In this book, author John Waddell contends that elements of pre-Christian Celtic myth preserved in medieval Irish literature shed light on older traditions and beliefs not just in Ireland but elsewher
Between the seventh and twelfth centuries, a distinctive form of script and illumination predominated in the manuscripts produced in the milieu of the Irish church. Although associated principally wit
This collection of original essays sheds new light on the political history of Ireland during the Victorian period. These include major reassessments of the attitudes of Queen Victoria and her prime m
Theological scholars explore teachings by Christian fathers of both the east and west from the second to the 20th centuries on the nature and activity of the Holy Spirit. Among the 10 topics are the H
Food rioting is one of the most studied manifestations of purposeful protest. Practised in Ireland for a century and a half between the early eighteenth century and the Great Famine, 1846-7, author Ja
Castle Hyde is one of the most important surviving country houses in the south of Ireland. This book traces its rise, fall, and rise again in the early twentieth century when it was impressively, rest
Daly retired as a bishop in 1993, and Devlin retired as a parish priest in 2008, and both have served in the Derry Diocesan Archive. They draw from that to list priests alphabetically in the diocese i
Most textbook accounts of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 note only that Spanish sailors who were washed ashore in Ireland were protected. They do not mention how many Irish were part of the
These essays chart the development of Ciaran Carson's career, scrutinizing his experiments in a new urban poetics, including his obsessive concern with maps and labyrinths. The essays examine his inte
"Trim is one of Ireland's best-known medieval towns, and yet for a very long time many aspects of its early history and development were poorly understood. A series of important archaeological excavat
This book examines Ireland's experiences of the Tudor reformations. Part 1 shows that the Irish Church, far from being in decline, enjoyed an upsurge in lay support before Henry VIII's reformation. Pa
Duffy (Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin) selects essays from the eighth annual Friends of Medieval Dublin Symposium, 2006. Contributors include historians, archaeologists, librarians, and other profe
This volume contains a number of important studies relating to the archaeology of medieval Dublin, including the results of Antoine Giacometti's excavations piecing together the medieval urban landsca
There are many pasts within the Irish past. This book seeks to blend the insights of historical geography (with its field-based emphasis on environment, context and continuities), archaeology (with it
In the late twelfth century, Ireland was absorbed into the dominions of the kings of England. This transformed the social and political life of the island, with implications that resonate to the prese
