Browsing History (Scholarly Publications) by Date of Publication
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'The "Calculus of Faction" and Richard II's Duchy of Ireland'
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Deep History: Deeper Waters
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The Vertigo of Late Modernity
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'The Lecky Professors'
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'Government, war and society in English Ireland: a guide to recent work',
(Four Courts Press, 2008) -
The foundation and development of Na Fianna Eireann, 1909 - 16
(2008)This article examines the establishment and development of Na Fianna Eireann, or the Irish National Boy Scouts, in the period 1909?16. It also assesses the contributions of the organisation?s two founders, Countess ... -
The Irish schoolboy novel
(2009)Ireland has its own set of much neglected schoolboy novels. Aside from James Joyce's seminal work, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916), few have received any critical attention, due in many cases to small print ... -
'Negotiating Authority in a Colonial Capital: Dublin and the Windsor Crisis, c.1369-78'
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Kings and queens at home: a short history of the chess column in 19th century English periodicals
(2009)This article examines the origin and growth of chess columns in English periodicals. The space devoted by many magazines and newspapers to games and puzzles is a research topic that has mainly been ignored by scholars. ... -
ATROCITIES AT SEA AND THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR BY THE PARLIAMENTARY NAVY IN IRELAND, 1641-1649
(2010)In 1643, Robert Rich, the second earl of Warwick, the parliamentary lord high admiral, issued directions for naval officers in the Irish squadron to execute any soldiers seized whilst crossing from Ireland to join royalist ... -
Emotional Geographies
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Aftershocks: Violence in Dissolving Empires after the First World War
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)This special issue deals with the phenomenon of the emergence of radical violence in what might be called `shatter zones? of empires after the end of the First World War. It argues that the emergence of violence was due ... -
'A Fenian Pastime'?: early Irish board games and their identification with chess
(2010)Twentieth century scholars, critically re-examining Ireland?s origin myths, explained how `synthetic pseudo-history? such as the Lebor Gabala Erenn arose. Sports, like nations, have need of origin myths, chess being no ... -
Pearse, Parnell & the priests: history and politics in the Irish schoolboy novel
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The Dark Side of Independence: Paramilitary Violence in Ireland and Poland after the First World War
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)This article analyses excesses carried out against civilians in Ireland and Poland after the First World War. It shows how the absence of a centralised state authority with a monopoly on violence allowed for new, less ...