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Published for the Irish Historical Studies Publications Ltd. Irish Historical Studies, founded in 1938, is the joint journal of the Irish Historical Society and the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies and is the authoritative voice in Irish history. It publishes articles embodying original research on Irish history; articles on the scope and teaching of Irish history; select documents, with editorial comment; select and critical bibliographies and guides to sources. All research articles are published open access.
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Irish Historical Studies blogs
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Failure and flexibility in Plantation Munster: the O’Driscolls at law
- 01 June 2023,
- Between the early sixteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries, a simple inheritance dispute arose over the O’Driscoll lordship of Collymore in west Cork, in the...
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A new agenda for women’s and gender history in Ireland
- 17 January 2023,
- The publication of this special issue, seeks to recognise the significant impact of the 1992 ‘Agenda’ on Irish scholarship
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‘Almost all the world’s most notable catastrophes have been caused by women’? Reassessing Derbforgaill
- 09 May 2022,
- There can be little doubt that the Anglo-Norman (or English) invasion of the twelfth century was one of the most important events of Irish history. By the time...
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March Releases from Cambridge Aspire, Part 1
- 16 March 2026,
- Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as a leading text in professional military education and undergraduate teaching. This third edition has...
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Far-Right Extremism in Post-1945 Europe
- 13 February 2026,
- As far-right extremism surges across Europe, the editors of Contemporary European History have been searching through the journal’s archives to see what we...
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Framing Corruption: The Discourse in Operation Lava Jato and the Judicial Activism in Brazil
- 04 February 2026,
- For years, Operation Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash) was the “spectacle” of Latin American politics. From 2014 to 2021, the world watched as a group...
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