality and sexual politics. It offers historical reflections and contemporary analyses of issues related to the contested and often...This collection of focused, cohesive and persuasive essays is based on the newest research on gender, sexuality and sexual politics....
Author/Editor: Jennifer Redmond & Mary McAuliffe, editors
Confluences of Law and History

Confluences of Law and History

Irish Legal History Society Discourses, 2011-2021

This book brings together an eclectic mix of papers on aspects of Irish legal history from the early modern period to the twentieth century. Contributors to the volume include leading historians, legal historians and legal...This book brings together an eclectic mix of papers on aspects of Irish legal history from the early modern period...
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin and Felix M. Larkin
The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense change in early modern Ireland, when the parliament’s structures and operations were established in...This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of...
Author/Editor: Bríd McGrath
Barristers in Ireland

Barristers in Ireland

An evolving profession since 1921

Barristers played significant roles in Irish public life in the twentieth century as lawmakers, politicians, civil servants, broadcasters, judges, academics and social reformers. This book is the first to examine the profession from the turbulent...Barristers played significant roles in Irish public life in the twentieth century as lawmakers, politicians, civil servants, broadcasters, judges, academics...
Author/Editor: Niamh Howlin
Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present

Law and the idea of liberty in Ireland from Magna Carta to the present

Magna Carta is among the most famous documents in the history of the world, credited with being the first effective check in writing on arbitrary, oppressive and unjust rule – in a word, on tyranny....Magna Carta is among the most famous documents in the history of the world, credited with being the first effective...
Author/Editor: Peter Crooks & Thomas Mohr, editors
Palles

Palles

The Legal Legacy of the last Lord Chief Baron

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 Exchequer Ireland, in a judicial career spanning over 40...Marking the 2020 centenary of his death, this book explores the judicial legacy of chief baron Christopher Palles, the last...
Author/Editor: Oonagh B. Breen & Noel McGrath, editors
The reminiscences of Ignatius O'Brien, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1913-18

The reminiscences of Ignatius O'Brien, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1913-18

A life in Cork, Dublin and Westminster

Ignatius O’Brien was the youngest son of a struggling Cork business family. After somewhat unhappy experiences at a Cork Vincentian school and the Catholic University of Ireland, he studied to become a barrister while supporting...Ignatius O’Brien was the youngest son of a struggling Cork business family. After somewhat unhappy experiences at a Cork Vincentian...
Author/Editor: Daire Hogan & Patrick Maume, editors
Adomnán's Lex Innocentium and the Laws of War

Adomnán's Lex Innocentium and the Laws of War

This book studies the Irish law dating from AD 697, called Lex Innocentium or the Law of the Innocents. It is also known as Cáin Adomnáin, being named after Adomnán (d. 704), ninth abbot of...This book studies the Irish law dating from AD 697, called Lex Innocentium or the Law of the Innocents. It...
Author/Editor: James W. Houlihan
Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland

Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland

In October 1641, violence erupted in mid-Ulster that spread throughout the whole kingdom and lasted for more than a decade. The war was neither unpredictable nor was it out of step with the rest of...In October 1641, violence erupted in mid-Ulster that spread throughout the whole kingdom and lasted for more than a decade....
Author/Editor: Coleman A. Dennehy, editor
Irish speakers, interpreters and the courts, 1754–1921

Irish speakers, interpreters and the courts, 1754–1921

The extent and duration of interpreter provision for Irish speakers appearing in court in the long nineteenth century have long been a conundrum. In 1737 the Administration of Justice (Language) Act stipulated that all legal...The extent and duration of interpreter provision for Irish speakers appearing in court in the long nineteenth century have long...
Author/Editor: Mary Phelan