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The committal of two Mallow children to an industrial school in 1893

The committal of two Mallow children to an industrial school in 1893

Martin McCarthy

At Mallow petty sessions on 31 October 1893, two young Cork girls were committed to an industrial school at Kinsale, on the south coast of the county. They were…
Derry labour in the age of agitation, 1889–1923: volume 2
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Derry labour in the age of agitation, 1889–1923: volume 2

Larkinism and syndicalism, 1907–23

Emmet O'Connor

Following on from volume 1 on new unionism and old (1889–1906), volume 2 reviews the impact of Larkinism and syndicalism on Derry. After impressive progress in …
Sir John Keane and Cappoquin House in time of war and revolution

Sir John Keane and Cappoquin House in time of war and revolution

Glascott Symes

This study provides an in-depth look at the fascinating life of John Keane, who managed the Cappoquin estate in Co. Waterford during one of the most turbulent p…
The Irish Volunteers, 1913–19

The Irish Volunteers, 1913–19

A history

Daithí Ó Corráin

No organization was more central to the history of Ireland in the 20th century than the Irish Volunteers. This is the first authoritative history of that body f…
The Royal Irish Constabulary
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The Royal Irish Constabulary

A short history and genealogical guide with a select list of medal awards and casualties

Jim Herlihy

‘This book combines a short history of policing in Ireland with a detailed description of how to trace ancestors who were members of police forces operating in …
Monaghan

Monaghan

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

Terence Dooley

In Monaghan, the transfer of land ownership and political power under British government legislation from the late nineteenth century resulted in the overthrow …
The country house and the Great War

The country house and the Great War

Irish and British experiences

Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors

Drawing on archival materials, and incorporating never-before-seen images, this volume presents a spectrum of experience: from owners, to servants and tenants, …
Patrick Pearse and the theatre

Patrick Pearse and the theatre

Eugene McNulty & Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, editors

This book focuses on Patrick Pearse the theatre man. Pearse, like many among the revolutionary generation, was deeply interested in the theatre and its possibil…
Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s

Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s

Cars, shops and suburbs

Joseph Brady

After the relative gloom of the 1950s, there was a rapid economic pick-up in the early 1960s. Car ownership increased as standards of living improved and Dublin…
Juries in Ireland

Juries in Ireland

Laypersons and law in the long nineteenth century

Niamh Howlin

Shortlisted for the Dublin Solicitors’ Bar Association Law Book of the Year Award 2018

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a wide range of legal issues …