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United States foreign policy and Ireland
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United States foreign policy and Ireland

From empire to independence, 1913–29

Bernadette Whelan

This book deals with United States policy towards Ireland between 1913 and 1929. Focusing on Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, it examines the…
The Irish storyteller

The Irish storyteller

Georges Zimmermann

Supported by documents, many of which were not readily available or have never been published before, this book studies images of the ‘Irish traditional storyte…
The Vestry Records of the Parishes of St Catherine and St James, Dublin, 1657–1692

The Vestry Records of the Parishes of St Catherine and St James, Dublin, 1657–1692

Raymond Gillespie, editor

This volume provides a vivid picture of life in the suburbs of seventeenth-century Dublin. Situated as they were in the Liberties area of the city, outside the …
Local Government in Nineteenth-Century County Dublin

Local Government in Nineteenth-Century County Dublin

The Grand Jury

David Broderick

Much has been written about the politics and government of nineteenth century Ireland at a national level. Yet the point at which government touched the lives o…
Fr Michael Dungan's Blanchardstown, 1836–1868

Fr Michael Dungan's Blanchardstown, 1836–1868

Elizabeth Cronin

In 1826, seven hundred parishioners from the Catholic parish of Blanchardstown sent a petition to Archbishop Murray requesting that he institute an inquiry amon…
Kiltubrid, County Leitrim

Kiltubrid, County Leitrim

Snapshots of a rural parish in the 1890s

Liam Kelly

Kiltubrid, a rural parish in south Leitrim, was designated a ‘congested district’ – a euphemism for an impoverished place – under the terms of the 1891 land act…
Edenderry, County Offaly, and the Downshire estate, 1790–1800

Edenderry, County Offaly, and the Downshire estate, 1790–1800

Ciarán Reilly

In the history of the 1798 rising in Ireland, Offaly is regarded as the forgotten county. It was not the scene of major military activity, but that does no mean…
Rossin, County Meath

Rossin, County Meath

An unofficial place

Bryn Coldrick

The area known as Rossin is found on few maps. Instead of being an artificial creation of political or religious administration, it is an unofficial entity whic…
The philosopher king and the Pictish nation

The philosopher king and the Pictish nation

Julianna Grigg

The political climate of early medieval northern Britain was dynamic. Identifiable kingdoms came into prominence and new ideas on political governance promoted …
Sacred histories
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Sacred histories

A festschrift for Máire Herbert

John Carey, Kevin Murray & Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh, editors

This collection of essays in honour of Máire Herbert focuses primarily on the textual culture of Ireland (in Latin and Irish) in its historical context from the…