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Music and dancing at Castletown, Co. Kildare, 1759–1821

Music and dancing at Castletown, Co. Kildare, 1759–1821

Karol Mullaney-Dignam

Castletown, near Celbridge in Co. Kildare, was the home of the Right Honourable Thomas Conolly and his wife Lady Louisa Augusta (née Lennox). As a well-connecte…
The Irish Brigades, 1685–2006
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The Irish Brigades, 1685–2006

David Murphy

Since the 17th century, Irish soldiers have served in various armies across the world and have achieved a formidable reputation as fighting men. This book repre…
Maria Edgeworth and romance

Maria Edgeworth and romance

Sharon Murphy

The work of Maria Edgeworth has always attracted interest, but little attention has been paid to her extraordinary recognition of the power of imagination, a fo…
The Irish Militia, 1793–1802

The Irish Militia, 1793–1802

Ireland's forgotten army

Ivan F. Nelson

This is the story of the Irish militia in the first period of its existence, the turbulent era of the French revolutionary wars from 1793 to 1802. The Irish mil…
Heresy and orthodoxy in early English literature, 1350–1680

Heresy and orthodoxy in early English literature, 1350–1680

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin & John Flood, editors

English literature from Chaucer to Milton was produced in a culture where accusations of heresy were frequently made, and where the meaning of orthodoxy was uns…
Ireland, 1815–1870

Ireland, 1815–1870

Emancipation, famine and religion

Donnchadh Ó Corráin & Tomás O'Riordan, editors

This book opens by exploring how nationalist Ireland mobilized a mass democratic movement under O’Connell to secure Catholic Emancipation. This world was soon t…
Ireland, 1870–1914

Ireland, 1870–1914

Coercion and Conciliation

Donnchadh Ó Corráin & Tomás O'Riordan, editors

This book traces the economic, social and cultural history of Ireland from the 1870s to 1914, when the prospect of partition moved from being almost unthinkable…
Patterns in Dante
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Patterns in Dante

Cormac Ó Cuilleanáin & Jennifer Petrie, editors

Interesting collection of essays relating to Dante’s works that offers fresh literary interpretations, concluding with an extensive index of references to Dante…
Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, his associates and St Anthony’s College Louvain

Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, his associates and St Anthony’s College Louvain

Nollaig Ó Muraíle, editor

The Irish Franciscan College of St Anthony at Louvain, established in 1607, was an intellectual powerhouse for an attempt to save and promote the religion, cult…
Confederate Ireland, 1642–1649

Confederate Ireland, 1642–1649

A constitutional and political analysis

Micheál Ó Siochrú

This book examines political and constitutional developments in confederate Ireland from the formation of embryonic governmental institutions in 1642, until the…