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The IRA, 1926–36

The IRA, 1926–36

Brian Hanley

Although many books have been written about the IRA, little attention has been paid to the rank and file of the organization as well as the movement in 1930s Ir…
Sir Edward Newenham MP, 1734–1814

Sir Edward Newenham MP, 1734–1814

Defender of the Protestant constitution

James Kelly

Propagandist, popular politician, conservative reactionary, Edward Newenham excited sharply different responses during his lifetime. He was encouraged by his ad…
The Vikings in Ireland

The Vikings in Ireland

Settlement, trade and urbanization

Mary Valante

Over two-and-a-half centuries, Viking raiders and their descendants settled in, and urbanized Ireland, connecting the Irish to long-distance trade routes. By co…
A hidden Ulster

A hidden Ulster

People, songs and traditions of Oriel

Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin

This book is the first major study of the song-tradition of Oriel, a region which straddles the borders of southeast Ulster and north Leinster and which was the…
Music in nineteenth-century Ireland

Music in nineteenth-century Ireland

Irish musical studies 9

Michael Murphy & Jan Smaczny, editors

This, the 9th volume in the Irish Musical Studies Series, collects 15 essays on various aspects of musical life in Ireland in the 19th century, including sacred…
A dictionary of Anglo-Irish

A dictionary of Anglo-Irish

Words and phrases from Gaelic in the English of Ireland

Diarmaid Ó Muirithe

This work fills a long-felt void in the study of both Irish and English, by providing the first extensive compilation of Hiberno-English words, their meanings a…
From the Viking word-hoard

From the Viking word-hoard

A dictionary of Scandinavian words in the languages of Britain and Ireland

Diarmaid Ó Muirithe

At the beginning of the 9th century the growing population of the three great branches of the Scandinavian race who people the countries abutting the Baltic – t…
Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, vol. I

Corpus inscriptionum insularum Celticarum, vol. I

The Ogham inscriptions of Ireland and Britain

R.A.S. Macalister

The earliest writing in Ireland is in the form of ogham inscriptions, carved along the edges of numerous stones found throughout the country, with a strong conc…
Ireland and Scotland

Ireland and Scotland

Culture and society, 1700–2000

Liam McIlvanney & Ray Ryan, editors

Recent years have seen the consolidation of a new field of academic inquiry: Irish-Scottish Studies. This specially commissioned volume is the most comprehensiv…
Ter Tria

Ter Tria

by Faithful Teate

Angelina Lynch, editor

Ter Tria (1658) by the Cavan-born, Puritan poet Faithful Teate (c.1626–66) is a neglected masterpiece and a remarkable addition to the canon of 17th-century dev…