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Killester

Killester

From medieval manor to garden suburb

Joseph Brady & Ruth McManus

Killester: from medieval manor to garden suburb explores the development of Killester from its earliest days as Killester Demense, through its transformation in…
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 Quaker community of Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon, 1717–1848

The Quaker community of Ballymurray, Co. Roscommon, 1717–1848

Jacqueline née Creaven d'Towey

This volume considers the arrival of The Society of Friends/Quakers to Ballymurray in 1717, their relationship with local landowners the Croftons of Mote Park, …
Irish Nurses in the NHS

Irish Nurses in the NHS

An oral history

Louise Ryan, Gráinne McPolin and Neha Doshi

From the inception of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, Irish women and men were actively recruited to train and work as nurses in British hospitals. B…
The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP

The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP

Professor Brendan Smith will launch The Dublin Annals of Prior John de Pembridge OP and his Dominican continuator on Friday 8th November from 5.30pm at St. Savi…
The Latin Lives of St Laurence of Dublin. Book Launch

The Latin Lives of St Laurence of Dublin. Book Launch

The Latin Lives of St Laurence of Dublin by Maurice Roche will be launched from 6.00pm to 8.00pm on Thursday 21 November next at The Old College of Education in…
Book Launch: The Uí Chellaig lords of Uí Maine and Tír Maine

Book Launch: The Uí Chellaig lords of Uí Maine and Tír Maine

Dr Kieran O'Conor (Department of Archaeology at the University of Galway) will launch this book for us in Gullane’s Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway on Tuesday 26…
The Royal Irish Constabulary

The Royal Irish Constabulary

A Complete Alphabetical List of Officers and Men, 1816-1922

Jim Herlihy

Back in Print

In 1836 the four provincial constabularies of the Constabulary of Ireland were amalgamated to form the Irish Constabulary, which in September 186…
Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150

Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland AD 400-1150

Patrick Gleeson

This book represents the first interdisciplinary study of early Irish kingship. Kingship represents the core institution and central problem of early medieval I…