Cork University Press

Charles Hart played a minor part in the Confederate movement of 1848 as a Confederate agent propagating the Irish cause. His previously unpublished diary provides a fresh perspective on Young Ireland and mid 19th-century America.

The Irish revolution of 1920-1921 ended in a military and political stalemate, resolved only through the mutual compromise incorporated in the Anglo-Irish Treaty. This report offers a detailed and personal account of intelligence from the inside.

Contains a selection of recipes from the Cornucopia Vegetarian Wholefood Restaurant in Dublin. This book is divided into six sections which are soups, salads, main courses, desserts, breads and seasonal menus. It features recipes with consideration for the following dietary requirements: Vegan; gluten-free; yeast-free, dairy-free; and, egg-free.

Situating Walter Macken in the literary and cultural contexts of his time, this collection of essays provides introductions to the different aspects of the author's multifaceted oeuvre, sets out to explain his enormous success on the stage and as a writer of fiction, and comments on how Macken contributed to shaping an image of the young Republic of Ireland for his national and international audience.

In this text, Frank Henderson, Commandant of the Second Battalion of Dublin's Irish Volunteers, reveals the influence of his parents and the Christian Brothers in moulding his militancy and pride in Irish culture.

Presenting some ground-breaking ideas, this book prompts a radical reappraisal of how we think about and understand male intimate abuse and violence

The fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising has been held responsible for everything from the outbreak of conflict in Northern Ireland to the alienation of an entire generation in the Republic of Ireland. This book examines the myths behind the most elaborate commemoration of the Rising to date

The remarkable story of the money sent by the Choctaw to the Irish in 1847 during the Great Irish Famine is one that is often told and remembered by people in both nations.

Examines MacGreevy's central role in the development of Irish culture from the arrival of national independence in 1922 to the moment of programmatic modernisation during the early 1960s.

A bitterly contested marriage dispute pitted Catholic and Protestant churches against each other and polarised Ireland

A study of 19th-century Irish authors, Edith Somerville and Martin Ross, and their literary collaboration, particularly the latter's influence on their writing and professional careers. New and in-depth archival research is used to rethink Somerville and Ross's joint authorship within the historical intellectual and literary culture.

This is an analysis of a popular scare about black magic and Satanism in in the North of Ireland between 1973 and 1974.