Irish History

This lavishly illustrated book is the first devoted to the subject of the manufacture and use of wallpaper in Ireland.

An A to Z of quirky facts and stories about Limerick county

Limerick, Ireland's third most populous city, has a rich and vibrant history stretching back to its foundation by the Vikings. Historian Sharon Slater explores the development of the city, showing how it has changed and grown over the years, recalling shops and industries, streets and buildings, societies and clubs and a lost way of life.

Fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about County Limerick.

This is an account of social life in pre-Reformation Dublin, telling of its ruling class, its wealthy merchants, its all-powerful traditional church, the city's personalities, and Dublin's unwanted Irish.

Covering almost one thousand years, this volume explores the political, cultural, economic, religious and social history of medieval Ireland.

The thousand years explored in this book witnessed developments in the history of Ireland that resonate to this day. Interspersing narrative with detailed analysis of key themes, the first volume in the Cambridge History of Ireland presents the latest thinking on key aspects of the medieval Irish experience.

This is an updated edition of the definitive guide to researching ancestors in Mayo, Ireland. The book sets out the records available for research on Mayo family history, how to best use them and where they can be accessed. It is fully illustrated with examples of records and provides links to on-line sources.

In 1916, Robert Monteith landed on Banna Strand, County Kerry with Roger Casement.

The story of the life of Henry Joy McCracken is fused with the history and environs of eighteenth-century Belfast.