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Arrogant Trespass

Arrogant Trespass

Anglo-Norman Wexford, 1169–1400

Billy Colfer

Arrogant Trespass is the first sustained treatment of the Anglo-Normans in Wexford since Orpen's century-old work. Profusely illustrated, meticulously researche…
Ingenious Ireland

Ingenious Ireland

A county-by-county exploration of Irish mysteries and marvels

Mary Mulvihill

Ingenious Ireland is a unique study of this country’s natural wonders, clever inventions and historic industries. Richly illustrated, meticulously researched an…
Seáinín Tom Sheáin

Seáinín Tom Sheáin

From Árainn to the silver screen

Tomás Ó hÍde

Hidden away for decades and thought to be lost, the film Oidhche Sheanchais (1935) was shared for the first time in eighty years with Irish viewing audiences in…
The Churchwardens’ Accounts of the Parishes of St Bride, St Michael Le Pole and St Stephen, Dublin, 1663–1702

The Churchwardens’ Accounts of the Parishes of St Bride, St Michael Le Pole and St Stephen, Dublin, 1663–1702

W.J.R. Wallace, editor

The parish of St Bride, united with the parishes of St Michael Le Pole and St Stephen, served an area just outside the Dublin city walls, based around Bride Str…
Kildare

Kildare

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

Seamus Cullen

This is the first comprehensive single volume history of County Kildare during the Irish Revolution of 1912-23. A noted garrison county, the concentration of Br…
Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland

Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland

Francis Young

The English royal saint Edmund, king and martyr (d. 869) was venerated in Ireland from at least the twelfth century, and Athassel priory in Co. Tipperary was th…
The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings AD 800-1060

The Kings of Aileach and the Vikings AD 800-1060

Darren McGettigan

The kings of Aileach came to prominence in the north of Ireland c.AD 800, just as the first Viking fleets began to raid the coasts of Ulster. At first, Viking a…
Electioneering and Propaganda in Ireland, 1917–21

Electioneering and Propaganda in Ireland, 1917–21

Votes, violence and victory

Elaine Callinan

This book provides an illuminating and unique analysis of the political rivalry between all the major parties during Ireland’s revolutionary years. Politicians,…
Lorg na Leabhar

Lorg na Leabhar

A Festschrift for Pádraig A. Breatnach

Caoimhín Breatnach, Meidhbhín Ní Úrdail & Gordon Ó Riain, editors

The present volume contains a collection of essays to honour the enormous contribution by Professor Pádraig A. Breatnach to learning in a diverse range of field…
Adomnán's Lex Innocentium and the Laws of War

Adomnán's Lex Innocentium and the Laws of War

James W. Houlihan

This book studies the Irish law dating from AD 697, called Lex Innocentium or the Law of the Innocents. It is also known as Cáin Adomnáin, being named after Ado…