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Irish Media

Irish Media

A critical history

John Horgan & Roddy Flynn

Revised and Expanded New Edition

As Irish media and society move from an insular, domestic focus in the mid-twentieth century to the global outlook of the twen…
Cold Iron

Cold Iron

Aspects of the occupational lore of Irish fishermen

Bairbre Ní Fhloinn

‘Cold iron’ is a phrase that may be used by fishermen as a euphemism to avoid misfortune at sea. This book provides a lively and compelling insight into the use…
Douglas Hyde

Douglas Hyde

The Professor of Irish who became President of Ireland

Attracta Halpin & Áine Mannion, editors

Douglas Hyde (1860-1949) was founder and first President of the Gaelic League, the first Professor in Modern Irish at University College Dublin and an active me…
A Musical Offering

A Musical Offering

Essays in honour of Gerard Gillen

Kerry Houston & Harry White, editors

This gathering of seventeen specially commissioned essays and two original editions of music honours the manifold achievements of Gerard Gillen as organist, chu…
The Irish Church, its Reform and the English Invasion

The Irish Church, its Reform and the English Invasion

Donnchadh Ó Corráin

This book radically reassesses the reform of the Irish Church in the twelfth century, on its own terms and in the context of the English Invasion that it helped…
The fortunes of a Norman family

The fortunes of a Norman family

The de Verduns in England, Ireland and Wales, 1066–1316

Mark S. Hagger

Nowadays, Alton Towers is a well-known amusement park, but from c.1066–1316 it belonged to the de Verdun family who, from humble origins in Normandy, came to ru…
Dancing as a social pastime in the south-east of Ireland, 1800–1897

Dancing as a social pastime in the south-east of Ireland, 1800–1897

Mary Friel

At the beginning of the 19th century, dancing was viewed as a necessary social skill and dancing masters and musicians were found throughout Ireland to cater fo…
Sir Charles Domvile and his Shankill estate, County Dublin, 1857–1871

Sir Charles Domvile and his Shankill estate, County Dublin, 1857–1871

Rob Goodbody

Sir Charles Dumvile inherited his family's title and estates in 1857, becoming one of the wealthiest commoners in Ireland. The property included the lands of Sh…
The murder of Major Mahon, Strokestown, County Roscommon, 1847

The murder of Major Mahon, Strokestown, County Roscommon, 1847

Padraig Vesey

On 2 November 1847 Major Denis Mahon was murdered by an assassin near his home at Strokestown House. The murder sent shock waves through Ireland. Some sent it a…
A south Roscommon emigrant

A south Roscommon emigrant

Emigration and return, 1890–1920

Diane Dunnigan

Emigrants were a common sight in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ireland as they left their family farms to make their way to the boat at Queenstown or …