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The death of Fr John Walsh at Kilgraney

The death of Fr John Walsh at Kilgraney

Community tensions in pre-Famine Carlow

Maura Cronin

On 31 July 1835 the body of a local catholic curate, Fr John Walsh, was found near Kilgraney bridge near Borris in County Carlow. How had he died? It was likely…
The annals of the four masters

The annals of the four masters

Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century

Bernadette Cunningham

There was something about the form and substance of the Annals of the Four Masters, compiled in the 1630s, that allowed them to become accepted as an authentic,…
The world of Geoffrey Keating

The world of Geoffrey Keating

History, myth and religion in seventeenth-century Ireland

Bernadette Cunningham

Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Eirinn was among the most popular and influential histories ever written. It offered a sense of Ireland, of Irishness, and of …
Wisdom and the Grail
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Wisdom and the Grail

The image of the vessel in the Queste del Saint Graal and Malory’s Tale of Sankgreal

Anne Marie D'Arcy

Wisdom and the Grail investigates the symbol of the Holy Grail in the Queste del Saint Graal, a branch of the Vulgate prose cycle of Arthurian romances, and Tho…
A troubled see

A troubled see

Memoirs of a Derry bishop

Edward Daly

A troubled see: memoirs of a Derry bishop continues the story begun in Edward Daly’s bestselling Mister, are you a priest? (2000), which focused on his years as…
The clergy of the diocese of Derry: an index

The clergy of the diocese of Derry: an index

Second Edition

Edward Daly & Kieran Devlin

This new, revised, expanded and updated edition of a book first published in 1997 includes comprehensive entries on saints associated with the see; bishops (inc…
Gladstone: Ireland and beyond

Gladstone: Ireland and beyond

Mary E. Daly & K. Theodore Hoppen, editors

This book examines aspects of Gladstone’s relationship with Ireland, setting this in the context of the United Kingdom and Empire. It is based on papers given a…
Philosophical papers

Philosophical papers

Cahal Daly

Teaching philosophy for more than twenty years at Queen's University, Belfast, Cardinal Daly specialised in metaphysics and ethics, with particular attention to…
Saint Patrick's world

Saint Patrick's world

The Christian culture of Ireland's apostolic age

Liam de Paor

The story of Ireland’s conversion to Christianity will never be known in detail. Too few records survive. Yet there are some, including two writings of St Patri…
The history and development of the Special Criminal Court, 1922–2005

The history and development of the Special Criminal Court, 1922–2005

Fergal Davis

The Special Criminal Court consists of three judges sitting without a jury and hears cases when the ordinary courts are ‘inadequate’. Generally this has involve…