Printing in the vernacular: the Louvain Project

When Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire (Florence Conry), appointed minister provincial of the Irish Franciscans at the general chapter of the order in Toledo in 1606, successfully petitioned Philip III of Spain […]

Galileo and Peter Lombard

In 1979, in one of the first public addresses of his pontificate, Pope John Paul II called for a new study of the long-contested ‘Galileo affair’ that would permit ‘a […]

After the Flight: the Plantation of Ulster

When the principal Ulster lords, together with almost 100 of their followers, fled the province in September 1607 they left behind a situation of some confusion. Among their own followers […]

“Anocht is Uaigneach Éire”

Is mó dán a ghin an tarlaing a dtugtar ‘Imeacht na nIarlaí’ coitianta air. Bainean dhá cheann de na dánta sin leis an imeacht féin agus leis an long a […]