Franco-Irish Relations, 1500-1610

The period 1500 to 1610 witnessed a fundamental transformation in the nature of Franco-Irish relations. In 1500 contact was exclusively based on trade and small-scale migration. However, from the early 1520s to the early 1580s, the dynamics of 'normal' relations were significantly altered as unprecedented political contacts between Ireland and France were cultivated.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93266-5

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Lord Broghill and the Cromwellian Union with Ireland and Scotland

Broghill's years of political influence included a distinctive initiative in Ireland in the early 1650s calling for limits on army power, religious radicalism, and urging closer ties with England; domestic reforms and keen promotion of the Cromwellian regime in Scotland, of which he was president during 1655-6; and in 1656-7 the introduction of the Humble Petition and Advice, which sought to re-establish a civilian state, with Oliver Cromwell as king.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83099-3

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Loyalism in Ireland, 1789-1829

Irish loyalism is often neglected in the historical literature or misrepresented as an ideologically rigid and narrowly sectarian foil to emerging nationalism. Yet, in the French Revolutionary wars, loyalism was a recognisable counter-revolutionary ideology with recent parallels in Britain, Europe and America.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83302-4

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Medical Charities, Medical Politics

In mid-nineteenth-century Ireland there existed a system of medical relief for the poor, via a country-wide system of dispensaries, superior to any public health system in England and arguably in Europe. This book examines the dispensary system and Irish health policy and administration in general, focusing upon the Medical Charities Act of 1851, which placed medical relief under the control of the Irish Poor Law Commission.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93228-3

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Meehan's The Confederation of Kilkenny

An important resource, despite its overtly political standpoint, recommended to anyone interested in the confederacy period. Details the major conflicts during the Confederacy, and the political machinations and intrigue that dominated the period, especially those surrounding the chief protagonists. Culminates in 1649 with the invasion of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell. Fully searchable.     ISBN 1-84630-110-6

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Reports from Committees, Fictitious Votes (Ireland)

Appendices only. Details those eligible to vote in Ireland after the electorate had been greatly increased following the Great Reform Act of 1832. With over 70,000 names, with details of occupations, addresses and entitlement criteria to vote, this publication is one of the great untapped resources for the study of the Irish electorate in the 1830s.   CD   ISBN 1-84630-129-7

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Ruling Ireland, 1685-1742

In a series of studies, David Hayton offers a comprehensive account of the government of Ireland during the period of transformation from 'New English' colonialism to Anglo-Irish 'patriotism', providing a chronological survey of the development of English policy towards Ireland and an account of the changing political structure of Ireland; particular attention is paid to the emergence of an English-style party system under Queen Anne.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83058-0

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The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism, 1882-1916

This book analyses Fenian influences on Irish nationalism between the Phoenix Park murders of 1882 and the Easter Rising of 1916. It challenges the convention that Irish separatist politics before the First World War were marginaland irrelevant, showing instead that clear boundaries between home rule and separatist nationalism did not exist.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83204-1

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The Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation

Details the machinations that led to the passing of the Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland, from the success of Henry Grattan in 1782 until the passing of the Act of Union in 1800. Republished in full-searchable CD-Rom, covering some 200 pages, this republication is a must for anyone interested in the intimate, albeit rather one-sided, machinations surrounding the passing of the Act of Union.     ISBN 1-84630-109-2

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