University College Dublin Press

An account of Daniel O'Connell's visit to Belfast in January 1840 where Presbyterian leader Henry Cooke publicly challenged O'Connell to debate Repeal during the visit. O'Connell refused to debate Cooke, partly due to his unwillingness to elevate his rival's stature but also for fear of violence.

The year 2016 marks the beginning of the centenary period of the Irish Free State's establishment. This beautifully produced limited edition series examines the fascinating time of change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago. Each volume is a first-hand account of individuals or events during the 1913-23 revolutionary period.

Drawing on feminist, postcolonial and gender theory, this work argues for the ideological, representational and linguistic complexity of early modern Irish poetry as at once contesting and engaging the colonial authority it faced.

This manual provides writing instruction in simple terms with examples and exercises on how to build writing structures for anyone who needs to compose well-crafted sentences, paragraphs, essays and reports.

John Montague speaks of finding his own voice and of wandering around the world to discover the self you were born with. He also shares his thoughts on the long poem format and the relationship between words and music, investigates the challenges of translation in poetry, and speaks about his relationship with Samuel Beckett, whom he knew in Paris.

This practical self-help guide for students helps them meet the challenges of going to university. Here, the often daunting experience of facing new subjects, reading lists, large classes and different methods of teaching and assessment are addressed in an entertaining, accessible and helpful way.

The seventh instalment in the Poet's Chair series, it is Eilean Ni Chuilleanain's tenure as Ireland's Professor of Poetry that provides the pretext for this book, a collection of three essays exploring the forces that affect the work of every practising poet.

A work on Irish labour history, providing an introduction for the general reader and a synopsis for the specialist. Presenting a challenging overview of labour's past, it addresses industrial relations and political issues of contemporary relevance.

Eugene Downing (1913-2003) was not your usual Irish brigader: a communist from his teenage years, an urbanised skilled worker, and an Irish language enthusiast. Downing spent nine months in the International Brigades Spain before being invalided home in December 1938. His memoirs are presented here in English for the first time.

Although the 1940s are often seen as a period of lowered post-Renaissance expectations for Irish writers of English, they were years of considerable creative ferment for writers of Irish. This title explores the issues within, but not strictly confined to the cultural nationalism of the language movement.