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George Edmund Street and the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

George Edmund Street and the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Roger Stalley, editor

The English architect George Edmund Street was immensely proud of his restoration of the medieval cathedral of Christ Church. He believed he had saved the build…
The account roll of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, 1337–1346

The account roll of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, 1337–1346

James Mills, editor

With introductions by James Lydon & Alan J. Fletcher.

One of the most important documents for the medieval history of the cathedral and for the economic of lat…
The first chapter act book of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, 1574–1634

The first chapter act book of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, 1574–1634

Raymond Gillespie, editor

This is the earliest chapter act book in Ireland and contains the basic material not only for the history of the cathedral but for charting the progress of the …
The proctor's accounts of Peter Lewis, 1564–1565

The proctor's accounts of Peter Lewis, 1564–1565

During the first phase of the Reformation in Ireland, the majority of the medieval religious houses were dissolved. One exception was the Augustinian house of H…
Scotland and the Ulster plantations

Scotland and the Ulster plantations

Explorations in the British settlements of Stuart Ireland

William P. Kelly & John R. Young, editors

As we approach the 400th anniversary of the official Plantation of Ulster, this volume seeks to make an important historiographical contribution to that event. …
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The port and city of Londonderry since 1700

Robert Gavin, William P. Kelly & Dolores O'Reilly

This study takes a fresh look at the economic role of North West Ireland and the port and city of Derry. It sees the region as prospering from exchanges of labo…
Revising Robert Burns and Ulster

Revising Robert Burns and Ulster

Literature, religion and politics, c.1770–1920

Frank Ferguson & Andrew R. Holmes, editors

In a broad-ranging series of essays this book, published in the 250th anniversary year of the birth of Robert Burns, offers a timely opportunity to re-examine t…
The Orange Order in Canada

The Orange Order in Canada

David A. Wilson, editor

Nowhere in the world – not even in Northern Ireland – was Orangeism more popular than it was in Canada. When the Orange Order reached its peak in the 1920s, 60 …
Ulster Presbyterians in the Atlantic world

Ulster Presbyterians in the Atlantic world

Religion, politics and identity

Mark G. Spencer & David A. Wilson, editors

In this collection of essays American and Canadian historians explore the changing transatlantic character of the Ulster Presbyterianism in the eighteenth and n…
Sir Henry Docwra, 1564–1631

Sir Henry Docwra, 1564–1631

Derry's second founder

John McGurk

An account of Docwra's Derry-based campaigns during the Nine Years War, this book draws on contemporary documents and the skill of a military and political hist…