Feagh McHugh O’Byrne

Feagh M’Hugh of the mountain— Feagh M’Hugh of the glen— Who has not heard of the Glenmalur Chief, And the feats of his hard-riding men? When these lines by Thomas […]

Confederate Ireland, 1642-49: a constitutional and political analysis, Mícheál Ó Siochrú. (Four Courts Press, £35) ISBN 1851824006

This is a remarkable debut performance. First monographs by the likes of Aidan Clarke (The Old English in Ireland), Brendan Bradshaw (The Dissolution of the Monasteries), Nicholas Canny (The Elizabethan […]

The Irish in Europe 1600-1800: the other ‘Hidden Ireland’

This one-day conference, organised by the Irish in Europe 1600-1800Project at NUI Maynooth on Saturday 11 December 1999, is intended as ashowcase for ongoing research by new and established historians […]

From Strangers to Citizens

Great Britain and Ireland have long been the homes of multicultural societies, in the early modern period no less than in the present day. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries […]

The Curse of Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell spent only nine months in Ireland but few men’s footprints have been so deeply imprinted upon Irish history and historiography. This theme was explored by a number of […]