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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 Boulter letters

The Boulter letters

Kenneth Milne & Paddy McNally, editors

Originally published in 1769–70, the Boulter letters represent one of the most important printed sources for the political and ecclesiastical history of Ireland…
The Irish stage

The Irish stage

A legal history

W.N. Osborough

Drama, opera, ballet, circuses, concerts and puppet-shows: down the years, all these species of live entertainment faced innumerable difficulties in Ireland. Th…
Wolves in Ireland

Wolves in Ireland

A natural and cultural history

Kieran Hickey

'A fascinating overview of the wolf in Ireland through the ages. Hickey redresses the demonization of this iconic animal.' – Ciaran Mc Mahon, Team leader, Dubli…
The Court of Admiralty of Ireland, 1575–1893

The Court of Admiralty of Ireland, 1575–1893

Kevin Costello

In 1575 the Lord Admiral of England, Edward Clinton, appointed Ambrose Forth as the first judge of the Admiralty in Ireland. Between 1575 and 1893 an independen…
Ireland and Scotland in the nineteenth century

Ireland and Scotland in the nineteenth century

Frank Ferguson & James McConnel, editors

This volume re-examines the relationship between Ireland and Scotland in the nineteenth century. It questions the received ideas about the extent of cultural ha…
A history of the king's serjeants at law in Ireland

A history of the king's serjeants at law in Ireland

Honour rather than advantage?

A.R. Hart

In this history of the ancient, and now defunct, office of the king's serjeant at law in Ireland, Judge Hart traces the development of an office which was at th…
Staging Ireland

Staging Ireland

Representations in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama

Stephen O'Neill

This book is a comprehensive study of the representation of Ireland in the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Through a detailed analysis of a range o…
The progress of music in Ireland
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The progress of music in Ireland

Harry White

This book collects a number of essays on the relationship between music, cultural history and musicology in Ireland which, taken together, comprise a natural pr…