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The Brigidine Sisters in Ireland, America, Australia and New Zealand, 1807–1922

The Brigidine Sisters in Ireland, America, Australia and New Zealand, 1807–1922

Ann Power

The history of the Brigidines, formally known as the Sisters of St Brigid, provides a detailed and fascinating account of the congregation and its mission to th…
William Molyneux's The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated

William Molyneux's The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England, Stated

Patrick Hyde Kelly, editor

A critical edition with introduction and notes

Regarded as the most celebrated Irish political pamphlet published before 1801, William Molyneux’s Case of Irela…
Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, and the colonization of north-east Ulster, c.1573–6

Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, and the colonization of north-east Ulster, c.1573–6

David Heffernan

Between the summer of 1573 and the autumn of 1575 one of the rising figures of the Elizabethan court, Walter Devereux, first earl of Essex, attempted to coloniz…
Bodenstown revisited

Bodenstown revisited

The grave of Theobald Wolfe Tone, its monuments and its pilgrimages

C.J. Woods

Bodenstown revisited is about a place of memory and pilgrimage often mentioned in history books but never before treated as a subject meriting an entire book. I…
Government, war and society in medieval Ireland

Government, war and society in medieval Ireland

Essays by Edmund Curtis, A.J. Otway-Ruthven and James Lydon

Peter Crooks, editor

In the late twelfth century, Ireland was absorbed into the dominions of the kings of England. This transformed the social and political life of the island, with…
The Sunday papers

The Sunday papers

A history of Ireland’s weekly press

Joe Breen & Mark O'Brien, editors

For over a century, the Irish Sunday newspaper has influenced social mores and political developments in Ireland. In this lively and engaging book, historians a…
An Ulster slave-owner in the revolutionary Atlantic

An Ulster slave-owner in the revolutionary Atlantic

The life and letters of John Black

Jonathan Jeffrey Wright, editor

Born in Ulster, John Black left Ireland for the West Indies in 1771 and never returned. Settling first in Grenada, he moved on to Trinidad in 1784 and establish…
Learned families, scholarly networks and sites of native learning in late medieval Thomond

Learned families, scholarly networks and sites of native learning in late medieval Thomond

Luke McInerney

This study explores the learned Gaelic families (poets, historians and physicians) and the context in which they lived. A wide-ranging survey, it looks at the l…
Medieval Dublin XVII

Medieval Dublin XVII

Seán Duffy, editor

Some of the most important recent historical research on the subject of Dublin city and county in the Middle Ages is gathered together in this volume, including…
Derry

Derry

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

Adrian Grant

In 1912, Derry was a busy port city with a thriving textile industry. An important transport hub, it was also a city divided along confessional and political li…