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Bodenstown revisited

Bodenstown revisited

The grave of Theobald Wolfe Tone, its monuments and its pilgrimages

C.J. Woods

Bodenstown revisited is about a place of memory and pilgrimage often mentioned in history books but never before treated as a subject meriting an entire book. I…
Government, war and society in medieval Ireland

Government, war and society in medieval Ireland

Essays by Edmund Curtis, A.J. Otway-Ruthven and James Lydon

Peter Crooks, editor

In the late twelfth century, Ireland was absorbed into the dominions of the kings of England. This transformed the social and political life of the island, with…
An Ulster slave-owner in the revolutionary Atlantic

An Ulster slave-owner in the revolutionary Atlantic

The life and letters of John Black

Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, editor

Born in Ulster, John Black left Ireland for the West Indies in 1771 and never returned. Settling first in Grenada, he moved on to Trinidad in 1784 and establish…
Derry

Derry

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

Adrian Grant

In 1912, Derry was a busy port city with a thriving textile industry. An important transport hub, it was also a city divided along confessional and political li…
Medieval Irish pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela
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Medieval Irish pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela

Bernadette Cunningham

There has been a tremendous resurgence of interest in pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. In this book the author reveals a story of a much longer connection …
Book collecting in Ireland and Britain, 1650–1850

Book collecting in Ireland and Britain, 1650–1850

Elizabethanne Boran, editor

This volume explores the world of book collecting in early modern Ireland and Britain. It investigates the modalities of collecting texts, both manuscript and p…
Limerick

Limerick

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

John O'Callaghan

Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912–23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O’Call…
The making of medieval Derry

The making of medieval Derry

Ciarán J. Devlin

‘[T]his is a most comprehensive and in many ways a revolutionary work which [...] will stand the test of time and find a place on the book shelves of anyone who…
Religion, landscape and settlement in Ireland

Religion, landscape and settlement in Ireland

From Patrick to present

Kevin Whelan

Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement

Irish history is often fast and furious and nowhere more contentiously than …
The shattered worlds of Standish O'Grady

The shattered worlds of Standish O'Grady

An Irish life in writing

Christopher Boettcher

Standish O’Grady (1846–1928) is best remembered as the ‘Father of the Irish Literary Revival’. Critics of have long puzzled, however, about the turns and contra…