By Thomas P. Power Predictions about the end of the world became common in the wake of the French Revolution. In Ireland such predictions took different forms. Highly influential was a volume entitled in part A general history of the Christian Church, first published in 1771. Its author was an English Catholic bishop, Charles Walmesley … Read more
By Ruairí Nolan One of the most extensive collections in the Russell Library at NUI Maynooth is that of material related to the late eighteenth century and the 1798 Rebellion, including various items relating to the trial of Revd William Jackson. Everything in this article is supported by these resources and secondary material; all quotations … Read more
By Patrick J. Ryan Reprobate, rogue, scoundrel, contentious, devious and greedy are just some of the many epithets used to describe Miler Magrath, archbishop of Cashel from 1571 to 1622. Ever since he became a Protestant bishop in 1570 he has been reviled and scapegoated, but he has also been given accolades such as ‘great … Read more
By Stephen Hewer By 1270 the English had been colonising parts of Ireland for over 100 years. Many Gaelic realms or tuatha were destroyed, but others, through geographic fortune (mountainous realm or remote location) and military capability, were able to survive and adjust to the changes. A few were able to thrive. One of these … Read more
By John Gibney The Decade of Centenaries—was it a Good Thing or a Bad Thing? It is worth pondering the question as we head towards its end. The concept was deemed to suit the commemoration of the Irish revolution, though historians are often acutely aware of the tensions between commemoration, with its present-centred implications, and … Read more