The Munster Plantation and the MacCarthys, 1583-1597
The Munster Plantation – the English land confiscation and colonisation – hit the province after the Desmond Rebellions of the 1570s and …
The Irish Language, Part II – A Phoenix from the Flames?
In this second and concluding part of our feature on the history of the Irish language, we look at the role Irish …
Florence MacCarthy, the last MacCarthy Mor, 1560-1640
John Dorney looks at the career of Florence MacCarthy, one of a generation of Gaelic aristocrats swept away by the Elizabethan English conquest …
Padraig Lenihan and the 17th Century in Ireland
In our discussion of 20th century Irish nationalism, we often talk about Irish nationalism springing from the Irish Catholic identity – a …