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Cathal Brugha

Cathal Brugha

‘An Indomitable Spirit’

Daithí Ó Corráin & Gerard Hanley

By any measure, Cathal Brugha’s life was extraordinary: a member of the Gaelic League, Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers; a celebrated survivor …
Noraid and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1970–94

Noraid and the Northern Ireland Troubles, 1970–94

Robert Collins

Since the end of the eighteenth century, the United States has offered sanctuary and support to Irish men and women engaged in the struggle for Irish independen…
'Modest and civil people'

'Modest and civil people'

Religion and society in medieval Galway

Rachel Moss and Cólman Ó Clabaigh OSB

The town of Galway occupied a unique situation in medieval Ireland. Conspicuously English in its religious and political allegiances, it existed in an overwhelm…
Thomas Conolly (1823-76) of Castletown House and the social networking of power

Thomas Conolly (1823-76) of Castletown House and the social networking of power

Suzanne M. Pegley

This study is focused on Thomas Conolly of Castletown House, Co. Kildare, and the social networking of the power elite. Structured as a biography of Conolly, it…
Nathaniel Colgan, 1851–1919

Nathaniel Colgan, 1851–1919

The life, times and genealogy of an enigmatic Dubliner

John Colgan

Nathaniel Colgan MRIA, a self-taught botanist, was known for his research on the ‘real’ shamrock and for his encyclopaedic survey, The flora of the county Dubli…
Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641

Early modern Duhallow, c.1534-1641

The crisis, decline and fall of Irish lordship

David Heffernan

In the sixteenth century the Duhallow region of north-west Co. Cork was one of the most indisputably Irish parts of Ireland. Characterized geographically by the…
Nursing and midwifery in the poor-law unions of Borrisokane and Nenagh, 1882–1922

Nursing and midwifery in the poor-law unions of Borrisokane and Nenagh, 1882–1922

Lisa McGeeney

This study examines how the professionalization and development of nursing and midwifery in the nineteenth century was reflected in the poor-law unions of Borri…
Spirit of Revolution

Spirit of Revolution

Ireland from below, 1917–1923

John Cunningham & Terry Dunne, editors

In the spring of 1919, UK Prime Minister David Lloyd George wrote: ‘The whole of Europe is filled with the spirit of revolution. There is a deep sense not only …
The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

The Irish Defence Forces, 1922–2022

Eoin Kinsella

Tracing its history to the foundation of the Irish Volunteers in 1913, the Irish Defence Forces has evolved beyond recognition from the force that emerged in ta…
Commanders of the British Forces in Ireland, 1796–1922

Commanders of the British Forces in Ireland, 1796–1922

Tony Gaynor

In December 1922 General Nevil Macready sailed away from Dublin for the last time, marking the end of British rule in most of Ireland. Macready was the last in …