Irish History

This landmark book, reissued with a new foreword to mark the centenary of Irish women being granted the right to vote, is the first comprehensive analysis of the Irish suffrage movement from its mid-nineteenth-century beginnings to when feminist militancy exploded on the streets of Dublin and Belfast in the early twentieth century.

Concentrates on the crucial role played by women in Collins' personal and working life. Women like Kathleen Clarke, Leslie Price de Barra, Peg Barrett, Nancy O'Brien, Madge Hales and Collins' sister Mary Collins Powell, Madeline (Dilly) Dicker, Moya Llewelyn Davies and Lady Hazel Lavery are woven into this fascinating narrative of Collins' life.

Heavily involved in the Irish fight for independence from the 1880s on, Thomas Kent waited in Cork for orders during the 1916 Rising. During a gunfight at his home, Thomas' brother Richard and an RIC Constable were killed. He was executed by firing squad in Cork Barracks on 9 May 1916.

'The Day Michael Collins Was Shot' NEW edition and fully Revised. Highly acclaimed and regarded as one of the best reference books on Collins.

Following the success of the three-volume series, Birth, Marriage and Death and the Irish (2016-2021), this collection examines the celebration of Christmas among the Irish, from the seventh century to the present day.

Following the success of Death and the Irish: a Miscellany (2016), this second volume in the series 'Birth, Marriage and Death among the Irish' explores the institution of marriage in Ireland from the seventh century to the present day. This collection of essays ranges over the centuries, from the concept of marriage in early Irish law to its place in today's society, and provides evidence of the changes that took place in attitudes and practices as marriage evolved to match different social expectations.

The latest edition of Ireland's outstanding political work of reference. For the past forty years, Nealon's Guide has appeared after every general election.

Presents a comprehensive survey of Ireland's industrial archaeology. Divided into five main sections, the subject is detailed in nineteen chapters, each dealing with a major industrial activity, its technology and important surviving sites. This book is fully referenced and illustrated throughout.

By presenting case studies from across Eastern and Western Medieval Europe, this volume aims to open up a Europe-wide debate on the variety of relations and contexts between ecclesiastical buildings and their surrounding landscapes between the 5th and 15th centuries AD.