This collection of short memoirs and critical essays explores the relation between home as metaphor and symbol, and home as a physical, material and spatial entity. In the first section, 'Our house,'
Richard Whately (1787-1863), was a significant but often overlooked figure in nineteenth-century Ireland. Appointed as Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin in 1831, his liberalism made him a highly
For over a century, the Irish Sunday newspaper has influenced social mores and political developments in Ireland. In this lively and engaging book, historians and journalists celebrate the character,
Eight papers by scholars of theology, history, and classics ponder one of the most traumatic experiences of the early church, the Great Persecution begun by the emperor Diocletian and his tetrarchic c
Kanter (history, Florida Atlantic U.) traces the emergence and solidification amongst the British elite for legislative union with Ireland over the period 1740-1848. He describes how the idea of Anglo
This book is an introductory guide for students and researchers of the history of Irish education. The nineteenth century saw the foundation of the national school system of primary education, the se
Some believe Gothic architecture never really died out but hid in nooks and crannies or even in whole installations of Gothic Revival, while purists maintain that only Gothic is Gothic. This collectio
Invited talks and lectures by contributors recognized for their association with Irish painter Yeats (d. 1957) or their scholarship on him, are combined with a selection of papers from a symposium in
This collection of essays and other writing compiled by Larkin, vice-chairman of the National Library of Ireland Society, centers loosely on three broad themes. The book is a festschrift (tribute) to
This book illustrates the richness of the Catholic priesthood by reference to the lives of ten men who, at different stages in history, committed themselves fully to follow Christ as labourers in his
Although the major political issues that plagued Ireland in the 19th century (land ownership and self-rule), were largely resolved by 1921, there remained persistent opposition to the independent stat
This collection explores the influence of France on the evolution of Irish political and cultural thought from the eighteenth century, showing how the convergence between the two countries fed into th
This study explores the learned Gaelic families (poets, historians and physicians) and the context in which they lived. A wide-ranging survey, it looks at the landholdings and structures of individual
Published in association with the Group for the Study of Irish Historic Settlement and the American Society for Irish Medieval Studies, this exciting new book features twelve essays from an internatio
The essays in this volume bring together leading Irish and Quebecois scholars from eight different disciplines (history, literature, linguistics, design and material culture, ethnomusicology, sociolog
