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Victims or viragos?

Victims or viragos?

Studies on medieval and early modern women, 4

Christine Meek & Catherine Lawless editors

This book is reflects the vitality of the ongoing debate in Irish universities on gender roles, where masculine and feminine are no longer seen as binary opposi…
Virtues of a wicked earl

Virtues of a wicked earl

The life and legend of William Sydney Clements, 3rd earl of Leitrim, 1806–78

Anthony Malcomson

On 2 April 1878, the 3rd earl of Leitrim was brutally murdered on a public road on the edge of his estate in Co. Donegal. The identity of the killers and their …
Who killed the Franks family?

Who killed the Franks family?

Agrarian violence in pre-Famine Cork

Denis A. Cronin

This study examines the violent world of north Cork during the Rockite disturbances of the early 1820s. Agrarian gangs attempted to regulate rural society, thre…
'I have a yong suster'
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'I have a yong suster'

Folksong, ballad and the middle English lyric

Karen Boklund-Lagopoulou

This study explores the relationship of the Middle English lyric (primarily, though not exclusively, the secular lyric) to the various forms of folksong and pop…
Dante and the Church

Dante and the Church

Paolo Acquaviva & Jennifer Petrie, editors

The topic of Dante's attitude to the Church has exercised scholars since the 14th century, with the Reformation adding fuel to the question. The essays containe…
The memoirs of John M. Regan
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The memoirs of John M. Regan

A Catholic Officer in the RIC and RUC, 1909–48

Joost Augusteijn editor

Although much is written about the Irish revolution and Northern Ireland, we know very little about it from the perspective of Irish policemen. This unique memo…
Tallaght, 1835–50

Tallaght, 1835–50

A rural place

Sean Bagnall

Tallaght has undergone dramatic change in the past forty years. Immense changes to the physical landscape in that time make very difficult any attempt to visual…
'Is it about a bicycle'?

'Is it about a bicycle'?

Flann O'Brien in the twenty-first century

Jennika Baines editor

This collection of essays examines the work of Flann O’Brien, a subversive, confounding and hilarious Irish novelist. It also considers the work of Myles na Gop…
The bombing of Dolphin's Barn, Dublin, 1941

The bombing of Dolphin's Barn, Dublin, 1941

Eoin Cristóir Bairéad

During the Second World War, aircraft (all German) dropped bombs on this officially neutral state on a number of occasions. The first such occurred on 26 August…
Understanding the Gospels

Understanding the Gospels

Vicente Balaguer editor

The last two hundred years shows the emergence of an enormous growth industry in the field of Biblical analysis, particularly on the evidence presented in the G…