First published in 1926, this remains the best and most comprehensive reference guide to the Celtic place-names of Scotland. This is the only paperback edition of this classic work, which is essential reading for anyone interested in Scottish history and the derivations of place names the length and breadth of the country. Many place-names date before the arrival of the Celts (the name 'Tay', for example, is almost certainly thousands of years old), and each successive group of invaders and settlers - Britons, Dalriadic Scots, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Picts and many others - constantly adding and enriching, leaving their own unique story in the landscape. The book is divided into sections dealing with early names, territorial divisions, general surveys of areas; it also looks at saints, church terms and river names. For the scholar, and indeed anyone interested in the subject, this book is a prime reference point which has never been surpassed.

Celtic Placenames

History

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This book examines the background to the inclusion of the office of Governor-General in the Free State constitution and the three Governors-General who held the position.

Ireland and the Crown, 1922-1936: The Governor Generalship of the Irish Free State

This new updated edition of the Directory of Irish Archives has entries for 224 repositories and organizations---education|l, religious, cultural, governmental-which hold records of historical significance. Reviews of the first edition  "Anyone engaged in archival research in Ireland should find useful the Directory of Irish Archives. The editors have done a highly commendable job in collecting and condensing vital basic information about repositories and organisations which hold records of Irish historical and literary significance"  ACIS Newsletter. "It is the most useful work of reference of its kind to have appeared in this country in recent years''  Irish Genealogist.

Directory Irish Archives

Richard Mulcahy was architect of the guerrilla war that forced the British to grant Dominion status to Ireland and the guiding spirit behind the civil war that ensured the survival of the new state. In this illuminating portrait, Maryann Valiulis uses Mulcahy's career as a focus for reexamining Ireland's transition from colony to nation state between 1916 and 1924. Contrary to traditional interpretation, she argues, Mulcahy and General Headquarters Staff played a crucial role in setting ethical boundaries for the guerrilla war, in ensuring that the war of independence did not degenerate into wanton violence, sectarian conflict, or personal vengeance. In the civil war, Mulcahy was less successful. In fact, in an attempt to enforce standards and control the actions of the army, he was led into his most controversial policy-execution of prisoners. Valiulis contends that within an atmosphere of terror and counter-terror, Mulcahy and GHQ kept the threads of the revolutionary struggle woven

Portrait of a Revolutionary: General Richard Mulcahy and the Founding of the Irish Free State

<p>The Tenth Division is unique. It was the first Irish division raised and sent to the Front by Ireland: in fact it was the first Division of Irishmen that ever existed in the British Army. In the Tenth Division, Unionist and Nationalist, Catholic and Protestant, lived, fought and died side by side like brothers. Made up entirely of men who had no military experience, the Tenth Divison was to take part in some of the bloodiest episodes of the War Ã?Â?Ã?Â± at Suvla Bay and Anzac Cove.</p>

The The Tenth Irish Division At Gallipoli

Alexander Somerville's unique account of the Irish famine was first published in 1852. However, as it was contained within a much longer three-volume work on free trade, titled The Whistler at the Plough, it remained unknown to most historians. This newly set edition contains a detailed introduction by Dr Keith Snell. Somerville's letters were addressed from some 23 towns making this book a valuable source for local as well as national history.

Letters from Ireland During the Famine of 1847

This is the third volume of Dr Murphy's trilogy on Slavic educators. Following on previous studies of the educational writings of Buber and Tolstoy, the present volumes examines the life and writings of the famous Czech educator, Jan Amos Komensky, better known to the world as 'Comenius'. The work has been extensively researched in Eastern Europe and has benefitted significantly from the reappraisal of their cultural traditions that has been undertaken by Slavic scholars since the collapse of communism in the late 1980s.Arguing that Comenius' ideas have been distorted by Marxist and pragmatist thinkers alike, the present work seeks to relocate them in the Judaeo-Christian traditions from which they sprang.It re-examines the principles of Comenius' pedagogic philosophy, giving particular attention to the learner-centred methods of teaching which constitute his main legacy to world education.It also explores his radical and far-seeing ideas on moral and religious education, peace education, language teaching, the purposes of scholarly research, and the goals of higher learning.

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<p>Alexander Somerville's unique account of the Irish famine was first published in 1852. However, as it was contained within a much longer three-volume work on free trade, titled The Whistler at the Plough, it remained unknown to most historians. This newly set edition contains a detailed introduction by Dr Keith Snell. Somerville's letters were addressed from some 23 towns making this book a valuable source for local as well as national history.</p>

A day-by-day account of the 1916 Rising, in the form of a series of letters from Alfred Fannin, the managing director of a medical and surgical supply business in Grafton Street.

Letters from Dublin Easter 1916: The Diary of Alfred Fanin (History S)

This work traces the evolution of the settlement at Dugort from barren land to thriving village in a period of ten to twelve years. By the mid-1840s it was firmly established with its schools, reclaimed farmland and luxuriant crops. Secondary settlements were also established at Mweelin and on the island of Inishbiggle. However, very strong opposition to these developments came from the Roman Catholic archbishop of Tuam, and the priests he sent to the island. The great famine and its impact on the Mission, the departure of its founder Edward Nangle together with the falling off of voluntary contributions and emigration to the colonies and America, all contributed to the final collapse of this Protestant missionary experiment.

Dugort Achill Island 1831-1861: The Rise and Fall of a Missionary Community (39) (Maynooth Studies in Irish Local History)

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Celtic Placenames

Ireland and the Crown, 1922-1936: The Governor Generalship of the Irish Free State

Directory Irish Archives

Portrait of a Revolutionary: General Richard Mulcahy and the Founding of the Irish Free State

The The Tenth Irish Division At Gallipoli

Letters from Ireland During the Famine of 1847

Comenius

Letters from Ireland During the Famine of 1847

Letters from Dublin Easter 1916: The Diary of Alfred Fanin (History S)

Dugort Achill Island 1831-1861: The Rise and Fall of a Missionary Community (39) (Maynooth Studies in Irish Local History)