An English edition of the collected works of 20th-century German sociologist Elias is being published in 18 volumes. His investigation into the perennial philosophical question of what time is was ori
Nine essays from a March 2005 anthropology conference in Kells survey thinking about Ireland by selected observers from off the island during a period when it was claimed as a possession by Britain. T
People, Politics and Power presents some of the most recent thinking on politics and society in Ireland from the Restoration to the Great Famine. Written by students and colleagues of James I. McGuir
Full many years,'neath foreign skies, A stranger have I strayed, I've mingled in their sportive joys, And heard their music played; But still the dearest spot on earth - Which links me to its scene -
Son of evicted Mayo tenants, Fenian treason-felony prisoner Michael Davitt (1846-1906) was to become the driving force behind the Irish National Land League, an organisation that mobilised Irish farm
Scholars of literature from Ireland, Britain, Canada, and the US explore the reception of Shakespeare in Ireland, which involves performing, studying, and responding to the plays in English and in Iri
The Irish hospitals sweepstake, initially established to provide money for cash-strapped voluntary hospitals in Dublin, provided funding for Irish hospitals for over fifty years. Apart from its role
The Irish hosptials sweepstake, initially established to provide money for cash-strapped voluntary hospitals in Dublin, provided funding for Irish hospitals for over fifty years. Apart from its role
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 evolutio
In this volume, the distinguished Dublin poet Harry Clifton - who has lived and worked all over the globe - focuses on locating himself and other Irish poets in relation to the literary traditions of
Imaginary Bonnets with Real Bees in Them is the third volume in The Poet's Chair series, publishing the public lectures of the Ireland Professors of Poetry. The Ireland Chair of Poetry was established
In Ever Seen a Fat Fox?: Human Obesity Explored Professor Mike Gibney traces the evolution of our modern diet and looks to science to offer solutions to the phenomenon of human obesity. He calls on go
These essays by Ireland's leading economic historian range widely over topics associated with the Ireland's Great Famine of 1846-52. Ireland's Great Famine includes four previously unpublished essays,
In order to understand the historical status of Travellers, Irish social scientist Bhreatnach examines developments in Irish society that affected attitudes to the nomadic population. Among her concer
JoyceIn The Real People of Joyce's Ulysses, Dubliner and Joycean scholar Vivien Igoe leaves no stone uncovered in revealing the biographies of people that had previously been deemed to be fictional, a
