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Kevin Myers 'An Irishman's diary'

Kevin Myers 'An Irishman's diary'

From the Irish Times column

Kevin Myers

Since the early 1990s Kevin Myers was the mainstay of the Irish Times ‘Irishman’s Diary’ column. ‘Did you see Myers today?’ Often we meant to and didn’t. Often …
Plots and plotters in the reign of Elizabeth I

Plots and plotters in the reign of Elizabeth I

Francis Edwards SJ

A rare historical continuum in Anglo-Irish history ran from 1558 until 1612, years dominated by William and Robert Cecil, father and son. Among the significant …
Religion and reformation in the Tudor diocese of Meath

Religion and reformation in the Tudor diocese of Meath

Brendan Scott

This book charts the attempts made to introduce religious reforms into the diocese of Meath during the 16th century. The study opens with an investigation of th…
The enigma of the gunpowder plot, 1605
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The enigma of the gunpowder plot, 1605

The third solution

Francis Edwards SJ

According to the orthodox, old-fashioned view Salisbury discovered the conspiracy, a second judgement is that he nourished it and a third that he invented it'. …
The Kimmage garrison, 1916

The Kimmage garrison, 1916

Making billy-can bombs at Larkfield

Ann Matthews

The Kimmage Garrison in Dublin was comprised of approximately ninety men, the majority of whom were members of the Irish Volunteers in Scotland and England. The…
The planters of Luggacurran, County Laois

The planters of Luggacurran, County Laois

A Protestant community, 1879–1927

Leigh-Ann Coffey

In late March 1922, a group of armed men forcibly evicted two protestant farmers from their homes at Luggacurran, County Laois. The evictions marked the beginni…
The Wilde legacy

The Wilde legacy

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, editor

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of Oscar Wilde, Trinity College’s School of English held a conference on the Wilde family. This book is the pr…
Ulster-New Zealand migration and cultural transfers

Ulster-New Zealand migration and cultural transfers

Brad Patterson

This collection throws new light on migration patterns, and identifies who the Ulster settlers were, probing the contributions they made to New Zealand society.…
Dante and the Church

Dante and the Church

Paolo Acquaviva & Jennifer Petrie, editors

The topic of Dante's attitude to the Church has exercised scholars since the 14th century, with the Reformation adding fuel to the question. The essays containe…
'Is it about a bicycle'?

'Is it about a bicycle'?

Flann O'Brien in the twenty-first century

Jennika Baines editor

This collection of essays examines the work of Flann O’Brien, a subversive, confounding and hilarious Irish novelist. It also considers the work of Myles na Gop…