Captain Francisco de Cuéllar

The Nine Years War, 1593–1603

O'Neill, Mountjoy and the military revolution

James O'Neill

The Nine Years War was one of the most traumatic and bloody conflicts in the history of Ireland. Encroachment on the liberties of the Irish lords by the English…

Ireland, the United Nations and the Congo

A military and diplomatic history, 1960–1

Michael Kennedy & Art Magennis

In 1961 Irish United Nations peacekeepers went into combat in the Congolese province of Katanga. It was the Irish Defence Forces’ first experience of active ser…

Irish influence at the court of Spain in the seventeenth century

Igor Pérez Tostado

This book examines how early modern immigrant communities sought to influence the politics of their host governments. This study analyses the political activity…

Philip II of Spain

Patron of the arts

Rosemarie Mulcahy

The image of Philip II (1527–98) as stern and assiduous defender of his political inheritance and of the Catholic faith is tempered and enriched by the image of…

Ireland and Spain in the reign of Philip II

Enrique Garciá Hernán

A new and welcome contribution to Irish-Spanish historical studies has come with the publication of Ireland and Spain in the reign of Philip II. As the title re…

Franco-Irish military connections, 1590–1945

Nathalie Genet-Rouffiac & David Murphy, editors

The connection between France and Ireland is an historic one. For generations of Irish exiles, France has provided a new home and it is often forgotten that the…

A guide to Irish military heritage

Brian Hanley

This guide is designed to help those conducting research in to all aspects of Irish military history. Commissioned by the Military Heritage of Ireland Trust, wh…