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Richard II and the Irish kings

Richard II and the Irish kings

Darren McGettigan

Most late-medieval kings of England showed little interest in their lordship of Ireland. They showed even less interest in the Gaelic Irish population of the is…
Church and Settlement in Ireland

Church and Settlement in Ireland

James Lyttleton & Matthew Stout, editors

Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement and the American Society for Irish Medieval Studies, this exciting new book f…
The Irish Ringfort

The Irish Ringfort

Matthew Stout

This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national…
The First World War diaries of Emma Duffin

The First World War diaries of Emma Duffin

Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse

Trevor Parkhill editor

Ireland’s part in the First World War is now receiving long-overdue acknowledgment. The role of Irish women, however, is less well detailed. The diaries of Emma…
Irish classrooms and British Empire

Irish classrooms and British Empire

Imperial contexts in the origins of modern education

David Dickson, Justyna Pyz & Christopher Shepard, editors

The rise of mass education is often viewed in national isolation, yet the phenomenon can only be understood in global terms. The enormous advances in Irish educ…
Maps and Map-Making in Local History

Maps and Map-Making in Local History

Jacinta Prunty

This book aims to introduce the local history practitioner to the world of maps – the special character (and appeal) of maps as an historical source, why they a…
The annals of the four masters

The annals of the four masters

Irish history, kingship and society in the early seventeenth century

Bernadette Cunningham

There was something about the form and substance of the Annals of the Four Masters, compiled in the 1630s, that allowed them to become accepted as an authentic,…
Ireland and the Spanish empire, 1600–1825

Ireland and the Spanish empire, 1600–1825

Óscar Recio Morales

This book has been selected by Choice, a journal which provides book reviews for academic libraries, to be part of their annual Outstanding Academic Title list.…
World War I and nationalist politics in County Louth, 1914–1920

World War I and nationalist politics in County Louth, 1914–1920

Donal Hall

This study is an exposition of the experience of war and revolution in one rural county in Ireland. The origins of the 1914 split in nationalism are traced to t…