The chapters in this book offer a range of impressive new studies on the history of education in Ireland, based on detailed research, and drawing on important sources. This book…

Mary of Nemmegen, an early sixteenth-century English prose incunable, vividly relates a woman’s temptation by the devil and her ultimate redemption. It is closely related to the famous Dutch drama…

Educated at the Bar Convent, York, Teresa Ball became a pioneer of girls’ education when she returned to Ireland, opening Loreto Abbey convent and boarding school in 1822. This book…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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In the past decade, historians have begun to make use of the optic of ‘transnationalism’, a perspective used traditionally by social anthropologists and sociologists in their study of the movement…

In the past decade, historians have begun to make use of the optic of ‘transnationalism’, a perspective used traditionally by social anthropologists and sociologists in their study of the movement…

This significant study traces the relationship between education and social change in Ireland from the 17th to the 20th century, marking the effects of the successes and failures of educational…

A collection of traditional Irish songs and ballads, believed to have been composed by the renowned poet Raftery. This volume includes both the original Gaelic lyrics and English translations by…