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The correspondence of Samuel Thomson (1766–1816)

The correspondence of Samuel Thomson (1766–1816)

During the Romantic period in the north of Ireland, a circle of bards were corresponding with one another, encouraging each other to pen verse, often united by political sympathies. The correspondence of Samuel Thomson, the...During the Romantic period in the north of Ireland, a circle of bards were corresponding with one another, encouraging each...
Author/Editor: Jennifer Orr, editor
The making of the modern Scottish Highlands, 1939–1965
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The making of the modern Scottish Highlands, 1939–1965

Withstanding the 'colossus of advancing materialism'

The period between 1939 and 1965 was a critical juncture in the history of the Scottish Highlands and Islands – a phase when war, welfarism and the planned integration and reconstruction of the British economy...The period between 1939 and 1965 was a critical juncture in the history of the Scottish Highlands and Islands –...
Author/Editor: John A. Burnett
Ireland and Scotland in the nineteenth century

Ireland and Scotland in the nineteenth century

This volume re-examines the relationship between Ireland and Scotland in the nineteenth century. It questions the received ideas about the extent of cultural harmony between the two countries. Adopting a broad-ranging, cross-disciplinary approach, it argues...This volume re-examines the relationship between Ireland and Scotland in the nineteenth century. It questions the received ideas about the...
Author/Editor: Frank Ferguson & James McConnel, editors
Revising Robert Burns and Ulster

Revising Robert Burns and Ulster

Literature, religion and politics, c.1770–1920

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 the relationships between Burns and writers of literature in...In a broad-ranging series of essays this book, published in the 250th anniversary year of the birth of Robert Burns,...
Author/Editor: Frank Ferguson & Andrew R. Holmes, editors
Atlantic gateway
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Atlantic gateway

The port and city of Londonderry since 1700

This study takes a fresh look at the economic role of North West Ireland and the port and city of Derry. It sees the region as prospering from exchanges of labour and goods across the...This study takes a fresh look at the economic role of North West Ireland and the port and city of...
Author/Editor: Robert Gavin, William P. Kelly & Dolores O'Reilly
Scotland and the Ulster plantations

Scotland and the Ulster plantations

Explorations in the British settlements of Stuart Ireland

As we approach the 400th anniversary of the official Plantation of Ulster, this volume seeks to make an important historiographical contribution to that event. This edited collection, based largely on the proceedings of two conferences,...As we approach the 400th anniversary of the official Plantation of Ulster, this volume seeks to make an important historiographical...
Author/Editor: William P. Kelly & John R. Young, editors
Ulster-Scots Writing

Ulster-Scots Writing

An anthology

This anthology of Ulster-Scots writing charts the breadth and diversity of Scottish influences upon Ulster writing from the 17th century to the present day. For the first time, this is explored through literary prose, poetry...This anthology of Ulster-Scots writing charts the breadth and diversity of Scottish influences upon Ulster writing from the 17th century...
Author/Editor: Frank Ferguson, editor
The Orange Order in Canada

The Orange Order in Canada

Nowhere in the world – not even in Northern Ireland – was Orangeism more popular than it was in Canada. When the Orange Order reached its peak in the 1920s, 60 per cent of the...Nowhere in the world – not even in Northern Ireland – was Orangeism more popular than it was in Canada....
Author/Editor: David A. Wilson, editor
The Nabob

The Nabob

A tale of ninety-eight

A series of interconnected tales published in 1911 as Ninety-Eight and Sixty Years After. These vivid tales, set in Co. Antrim in 1798 and sixty years later, are brutally realistic and yet thrillingly supernatural. A...A series of interconnected tales published in 1911 as Ninety-Eight and Sixty Years After. These vivid tales, set in Co....
Author/Editor: Andrew James. Notes and afterword by John Wilson Foster
Ulster Presbyterians in the Atlantic world

Ulster Presbyterians in the Atlantic world

Religion, politics and identity

In this collection of essays American and Canadian historians explore the changing transatlantic character of the Ulster Presbyterianism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Essaysexamine the role of Ulster Presbyterians in the United Irish movement...In this collection of essays American and Canadian historians explore the changing transatlantic character of the Ulster Presbyterianism in the...
Author/Editor: Mark G. Spencer & David A. Wilson, editors
Ulster-New Zealand migration and cultural transfers

Ulster-New Zealand migration and cultural transfers

This collection throws new light on migration patterns, and identifies who the Ulster settlers were, probing the contributions they made to New Zealand society. *Brad Patterson* is Director of the Irish-Scottish Studies Programme, Stout Research Centre,...This collection throws new light on migration patterns, and identifies who the Ulster settlers were, probing the contributions they made...
Author/Editor: Brad Patterson
Sir Henry Docwra, 1564–1631

Sir Henry Docwra, 1564–1631

Derry's second founder

An account of Docwra's Derry-based campaigns during the Nine Years War, this book draws on contemporary documents and the skill of a military and political historian to provide a vivid account of the war and...An account of Docwra's Derry-based campaigns during the Nine Years War, this book draws on contemporary documents and the skill...
Author/Editor: John McGurk