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Scéalta Mháirtín Neile

Scéalta Mháirtín Neile

Bailiúchán scéalta ó Árainn (Scríbhinní Béaloidis 17)

Holger Pedersen (a thóg síos sa bhliain 1895) & Ol

Bailiúchán de 39 scéal a bailíodh in Árainn sa bhliain 1895 atá sa leabhar seo. Bhí béaloideas á bhailiú in Éirinn ag an am, ach bhí taithí ag bailitheoirí an a…
Seanachas ó Chairbre 1

Seanachas ó Chairbre 1

Scríbhinní Béaloidis 13

Seán Ó Cróinín (a thóg síos) & Donncha Ó Cróinín (

Ar Creig, láimh le Cuan Dor, a rugadh agus a tógadh Seán Ó hAo. In aon bhliain amháin (1861) a saolaíodh é féin agus Pádraig Ó Crualaoi, agus an saol-ré chéanna…
Seanachas Phádraig Í Chrualaoi

Seanachas Phádraig Í Chrualaoi

Scríbhinní Béaloidis 10

Seán Ó Cróinín (a thóg síos) & Donncha Ó Cróinín (

I mBaile Bhuirne a rugadh Pádraig Ó Crualaoi, sa bhliain 1861. I bparóiste Chill na Martra a tógadh a athair, Diarmaid (‘Táilliúir Chrodhail’), fear a raibh ait…
Meitheal: a study of co-operative labour in rural Ireland

Meitheal: a study of co-operative labour in rural Ireland

Scríbhinní Béaloidis / Folklore Studies 7

Anne O'Dowd

Co-operation in agricultural work is an old practice in Ireland. Sporadic references to it are found in written sources from the Brehon Laws onward, and officia…
Dublin in the medieval world
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Dublin in the medieval world

Studies in honour of Howard B. Clarke

John Bradley, Anngret Simms & Alan J. Fletcher, editors

This volume celebrates medieval Dublin. Among the many subjects and topics covered are the intellectual climate of Dublin in the 1970s, the exciting theme of cr…
The tripartite life of Whitley Stokes (1830–1909)

The tripartite life of Whitley Stokes (1830–1909)

Elizabeth Boyle & Paul Russell, editors

This collection of essays explores the life and legacy of the Irish scholar and jurist, Whitley Stokes (1830–1909). During his twenty-year career in India, Stok…
Adventures of the Law

Adventures of the Law

Papers delivered at the British & Irish Legal History Conference 2003

Paul Brand, Kevin Costello & W.N. Osoborough, editors

A selection of eighteen papers presented at the conference held in Dublin in July 2003 in the biennial British Legal History series.

Paul Brand is a senior res…
Law in the city

Law in the city

Proceedings of the seventeenth British Legal History Conference 2005

Andrew Lewis, Paul Brand & Paul Mitchell, editors

The essays collected in this volume illuminate a rich variety of important legal historical topics, using a range of methods. In keeping with the traditions of …
Ireland, Philadelphia and the re-invention of America, 1760–1800

Ireland, Philadelphia and the re-invention of America, 1760–1800

Maurice Bric

While the American Revolution led to the establishment of the United States as an independent republic, it also inaugurated a debate as to what the character an…
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'

John A. Burnett

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 inte…