The Historical Association of Ireland Life and Times series was conceived over a decade ago to place the lives of leading figures in Irish history against the background of new research on the problems and conditions of their times and modern assessments of their historical significance. A new series in association with UCD Press offers a wider range of titles with a new format and fuller scholarly apparatus.
Charles Stewart Parnell has proved a compelling figure in his own time and to ours. A Protestant landlord who possessed...
Justin McCarthy (1830-1912) is the forgotten leader of the Irish Home Rule Movement. Overshadowed by Parnell before him and the...
William Martin Murphy (1845-1919) was one of the most successful of Irish entrepreneurs and businessmen. As well as being a...
One of the most famous revolutionaries in Irish history, Frank Ryan fought in the War of Independence and Irish Civil...
Son of evicted Mayo tenants, Fenian treason-felony prisoner Michael Davitt (1846-1906) was to become the driving force behind the Irish...
Thomas Kettle was born on 9 February 1880, he was killed in the opening minutes of the allied invasion of...
Denis Guiney (1893-1967) was one of the most remarkable Irishmen of his generation, who exerted through his business career a...
John Mitchel (1815-75) was sentenced to 14 years' transportation for attempting to incite rebellion in Ireland in 1848, in captivity...