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Nenagh, 1914–21

Years of crisis

Gerard Dooley

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series.

This book looks at life in Nenagh during the tumultuous period of 1914 to 1921. It examines the rise of …

Crime in the city

Kilkenny in 1845

Fergal Donoghue

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History.

This book investigates crime and sentencing at petty sessions, quarter sessions and assizes in Kilkenny city in …

The Tudor discovery of Ireland

Christopher Maginn & Steven G. Ellis

The rapid acquisition of knowledge about Ireland in Tudor times constituted a discovery of no small importance for the development of the early modern English s…

Agriculture and settlement in Ireland

Margaret Murphy & Matthew Stout, editors

Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement and the Agricultural History Society of Ireland, this book explores the relat…

The philosopher king and the Pictish nation

Julianna Grigg

The political climate of early medieval northern Britain was dynamic. Identifiable kingdoms came into prominence and new ideas on political governance promoted …

Charles O'Conor of Ballinagare

Life and works

Luke Gibbons & Kieran O'Conor, editors

Charles O’Conor of Ballinagare (1710–91) was one of 18th-century Ireland’s greatest scholars. Writing in both Irish and English, his work was clearly influenced…

The medieval manuscripts at Maynooth

Explorations in the unknown

Peter J. Lucas & Angela M. Lucas

This book provides an in-depth guide to the Maynooth medieval manuscripts (some sixteen of them, plus fragments) with illustrations. The descriptions of the man…

Periodicals and journalism in twentieth-century Ireland

Mark O'Brien & Felix M. Larkin editors

This book explores the links between Irish periodical journals of the twentieth century and journalism. From the early 1900s onwards, journals advocating an Iri…

The Law School of University College Dublin

A history

W.N. Osborough

The Law School of UCD has been a key centre of legal education and research since its establishment as the Faculty of Law in 1909. The staff, students and alumn…

Tales of medieval Dublin

Sparky Booker & Cherie N. Peters editors

Walking through Dublin Castle or along the surviving medieval city walls, you can see only glimpses of what it would have been like to live in the city centurie…

The First World War diaries of Emma Duffin

Belfast Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse

Trevor Parkhill editor

Ireland’s part in the First World War is now receiving long-overdue acknowledgment. The role of Irish women, however, is less well detailed. The diaries of Emma…

The medical profession and the exercise of power in early nineteenth-century Cork

Neil Cronin

In 1820, the surgical management of children with bladder stones in the South Infirmary was criticised by a prominent Cork surgeon, giving rise to a furious and…