Publications

Ireland [1913]

Translated for the first time Ireland [1913] looks at what was happening in Ireland on the eve of World War I. In 1913, the ‘Irish Question’ was hotly discussed in European capitals because on the eve of the Great War, the

Shadows from the Trenches: Veterans of the Great War and the Irish Revolution (1918-1923)

Approximately 150,000 Irish officers and men joined the British Army during the First World War. What happened to them when they returned home? What determining role (if any) did they play? Most importantly, did they fall victims of selective revolutionary

Romantic-Era Irish Women Poets in English

This book offers a representative sampling of the still mostly unknown poetry by Romantic-era Irish women. It represents most of the period’s active poets by multiple (rather than only a few) works, demonstrating the diversity and the subject range of

The Rogue Narrative in Irish Fiction, 1660-1790

With characteristic lawlessness and connection to the common man, the figure of the rogue commanded the world of Irish fiction from 1660 to 1790. During this period of development for the Irish novel, this archetypal figure appears over and over

"Ireland is in Paris and is knocking at the door!" Ireland’s Claims for Self-determination and the Paris Peace Conference (January-June 1919)

After the December 1918 General Elections, Dáil Éireann mandated Irish delegates to represent Ireland at the Peace Conference in Paris. Seán T. Ó’Ceallaigh and George Gavan Duffy wrote to the French President and reasserted Ireland’s claims for sovereignty and self

The Letters of Denis Devlin

The first edition of the letters of Denis Devlin, Irish poet, translator and diplomat, this volume brings together a personal and professional correspondence that has until now been scattered across archives in Europe and North America. While representing a transformative

Irish Country Furniture and Furnishings 1700-2000

This major illustrated study, encompassing three centuries, illuminates a way of life in Ireland that has almost vanished. “Claudia Kinmonth’s astonishing work of scholarship and preservation records the richness of Irish furniture and furnishings across three centuries – an intimate

Working in Cork: Everyday life in Irish Steel, Sunbeam-Wolsey and the Ford Marina Plant, 1917-2001

This book deals with the history of the working class in twentieth-century Ireland through a close examination of three Cork factories (Irish Steel, Sunbeam Wolsey and the Ford Marina Plant) and the men and men who worked therein. This is

The Child Sex Scandal and Modern Irish Literature: Writing the Unspeakable

Even though the Irish child sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church have appeared steadily in the media, many children remain in peril. In The Child Sex Scandal and Modern Irish Literature, Joseph Valente and Margot Gayle Backus examine modern cultural

The New Irish Studies

The New Irish Studies, edited by Paige Reynolds (Cambridge University Press, 2020). The New Irish Studies demonstrates how diverse critical approaches enable a richer understanding of contemporary Irish writing and culture. The early decades of the twenty-first century in Ireland