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The daughters of the first earl of Cork

The daughters of the first earl of Cork

Writing family, faith, politics and place

Ann-Maria Walsh

Based on the recovery and analysis of the letters and private papers of the wife, daughters, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters of Richard Boyle (1566–1643), …
Sport and leisure in the Irish and British country house

Sport and leisure in the Irish and British country house

Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors

Sir Shane Leslie once wrote that ‘Country life was entirely organized to give nobility and gentry and demi-gentry a good time.’

Throughout Ireland and Britain …
The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

The operations of the Irish House of Commons, 1613–48

Bríd McGrath

This is the first operational account of the Irish House of Commons in the early Stuart period, a time of immense change in early modern Ireland, when the parli…
John Ferrall

John Ferrall

Master of Sligo Workhouse, 1852–66

Fergus O'Ferrall

This case study provides the first account to focus on the career and work of a master of an Irish workhouse. It explores the role of a master in respect of iss…
Rathcoole and the United Irish Rebellions, 1798–1803

Rathcoole and the United Irish Rebellions, 1798–1803

Kerron Ó Luain

The story of the United Irish rebellions in a hitherto quiet corner of south-west County Dublin is a story of personal resentments fuelled by the spread of radi…
Landholding in the new English settlement of Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, 1635–1875

Landholding in the new English settlement of Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, 1635–1875

Oliver Whelan

The new Protestant settlement in the lordship of Clonmore, centred around Hacketstown, proved resilient to the 1641 rebellion and attracted investment, includin…
Irish speakers, interpreters and the courts, 1754–1921

Irish speakers, interpreters and the courts, 1754–1921

Mary Phelan

The extent and duration of interpreter provision for Irish speakers appearing in court in the long nineteenth century have long been a conundrum. In 1737 the Ad…
Éigse XL

Éigse XL

A Journal of Irish Studies [Vol. 40]

Liam Mac Mathúna, editor

Published by the National University of Ireland.

Éigse is devoted to the cultivation of a wide range of research in the field of Irish language and literature.…
The Deeds of the Normans in Ireland

The Deeds of the Normans in Ireland

La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande

Evelyn Mullally, editor

New in paperback

The Deeds of the Normans in Ireland (La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande) is a primary source for the history of Ireland in the twelfth century. F…
The Mansion House and the Irish Revolution

The Mansion House and the Irish Revolution

Teach an Ardmheara agus Réabhlóid na hÉireann, 1912–1923

Mícheál Mac Donncha

Dublin's Mansion House has been a centre of political and social life for the past 300 years. In the revolutionary years 1912–1923 it was the scene of many key …