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The Rise and Fall of the Orange Order during the Famine Years

The Rise and Fall of the Orange Order during the Famine Years

From reformation to Dolly's Brae

Daragh Curran

In the mid-nineteenth century, the Orange Order of Ireland fell into and emerged from apparent extinction into a vigorous resurrection - which was then stopped …
Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

Irish Men and Women in the Second World War

Richard Doherty

The publication of this book in 1999 provided the first detailed examination of the many Irish men and women, all volunteers, who served in the Second World War…
The Black & Tans, 1920-1921
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The Black & Tans, 1920-1921

A complete alphabetical list, short history and genealogical guide

Jim Herlihy

From 6 January 1920 recruiting to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) was extended outside of Ireland to candidates with military experience, in order to supplem…
Vinegar Hill

Vinegar Hill

The last stand of the Wexford Rebels of 1798

Ronan O'Flaherty & Jacqui Hynes, editors

On 21 June 1798, 20,000 men, women and children found themselves trapped on a hill outside Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, facing a Crown force of some 15,000 troops …
The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator

The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator

An account of Irish affairs, 1162-1370

Bernadette Williams, editor

When the Dominicans arrived in Dublin in 1224, they established a house on the north bank of the river Liffey next to the bridge where the Four Courts are situa…
Medieval Dublin XIX

Medieval Dublin XIX

Seán Duffy, editor

This volume contains a wealth of new scholarly research on Dublin’s medieval past, including a fascinating examination by Catherine Swift of traders and trading…
Adomnán, Adhamhnán, Eunan

Adomnán, Adhamhnán, Eunan

Life and afterlife of a Donegal Saint

Brian Lacey

Adomnán (c.625–704) was ninth abbot of the monastery on Iona off the Scottish coast, and comarba (head) of the confederation of churches associated with St Colu…
Iona, Kells, and Derry

Iona, Kells, and Derry

The history and hagiography of the monastic familia of Columba

Máire Herbert

First published in 1988, this book outlines the history of the ecclesiastical familia of Colum Cille in Ireland and north Britain in the era between the sixth a…
A history of the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry

A history of the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry

Making medicines for the World

Pat McCarthy

Ireland has become a key manufacturing centre for the global pharmaceutical market and in turn pharmaceutical manufacturing is now the backbone of the Irish man…
The early residential buildings of Trinity College Dublin

The early residential buildings of Trinity College Dublin

Architecture, financing, people

R.A. Somerville

This book contains a history of the early buildings of Trinity College, from the Elizabethan Quadrangle up to the residential ranges of the early eighteenth cen…