The reminiscences of Ignatius O'Brien, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1913-18

Irish speakers, interpreters and the courts, 1754–1921

Mary Phelan

The extent and duration of interpreter provision for Irish speakers appearing in court in the long nineteenth century have long been a conundrum. In 1737 the Ad…

Juries in Ireland

Laypersons and law in the long nineteenth century

Niamh Howlin

Shortlisted for the Dublin Solicitors’ Bar Association Law Book of the Year Award 2018

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a wide range of legal issues …

Guardian of the Treaty

The Privy Council Appeal and Irish sovereignty

Thomas Mohr

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was the final appellate court of the British Empire. In 1935 the Irish Free State was recognized as the first part o…

The life and times of Arthur Browne in Ireland and America, 1756–1805

Civil law and civil liberties

Joseph C. Sweeney

Born in Rhode Island, Arthur Browne was a lawyer, a scholar, and a politician in the Ireland of the late eighteenth century and established a brilliant reputati…

The Making of The Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985

A Memoir by David Goodall

Frank Sheridan, editor

The Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) signed by Garret FitzGerald and Margaret Thatcher on 15 November 1985 was unique in providing a treaty-based arrangement for the…

Art O'Brien and Irish Nationalism in London, 1900-25

Dr Mary MacDiarmada

Joint winner of the NUI Publication Prize in Irish History 2023

London-born and reared, Art O’Brien’s journey from wealthy electrical engineer to leader of Iri…

Law and revolution in seventeenth-century Ireland

Coleman A. Dennehy, editor

In October 1641, violence erupted in mid-Ulster that spread throughout the whole kingdom and lasted for more than a decade. The war was neither unpredictable no…