This account of the Brigidines, formally known as the Sisters of St. Brigid, expands the current knowledge of the congregation and its mission to the rural communities of Ireland, America, Australia,
The Bible is undoubtedly the most influential 'book' that the world has ever known. In thirty essays, this wide-ranging volume examines the cultural impact of biblical texts, from the early Middle Age
Donegal: the making of a northern county (Four Courts Press. 2007) This anthology uses extracts from a wide variety of sources to examine social and geographical change in Donegal over the past five
In the 1920s Germany and Ireland were new European democracies operating in adverse international, political and economic conditions. This book places the bilateral Irish-German relationship in the co
This book, based on lectures given at the University of Navarre, is a systematic study of the person of Mary, the mother of Jesus of Nazareth, true God and true Man and the redeemer of mankind. After
This collection of new work by established scholars explores a range of topics in the history of Ireland between the Williamite Revolution and the mid-nineteenth century, an era of massive social and
From Daniel Defoe to Siobhan Parkinson, from Shakespeare to Enid Blyton, this collection of essays takes the reader on a fascinating voyage to the 'Treasure Islands' of children's literature. Picture
Described as the prince of Irish historians by the great Belgian medievalist Paul Grosjean, SJ, Fr Paul Walsh (1885-1941) produced an astonishing body of original research and editorial work in variou
The notion and truth of creation has many direct implications for the role of man and woman in the world: the meaning of pain; the connection between religious outlook and science's view of the world;
The history of St James's Hospital stretches back to 1703 when an act was passed to build a workhouse on its site. Just under thirty years later a foundling hospital was added to the workhouse. The op
The visitation records of the Church of Ireland were largely destroyed in the fire in the Public Record Office of Ireland in 1922, thus greatly enhancing the significance of those which have survived
As part of a series to assist scholars doing research in this increasingly appreciated area of Irish history, this volume offers guidance on general methodological approaches and specific sources. Bar
Regarded as the most celebrated Irish political pamphlet published before 1801, William Molyneux's Case of Ireland, stated (1698) was written to demonstrate that English statutes did not become of for
As Irish media and society move from an insular, domestic focus in the mid-twentieth century to the global outlook of the twenty-first, this book traces how indigenous media have come to terms with in
