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Book collecting in Ireland and Britain, 1650–1850

Book collecting in Ireland and Britain, 1650–1850

Elizabethanne Boran, editor

This volume explores the world of book collecting in early modern Ireland and Britain. It investigates the modalities of collecting texts, both manuscript and p…
Medieval and monastic Derry

Medieval and monastic Derry

Sixth century to 1600

Brian Lacey

According to legend, Derry originated as a monastery founded by St Columba/Colum Cille. That story was almost certainly a later rationalization and simplificati…
James Hogan

James Hogan

Revolutionary, historian and political scientist

Donnchadh Ó Corráin

Studies on the life and work of James Hogan (1898–1963), Director of Intelligence in the National Army during the Civil War and Professor of History at Universi…
The account roll of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, 1337–1346

The account roll of the Priory of the Holy Trinity, Dublin, 1337–1346

James Mills, editor

With introductions by James Lydon & Alan J. Fletcher.

One of the most important documents for the medieval history of the cathedral and for the economic of lat…
Studies in late medieval and early renaissance texts in honour of John Scattergood
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Studies in late medieval and early renaissance texts in honour of John Scattergood

Anne Marie D'Arcy & Alan J. Fletcher, editors

Essays published in honour of the Trinity College-based scholar who has been at the forefront of Middle English studies in Ireland for many years.

Anne Marie D…
Medieval Dublin VI

Medieval Dublin VI

Seán Duffy, editor

The symposium, which was held in Dublin on 29 May 2004, was the sixth annual symposium held under the auspices of the ‘Friends of medieval Dublin’.

Seán Duffy …
Manuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

Manuscripts in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

Cultures and connections

Claire Breay & Joanna Story, editors

Manuscripts that were made and used in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms before the Norman conquest of England are treasure troves of art and text. Many of these books a…
'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…
Irish Europe, 1600–1650

Irish Europe, 1600–1650

Writing and learning

Raymond Gillespie & Ruairí Ó hUiginn, editors

The experience of the Irish abroad has been a vibrant and exciting area of scholarly research in recent years. Most of that work has chronicled the political, m…
John Plunket Joly and the Great Famine in King's County

John Plunket Joly and the Great Famine in King's County

Ciarán Reilly

While a plethora of works have been published about the Great Famine, particularly during the sesquicentenary commemoration in the mid-1990s, few have examined …