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An Irish Jansenist in seventeenth-century France: John Callaghan, 1605–54

An Irish Jansenist in seventeenth-century France: John Callaghan, 1605–54

The O'Donnell Lecture 2004

Thomas O'Connor

Published by the National University of Ireland.

Charles James O’Donnell, born in Donegal and educated in Galway, provided in his will (1935) for a bequest to …
Hospitality in medieval Ireland, 900–1500

Hospitality in medieval Ireland, 900–1500

Catherine Marie O'Sullivan

Hospitality was, without question, one of the most important social institutions in medieval Ireland. It occupied a prominent place in the pantheon of virtues m…
The first century of Anglo-Irish relations, AD600–700

The first century of Anglo-Irish relations, AD600–700

The O'Donnell Lecture 2003

Dáibhí Ó Cróinín

Published by the National University of Ireland.

Charles James O’Donnell, born in Donegal and educated in Galway, provided in his will (1935) for a bequest to …
The rituals and rhetoric of Queenship

The rituals and rhetoric of Queenship

Medieval to early modern

Liz Oakley-Brown & Louise J. Wilkinson, editors

This book explores the ways in which, whether a consort or a ruler in her own right, the late medieval and early modern queen was a pivotal, and often controver…
Ireland under the Normans, 1169–1333

Ireland under the Normans, 1169–1333

Goddard Henry Orpen

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Almost a century after the publication of his magnum opus, Goddard Henry Orpen’s Ireland under the Normans remains a work of quite the most st…
Studies in Irish legal history
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Studies in Irish legal history

W.N. Osborough

This collection of published essays covers diverse aspects of law in Ireland across many centuries. Each of the legal traditions, which at one stage or another …
1972 and the Ulster Troubles

1972 and the Ulster Troubles

Alan F. Parkinson

1972 proved to be by far the bloodiest and most eventful year of the Northern Ireland conflict. The January shootings in Derry precipitated the downfall of the …
Samuel Ferguson and the culture of nineteenth-century Ireland

Samuel Ferguson and the culture of nineteenth-century Ireland

Eve Patten

Samuel Ferguson (1810–86) was one of 19th-century Ireland's most influential writers, but his politics and cultural agenda have never been fully understood. Thi…
The Land Commission and the making of Ráth Cairn

The Land Commission and the making of Ráth Cairn

The first Gaeltacht colony

Suzanne M. Pegley

In 1935 a Gaeltacht Colony was created in the townland of Ráth Cairn, Co. Meath, for twenty-seven Irish-speaking families. Fianna Fail had achieved an overall m…
Irish influence at the court of Spain in the seventeenth century

Irish influence at the court of Spain in the seventeenth century

Igor Pérez Tostado

This book examines how early modern immigrant communities sought to influence the politics of their host governments. This study analyses the political activity…