A major study of women and the medieval Irish church, this book includes ground-breaking investigations of medieval nunneries in Ireland, their personnel, patrons, buildings and estates and their stra
This book is an introductory guide for students and researchers of the history of Irish education. The nineteenth century saw the foundation of the national school system of primary education, the se
By the time he was in his early 30s, Davitt (1846-1906) was already known as the Father of the Land League and architect of the Land War of 1879-82. Rather than resting on his laurels, however, he spe
Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge is one of the symbols of the city. Designed by Coalbrookdale in Shropshire and erected in Dublin in and opened on 19 May 1816. It was the first dedicated footbridge over the r
The book examines the fortunes of a provincial, entrepreneurial family, the Glynns of Kilrush, County Clare, who came to local prominence in the early years of the nineteenth-century. It explores thei
In the politically charged era following the 1801 Act of Union, when Ireland’s harp symbol was ubiquitous in political imagery, the playable instrument, the Gaelic harp, had largely disappeared.
