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A university in troubled times
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A university in troubled times

Queen's, Belfast, 1945–2000

Leslie A. Clarkson

Queen's, Belfast, grew out of the Queen's University in Ireland founded in 1845. It became independent in 1908-9 and until 1965 it was the only university in No…
According to your word

According to your word

Essays honouring Desmond Cardinal Connell

Liam Bergin editor

This book presents the proceedings of a conference held at the Pontifical Irish College to honour Cardinal Desmond Connell on his eightieth birthday. The papers…
Age of atrocity

Age of atrocity

Violence and political conflict in early modern Ireland

David Edwards, Clodagh Tait & Padraig Lenihan, editors

This book examines one of the bloodiest epochs in Irish history. Part one covers the 16th century, revealing how efforts by the Tudor monarchy to curb the power…
An archaeology of southwest Ireland, 1570–1670

An archaeology of southwest Ireland, 1570–1670

Colin Breen

The 17th century was a period of significant political and religious upheavals and was also a formative period in terms of landscape and settlement development …
An Garda Síochána and the Scott Medal

An Garda Síochána and the Scott Medal

Gerard O'Brien

This book recounts in detail each of the incidents in respect of which members of An Garda Síochána, even today an unarmed police force, were awarded the Scott …
Anglo-Saxons
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Anglo-Saxons

Studies presented to Cyril Roy Hart

Simon Keynes & Alfred P. Smyth, editors

Anglo-Saxon studies generate their fair share of healthy argument and controversy. This volume provides the latest thinking of established scholars from every a…
Archbishop William King and the Anglican Irish context, 1688–1729

Archbishop William King and the Anglican Irish context, 1688–1729

Christopher Fauske editor

William King, archbishop of Dublin, was one of the most influential ecclesiastical and political figures of his day – a cleric, theologian and statesman whose s…
Archbishop William King, 1650–1729 and the constitution in church and state

Archbishop William King, 1650–1729 and the constitution in church and state

Philip O'Regan

Born in Antrim of Scottish Presbyterian parents, William King (1650–1729) rose, following his conversion to Anglicanism, to become one of the principal ecclesia…
Belfast merchant families in the seventeenth century

Belfast merchant families in the seventeenth century

Jean Agnew

With the dramatic increase in trade witnessed in Belfast during the seventeenth century, large numbers of Scottish families were attracted by the town's economi…
Berengaria

Berengaria

In search of Richard the Lionheart's Queen

Anne Trindade

Richard the Lionheart is one of the most enduring of medieval heroes but little is known about Berengaria – the woman he married, in May 1191, on the way to the…