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Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor

Critical essays

Hilary Lennon, editor

This book investigates unexplored areas of Frank O'Connor's work; his achievements as a translator of Irish language poetry, his role in the debates on Irish li…
The Irish National League in Dingle, County Kerry, 1885–1892

The Irish National League in Dingle, County Kerry, 1885–1892

Donnacha Seán Lucey

A public meeting held in Dingle town on 5 May 1885 led to the establishment of a branch of the Irish national League. By the following December there were five …
Edith Somerville

Edith Somerville

A biography

Gifford Lewis

Edith Somerville (1858–1949) was one half of the writing duo Somerville and Ross, best known for The Real Charlotte (1894) and Some experiences of an Irish R.M.…
Matters of deceit

Matters of deceit

Breach of promise to marry cases in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Limerick

Maria Luddy

Cases of breach of promise to marry were tried frequently in a variety of Irish courts from the late eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Such cases provided …
Cynthia

Cynthia

by Richard Nugent

Angelina Lynch, editor

With an introduction by Anne Fogarty.

Published in an edition of 250 copies.

Cynthia (1604) is a fascinating sonnet sequence by Richard Nugent, a member of a …
The Kirwans of Castlehacket, Co. Galway

The Kirwans of Castlehacket, Co. Galway

History, folklore and mythology in an Irish horseracing family

Ronan Lynch

This book is a revealing study of the cultural boundaries between the Kirwan family of Castlehacket, Co. Galway, and their tenants. The Kirwans, the only family…
Church and society in County Kildare, c.1480–1547
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Church and society in County Kildare, c.1480–1547

Mary Ann Lyons

This book investigates the socio-economic, ecclesiastical and cultural world of Garret Mor and Garret Oge Fitzgerald, 8th and 9th earls of Kildare. A profile of…
Catholic revival in the north of Ireland, 1603–41

Catholic revival in the north of Ireland, 1603–41

Brian Mac Cuarta SJ

The resurgence of the Catholic Church is central to the religious history of early modern Ireland. Covering the crucial years between the church's post-war trau…
The Stuart Kingdoms in the seventeenth century

The Stuart Kingdoms in the seventeenth century

Allan Macinnes & Jane Ohlmeyer, editors

The ‘British Problem’ has come to dominate the historiographical agenda of the three kingdoms in the seventeenth century. This volume challenges traditional int…
Troubled waters
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Troubled waters

A social and cultural history of Ireland's sea fisheries

Jim Mac Laughlin

This is the most comprehensive study of the history of sea fishing in Ireland to date. It charts the evolution of fisheries from the earliest times, and discuss…