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The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911

The tenement dwellers of Church Street, Dublin, 1911

Janet Moody

This publication aims to re-constitute a micro-community of 132 families living in Church Street in the heart of the worst slums in Dublin, using the 1911 censu…
The Vibrant House

The Vibrant House

Irish writing and domestic space

Rhona Richman Kenneally & Lucy McDiarmid, editors

'This engaging, subtle book uses many perspectives, historically and theoretically informed, to explore Irish domestic space. Two fine Vona Groarke poems frame …
Lady Butler

Lady Butler

War artist and traveller, 1846–1933

Catherine Wynne

This is the first biography of Victorian Britain’s greatest war artist, Elizabeth Thompson Butler, who found fame and public acclaim after exhibiting her Crimea…
The murder of Major Mahon, Strokestown, County Roscommon, 1847

The murder of Major Mahon, Strokestown, County Roscommon, 1847

Padraig Vesey

On 2 November 1847 Major Denis Mahon was murdered by an assassin near his home at Strokestown House. The murder sent shock waves through Ireland. Some sent it a…
Archives of the Tholsel Court Dublin

Archives of the Tholsel Court Dublin

Toby Barnard and Bridget McCormack, editors

Dublin’s Tholsel Court was a recourse for creditors to bring debtors to account. Ranging from the 16th to the 18th centuries, although fragmentary in nature, th…
Winning the Vote for Women

Winning the Vote for Women

The Irish Citizen newspaper and the suffrage movement in Ireland

Louise Ryan

The campaign for women’s votes in Ireland coincided with the nationalist movement, the First World War, the rise of the trade union movement, the cultural reviv…
The cultural reception of the Bible

The cultural reception of the Bible

Explorations in theology, literature and the arts

Salvador Ryan & Liam M. Tracey OSM, editors

The Bible is undoubtedly the most influential ‘book’ that the world has ever known. In thirty essays, this wide-ranging volume examines the cultural impact of b…
Tristernagh Priory, Co. Westmeath

Tristernagh Priory, Co. Westmeath

Colonial monasticism in medieval Ireland

Tadhg O’Keeffe

Little remains of the Augustinian priory of Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath, founded by Geoffrey de Costentin around the year 1200 and dedicated to the Blessed Virgi…
The Sunday papers

The Sunday papers

A history of Ireland’s weekly press

Joe Breen & Mark O'Brien, editors

For over a century, the Irish Sunday newspaper has influenced social mores and political developments in Ireland. In this lively and engaging book, historians a…
Limerick

Limerick

The Irish Revolution, 1912–23

John O'Callaghan

Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912–23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O’Call…