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Regions and rulers in Ireland, 1100–1650

Regions and rulers in Ireland, 1100–1650

David Edwards

For over thirty-five years much of the most original and most exciting research into the history of medieval and early modern Ireland has been the world of one …
Saint Patrick's world

Saint Patrick's world

The Christian culture of Ireland's apostolic age

Liam de Paor

The story of Ireland’s conversion to Christianity will never be known in detail. Too few records survive. Yet there are some, including two writings of St Patri…
The Irish-Scottish World in the Middle Ages

The Irish-Scottish World in the Middle Ages

Seán Duffy, David Ditchburn & Peter Crooks, editors

In this volume, the proceedings of the second Trinity Medieval Ireland Symposium (marking the 700th anniversary of the invasion of Ireland by Edward, brother of…
Irish leaders and learning through the ages

Irish leaders and learning through the ages

Paul Walsh

Essays collected, edited and introduced by Nollaig Ó Muraíle.

Described as 'the prince of Irish historians' by the great Belgian medievalist Paul Grosjean, SJ,…
Reforming Galway

Reforming Galway

Civic society, religious change and St Nicholas's collegiate church, 1550-1750

Raymond Gillespie

This book explores a new way of looking at the reformation in Ireland. Traditionally Irish historians have described early modern religious change on a national…
Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland

Athassel Priory and the Cult of St Edmund in medieval Ireland

Francis Young

The English royal saint Edmund, king and martyr (d. 869) was venerated in Ireland from at least the twelfth century, and Athassel priory in Co. Tipperary was th…
The tripartite life of Whitley Stokes (1830–1909)

The tripartite life of Whitley Stokes (1830–1909)

Elizabeth Boyle & Paul Russell, editors

This collection of essays explores the life and legacy of the Irish scholar and jurist, Whitley Stokes (1830–1909). During his twenty-year career in India, Stok…
Trinity College Library Dublin

Trinity College Library Dublin

A descriptive catalogue of manuscripts containing Middle English and some Old English

John Scattergood, with Niamh Pattwell & Emma Williams

The world-famous collection of manuscripts in Trinity College Library Dublin largely consists of items which came to the College in 1661 from the library of Arc…
European influence on Celtic art

European influence on Celtic art

Patrons and artists

Lloyd Laing

After decades of speculation and confusion about the nature of Celtic art, current studies reveal hidden meanings, symbols and codes that early medieval artists…