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Irish fairs and markets

Irish fairs and markets

Studies in local history

Denis A. Cronin, Jim Gilligan & Karina Holton, editors

This book is the first major study of buying and selling at local level in Ireland. The contributors analyse different aspects of the exchange and sale of goods…
Fr Michael Dungan's Blanchardstown, 1836–1868

Fr Michael Dungan's Blanchardstown, 1836–1868

Elizabeth Cronin

In 1826, seven hundred parishioners from the Catholic parish of Blanchardstown sent a petition to Archbishop Murray requesting that he institute an inquiry amon…
Kiltubrid, County Leitrim

Kiltubrid, County Leitrim

Snapshots of a rural parish in the 1890s

Liam Kelly

Kiltubrid, a rural parish in south Leitrim, was designated a ‘congested district’ – a euphemism for an impoverished place – under the terms of the 1891 land act…
Edenderry, County Offaly, and the Downshire estate, 1790–1800

Edenderry, County Offaly, and the Downshire estate, 1790–1800

Ciarán Reilly

In the history of the 1798 rising in Ireland, Offaly is regarded as the forgotten county. It was not the scene of major military activity, but that does no mean…
Rossin, County Meath

Rossin, County Meath

An unofficial place

Bryn Coldrick

The area known as Rossin is found on few maps. Instead of being an artificial creation of political or religious administration, it is an unofficial entity whic…
The philosopher king and the Pictish nation

The philosopher king and the Pictish nation

Julianna Grigg

The political climate of early medieval northern Britain was dynamic. Identifiable kingdoms came into prominence and new ideas on political governance promoted …
Sacred histories
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Sacred histories

A festschrift for Máire Herbert

John Carey, Kevin Murray & Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh, editors

This collection of essays in honour of Máire Herbert focuses primarily on the textual culture of Ireland (in Latin and Irish) in its historical context from the…
Medieval Dublin XV

Medieval Dublin XV

Proceedings of the Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium 2013

Seán Duffy, editor

This volume contains reports on a number of important archaeological excavations in the Dublin area in recent years, including: Claire Walsh’s discovery of the …
Islands in a global context

Islands in a global context

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Insular Art

Conor Newman, Mags Mannion & Fiona Gavin, editors

Essays from thirty leading experts on Insular art c.AD400–1500, across all media, including stone, vellum, cloth, metal and glass. Along with a focus on art of …
Anglo-Norman parks in medieval Ireland

Anglo-Norman parks in medieval Ireland

Fiona Beglane

This illustrated volume examines the evidence for medieval parks in Anglo-Norman Ireland. It is the first book on the subject and concentrates on the parks docu…