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The perjury trial of Patrick Hurly of Moughna, Co. Clare

The perjury trial of Patrick Hurly of Moughna, Co. Clare

Elite Catholic responses to the emerging Protestant ascendancy

Brendan Twomey

On 31 May 1701, the former Jacobite functionary, and notorious cheat, Patrick Hurly of Moughna, Co. Clare, was convicted of perjury for swearing a false affidav…
Farming and society since 1700 in the barony of Carbury, Co. Kildare

Farming and society since 1700 in the barony of Carbury, Co. Kildare

Lesley Whiteside

This study examines Carbury’s long-established reputation as an unusually stable and prosperous farming community in Co. Kildare. Through the significant challe…
Caricature and the Irish

Caricature and the Irish

Satirical prints from the Library of Trinity College Dublin, c.1780-1830

Nicholas K. Robinson

From the author’s extensive collection given to Trinity College in 1996, 105 caricatures, political and social, have been selected that poke fun at the Irish du…
The intellectual world of the Country House in Ireland and Britain

The intellectual world of the Country House in Ireland and Britain

Terence Dooley & Christopher Ridgway, editors

Country houses may be triumphs of architecture, fine and decorative art, and landscape design, but they are also about the history and transmission of ideas. In…
A century of courts

A century of courts

The Courts of Justice Act, 1924

Niamh Howlin, editor

The Courts of Justice Act 1924 established the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court and Supreme Court. This book brings together legal scholars, historians…
The politics of gender and sexuality in modern Ireland

The politics of gender and sexuality in modern Ireland

A Reader

Jennifer Redmond & Mary McAuliffe, editors

This collection of focused, cohesive and persuasive essays is based on the newest research on gender, sexuality and sexual politics. It offers historical reflec…
Killester

Killester

From medieval manor to garden suburb

Joseph Brady & Ruth McManus

Killester: from medieval manor to garden suburb explores the development of Killester from its earliest days as Killester Demense, through its transformation in…
Land reform and legislation in Ireland, 1800-2024

Land reform and legislation in Ireland, 1800-2024

Terence Dooley, Tony McCarthy & Annie Tindley

This volume explores the provenance, mechanisms and impact of land legislation and land reform in Ireland from the 1800 to 2024, one of the dominant issues in I…
The Quaker community of Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon, 1717–1848

The Quaker community of Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon, 1717–1848

Jacqueline née Creaven d'Towey

This volume considers the arrival of The Society of Friends/Quakers to Ballymurray in 1717, their relationship with local landowners the Croftons of Mote Park, …
Sea and Settlement in Ireland

Sea and Settlement in Ireland

Geraldine Stout & Matthew Stout

Ireland is an island, situated on the western fringes of Atlantic Europe. Any settlers to this island had to first cross the sea and it is this sea connection t…