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Plots and plotters in the reign of Elizabeth I

Plots and plotters in the reign of Elizabeth I

Francis Edwards SJ

A rare historical continuum in Anglo-Irish history ran from 1558 until 1612, years dominated by William and Robert Cecil, father and son. Among the significant …
Political censorship and the democratic state

Political censorship and the democratic state

The Irish broadcasting ban

M. Corcoran & M. O'Brien editors

January 2004 marks the tenth anniversary of the repeal of Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act, under which for two decades journalists were prohibited from broad…
Regions and rulers in Ireland, 1100–1650

Regions and rulers in Ireland, 1100–1650

David Edwards

For over thirty-five years much of the most original and most exciting research into the history of medieval and early modern Ireland has been the world of one …
Religion and reformation in the Tudor diocese of Meath

Religion and reformation in the Tudor diocese of Meath

Brendan Scott

This book charts the attempts made to introduce religious reforms into the diocese of Meath during the 16th century. The study opens with an investigation of th…
Revolutionary Dublin, 1795–1801

Revolutionary Dublin, 1795–1801

The letters of Francis Higgins to Dublin Castle

Thomas Bartlett

This study seeks to assess the role of informers in the 1790s in Ireland, and it does so in two ways. First, it offers a detailed assessment of the dozen or so …
Sources for the study of crime in Ireland, 1801–1921

Sources for the study of crime in Ireland, 1801–1921

Brian Griffin

This book provides a summary of the contents of the documentary and published sources for the study of crime held in Irish and British repositories, offers sugg…
Spanish-Irish relations through the ages

Spanish-Irish relations through the ages

Declan M. Downey & Julio Crespo MacLennan editors

This collection of essays, the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Spanish-Irish Relations, held in Salamanca in 2004, is representative of a who…
St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, 1875–2000

St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, 1875–2000

A history

James Kelly

St Patrick's College is one of the oldest third-level educational institutions in Ireland. From virtually its inception (in 1875), the College acquired a unique…
The alchemy of medicine and print

The alchemy of medicine and print

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin

Danielle Westerhof, editor

This volume arises from a conference held in November 2008 at the Royal Society in London to mark the 275th anniversary of the establishment of the Edward Worth…