Manchester University Press

The first book detailing the social and economic history of Ireland during the Second World War

In the last decade Ireland's immigrant population grew to more than one in ten. This is the first major academic book to offer a detailed account of how immigrants in Ireland are faring and is the first to address the challenge of integration and social cohesion.

This is an edited volume that draws on eight case studies to showcase how researchers in the humanities shone a light on some of the many hidden problems of COVID-19 - from the effects of racism to the risks of deploying shame; from how to design an effective instructional leaflet to how to communicate effectively to bus passengers... Fitzgerald is Professor in UCC

This pioneering set of essays explores the key motifs and themes in the works of the Irish novelist, Deirdre Madden, about the Northern Irish Troubles and their aftermath and changing social values in contemporary Ireland. -- .

This history examines the fraternal friendships and embittered masculine conflicts among British, American, and Irish national leaders and their Dublin-based advisers during the Second World War, as those leaders sought to secure - or reject - Ireland's alliance with the Western Allied powers in their existential conflict with the fascist Axis powers. -- .

This book tells the story of how the war in Northern Ireland threatened to engulf the Republic. It explains how popular opinion responded to the crisis from marching in solidarity with nationalists to increasing disengagement and fear. -- .

This book tells the story of how the war in Northern Ireland threatened to engulf the Republic. It explains how popular opinion responded to the crisis from marching in solidarity with nationalists to increasing disengagement and fear. -- .

Magdalen history has long been marginalised. Even as women's activism and contributions are included in new histories of the revolutionary era, the lives of women regarded as marginal are still excluded. This collection examines how Magdalen history can contribute to a more nuanced, inclusive understanding of post-independence Irish history. -- .

This book examines the early history of the Irish nationalist youth organisation Na Fianna Eireann and its notable contribution to the Irish Revolution in the period 1909-23. -- .

This book examines the early history of the Irish nationalist youth organisation Na Fianna Eireann and its notable contribution to the Irish Revolution in the period 1909-23. -- .

This book examines Bulmer Hobson (1883-1969) nationalist career in the period 1900-16, as well as his lesser-known activities in the years after the rebellion. -- .

A biography of the historian and public intellectual Sir Lewis Namier from his origins in a secular Jewish family in Poland to recognition as the most important historian of his day, whose 'revolutionary' method was enshrined in the verb to Namierise. -- .