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A tragedy of Cola's furie or Lirenda's miserie

A tragedy of Cola's furie or Lirenda's miserie

by Henry Burkhead

Angelina Lynch, editor

Introduction by Patricia Coughlan.

Cola’s Furie (1646) by Henry Burkhead was published in Kilkenny during the Catholic Confederacy. A fascinating composite of …
Staging Ireland

Staging Ireland

Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama

Stephen O'Neill

This book is a comprehensive study of the representation of Ireland in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Through a detailed analysis of a range o…
The laity, the church and the mystery plays

The laity, the church and the mystery plays

A drama of belonging

Tony Corbett

With a Foreword by Dame Judi Dench.

Over the course of more than two hundred and fifty years, from the fourteenth century until well after the Reformation had …
Film exhibition and distribution in Ireland, 1909–2010

Film exhibition and distribution in Ireland, 1909–2010

Kevin Rockett with Emer Rockett

Utilizing a range of previously unexplored primary sources from film trade publications to cinema records, Film exhibition and distribution in Ireland, 1909–201…
Irish film censorship
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Irish film censorship

A cultural journey from silent cinema to internet pornography

Kevin Rockett

Over ... 50,000 films examined ... 11,000 cut ... 2,500 banned ... 3,000 videos banned.

As a survey of film censorship, Kevin Rockett's new book (years in the …
Irish films, global cinema

Irish films, global cinema

Studies in Irish film 4

Martin McLoone & Kevin Rockett

The fourth volume of papers from the Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar reflects the diversity, quality and increasingly international nature of film rese…
Magic lantern, panorama and moving picture shows in Ireland, 1786–1909

Magic lantern, panorama and moving picture shows in Ireland, 1786–1909

Kevin Rockett and Emer Rockett

While picture-going or cinema is generally regarded as a twentieth-century activity, this book demonstrates that prior to the opening of Ireland’s first cinemas…
Bach studies from Dublin

Bach studies from Dublin

Irish musical studies 8

Anne Leahy & Yo Tomita, editors

The eighth volume of Irish Musical Studies contains papers presented at the ninth biennial conference on Baroque music, which was held at Trinity College Dublin…
Music in nineteenth-century Ireland

Music in nineteenth-century Ireland

Irish musical studies 9

Michael Murphy & Jan Smaczny, editors

This, the 9th volume in the Irish Musical Studies Series, collects 15 essays on various aspects of musical life in Ireland in the 19th century, including sacred…
A dictionary of Anglo-Irish

A dictionary of Anglo-Irish

Words and phrases from Gaelic in the English of Ireland

Diarmaid Ó Muirithe

This work fills a long-felt void in the study of both Irish and English, by providing the first extensive compilation of Hiberno-English words, their meanings a…