"This short book compares and contrasts key developments in two neighboring lordships in counties Galway and Clare, investigating how and why the impact of central government policy was ultimately dic
Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Eirinn was among the most popular and influential histories ever written. It offered a sense of Ireland, of Irishness, and of Catholicism that had wide appeal. The wo
There was something about the form and substance of the Annals of the Four Masters, compiled in the 1630s, that allowed them to become accepted as an authentic, reliable and comprehensive record of Ga
