St. Patrick of Ireland

A portrait of Ireland's patron saint discusses his youth as a Roman citizen, his enslavement by Irish pirates, his decision to convert the Irish to Christianity, and the letters that revealed information about his belief system and life in Ireland.

In Search of Ireland: A Cultural Geography

In Search of Ireland examines the nature of the political economy and the exercise of power within the context of contemporary cultural geography.

The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1638 - 1660

The Civil Wars offers a powerful new assessment of the conflict that engulfed the kingdoms ruled by Charles I after 1638. Written by an international team of nine distinguished historians, it focuses on the Wars not simply as an English conflict, but as a related series of civil wars fought within and between England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland during the 1940s. It explains why Charles I lost the 'Wars of the Three Kingdoms', and how the English parliament reduced Ireland and Scotland to its authority after 1649. Elegantly written and beautifully illiustrated, this fascinating new work provides an indispensable guide to one of the most defining periods of British history.

Postnationalist Ireland: Politics, Culture, Philosophy

This work provides a recasting of contemporary Irish politics, culture, literature and philosophy by examining the concept of absolute national sovereignty and asking if it is a luxury we can afford in the new emerging Europe.

People's Peace Process in Northern Ireland

Many important lessons have come out of the negotiations for the Belfast Agreement. This book explains how public opinion polls were used in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. Significantly, it was the politicians who decided the questions so that they could map out areas of compromise and common ground that their supporters would accept. This book explains how the work was done so that others can apply the benefits of this experience to their own peace building activities.

The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916-1923

This book offers an analysis of the political organisation of Irish republicanism after the Easter Rising of 1916, studying the triumphant but short-lived Sinn Féin party which vanquished its enemy, co-operated uneasily with its military ally, and 'democratised' the anti-British campaign. Its successors have dominated the politics of independent Ireland.

Ireland in Transition, 1867-1921

This book explores the efforts made by British governments, Irish politicians, and Irish cultural organisations to master and shape Ireland in an age of increasingly rapid change, and explain the process and outcome of these endeavours.

History of Settlement in Ireland

This book aims to provide a stimulating overview of the settlement history of Ireland from prehistory to modern times. The contributors analyze issues such as settlement change and distribution within the environment.

Nationalism in Ireland

Boyce examines the relationship between ideas and political and social reality. A new final chapter considers the development of nationalism in both parts of Ireland, and places the phenomenon of nationalism in a contemporary and European setting

Early Christian Ireland

This is the first fully-documented history of Ireland and the Irish from Saint Patrick to the Vikings. It opens with the Irish raids and settlements in Britain, and the conversion of Ireland to Christianity, and ends as Viking attacks on Ireland accelerated in the second quarter of the ninth century.

Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present

An accessible history of Ireland from the earliest records. Lydon recounts, in colourful detail, the waves of settlers, missionaries and invaders who have come to Ireland since pre-history and offers a long perspective on Irish history up to present.

We Are But Women: Women in Ireland's History

We Are But Women sets the history of Irish women in the context of the broad sweep of Irish history, dealing even-handedly with the diverse traditions of unionism and nationalism.

Archaeology of Medieval Ireland

An indispensable guide to the major monuments of the period - earthen and stone castles, moated sites, villages, towns, cathedrals, churches, tower houses, pottery kilns and mills.

Ireland's Independence: 1880-1923

This timely introduction presents a clear, balanced account of the rapid and complex events from 1880 leading up to the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922.