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Castle Hyde

Castle Hyde

The changing fortunes of an Irish country house

Terence Dooley

Castle Hyde is one of the most important surviving country houses in the south of Ireland. This book details its rise as a country residence during the heyday o…
The Shawlies

The Shawlies

Cork's women street traders and the 'merchant city', 1901–50

Susan Marie Martin

For centuries, working-class Irish women survived as street traders, selling fruit, vegetables and second-hand clothing. In Cork they were known as ‘the Shawlie…
The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911

The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911

Janet Moody

This publication aims to re-constitute a micro-community of 132 families living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in Dublin, using the 1911 censu…
The eighteenth-century landscape of Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois

The eighteenth-century landscape of Stradbally Hall, Co. Laois

Clair Mc Donald

This short book examines Stradbally Hall’s landscape in a period that saw profound changes during the 18th century. It takes the perspectives of four diverse gr…
Women and the country house in Ireland and Britain

Women and the country house in Ireland and Britain

Terence Dooley, Maeve O'Riordan & Christopher Ridgway, editors

This volume of essays examines the lives of women in country houses in Ireland and Britain from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century. The authors pr…
The Vibrant House

The Vibrant House

Irish writing and domestic space

Rhona Richman Kenneally & Lucy McDiarmid, editors

'This engaging, subtle book uses many perspectives, historically and theoretically informed, to explore Irish domestic space. Two fine Vona Groarke poems frame …
Lady Butler

Lady Butler

War artist and traveller, 1846–1933

Catherine Wynne

This is the first biography of Victorian Britain’s greatest war artist, Elizabeth Thompson Butler, who found fame and public acclaim after exhibiting her Crimea…
Imagining alternative Irelands in 1912

Imagining alternative Irelands in 1912

Cultural discourse in the periodical press

Brian Ward

In pre-independence Ireland, there was not just one potential home rule nation, but rather a multitude of idealized Irelands, and journalists sought to promote …
More than concrete blocks: vol. II, 1940–72

More than concrete blocks: vol. II, 1940–72

Dublin city's twentieth-century buildings and their stories

Ellen Rowley, editor

More than Concrete Blocks: Dublin City’s twentieth-century buildings is a three-volume series of architectural history books which are richly illustrated and wr…
John Hume

John Hume

In his own words

Seán Farren, editor

John Hume is regarded as the key architect of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. This book collects extracts from Hume’s speeches, articles and interviews, and …