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Mary Ann Lyons
In the era of the political ascendancy of Garret Mor and Garret Oge Fitzgerald, eighth and ninth earls of Kildare, the society of county Kildare was dominated by the Geraldines…
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An examination of the various dimensions - political, social and economic - to the evolution of Franco-Irish relations in the early modern period.
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From the 2007 Irish in Europe International conference hosted by the Irish College, Rome.
The battle of Kinsale, 1601, fought during the Nine Years War of 1594-1603, marked a turning point in European and Irish history. Although the political power of the Gaelic nobility…
Terence Dooley
This book is designed to provide those interested in the history of landed estates and Irish big houses, with practical advice regarding the availability of primary sources, their strengths and…
Thomas O'Connor,Mary Ann Lyons
The third collection of essays by the Irish in Europe Project, this book explores the emergence of Irish communities across Europe from Sweden to the southerly tip of Spain. Topics…
The idea behind the Seamus Heaney Lecture Series, Perspectives on Equality , on which this book is based, was to provide the opportunity for critical engagement with differing views, analyses…
Mary Ann Lyons,Kelly James
Death and Dying in Ireland, Britain, and Europe provides a unique new perspective on Irish history and is a truly multi-disciplinary and dynamic approach to an emerging style called the…
Also included are chapters discussing current and recent attempts to examine the legacy of collective religious memory - notably in Northern Ireland - based on projects designed to encourage reflection…
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Mr. Toby Barnard
In recent years, archaeologists, anthropologists, sociologists and specialists in design, architecture and art have developed techniques that are now being exploited by historians. Dr Barnard provides a guide to some…
This collection featuring eleven essays by established and early career scholars explores multiple dimensions to the Jesuit mission in Early Modern Ireland.
This volume resituates power where it was exercised on a daily basis and in doing so opens fascinating windows into past worlds in pre-modern Ireland.
This collection of short essays presents the fruits of painstaking investigations conducted by over eighty scholars of history, early Irish, nua-Ghaeilge, archaeology, osteoarchaeology, forensic anthropology, geography and classical studies to…
Michael Farry
Using a wide array of sources and interviews, author Michael Farry has produced a balanced, comprehensive, and absorbing study of county Sligo - from 1912, when the Irish Party controlled…
Brian Feeney
This book examines the outbreak of intense sectarian violence in Belfast and Lisburn in 1920, and the ‘Belfast Pogrom’. Using recently released documents, Feeney analyses the personnel, actions and constraints…
