Browsing Department of History by Title
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The 1798 Rebellion in North Leinster
(Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003) -
The 4th Earl of Dunraven, 1841–1926: a study of his contribution to the emerging Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2003)The 4th earl of Dunraven was born in Adare in 1841 into one of the wealthiest landed families in Ireland. Succeeding to the title in 1871 he was the quintessential Irish peer, engrossing himself in travel and adventure, ... -
Adapting early modern Ireland
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Aliens in wartime: reactions and responses to foreign nationalities and minorities in Ireland during the First World War
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2013)Ireland was a diverse society made up of various nationalities and ethnic minorities before the twentieth century. Relationships and tensions have developed between these various ‘foreign’ groups and Ireland’s host nation ... -
American influence on the Gaelic League: Inspiration or control?
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Brian Boru’s origins and the kingdom of North Munster (Pre-published version)
(History Publications Ltd., 2014)Cathy Swift examines the tradition that Cormac Cas was buried at Duntryleague Hill, near Galbally, Co. Limerick, and what it tells us about the rise of his descendent, Brian Boru. -
Building Irish identity in America 1870-1915
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Celtic monasticism- a discipline's search for romance?
(The Archaeological Society, UCD, 1994)Beneath the mud-encrusted exterior of the average archaeologist, there beats the heart of a romantic. As a profession, we are attracted by the lure of lost tribes and societies, the life- style enjoyed by unknown ... -
Celts, Romans and the Coligny calendar
(Oxbow Books, 2002)It is hard for those who have them to admire the rapidly developing system of shortterm academic contracts but one advantage for the scholar in such a situation is that they can facilitate the development of a wider ... -
Christian communities in fifth and sixth century Ireland
(The Archaeological Society, UCD, 1996)It has often been assumed that, following Palladius’ mission of AD 431, Ireland became entirely or at the very least predominantly, Christian in the course of the remainder of the 5th and 6th centuries (see amongst others ... -
Claiming the landscape: popular balladry in pre-famine Ireland (Pre-published version)
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Class and status in twentieth-century Ireland: the evidence of oral history
(Irish Labour History Society, 2007)In his recent monumental study of twentieth-century Ireland, Diarmaid Ferriter has emphasised pervasiveness of class distinction, particularly in the decades up to I960. This consciousness social class in its specifically ... -
Class, religion and society in Limerick City, 1922-1939
(Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 2016)This study focuses on the civil society which existed in Limerick City between the signing of the Treaty and the outbreak of the Second World War. The purpose of the thesis is to examine this civil society outside of the ... -
A complicated birth: the Northern Ireland Ministry of Education, 1921-1925
(2023-10-25)The primary purpose of this thesis is to establish the extent to which the development of the nascent Ministry of Education (M.O.E.) in Northern Ireland (N.I.) was defined by its relationship with the Roman Catholic (R.C.) ... -
Contested goals and competing interests: freedpeople's education in North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1861-1875
(2020-12-18)This dissertation examines the growth and development of North Carolina’s schools for the freedpeople during the Civil War and Reconstruction era, 1861-1875. In particular, it investigates who taught the freedpeople in ... -
Contested memories: revisiting the battle of Mount Street Bridge, 1916
(British Journal for Military History, 2017)The Battle of Mount Street Bridge, 26 April 1916, was the most successful rebel military engagement of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. Though it accounted for something in the region of half of the total British casualties ... -
The creation of an Irish culture in the United States: the Gaelic movement, 1870-1915
(New Hibernia Review, 2001) -
Defying Descartes: Michael Moore (1639-1726) and Aristotelianism in Ireland and France
(Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2000) -
Defying the IRA? Intimidation, coercion, and communities during the Irish Revolution
(Liverpool University Press, 2016)