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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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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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Before the World Wide Web, There Was the World Wide Silk Web
- 08 July 2026,
- In 1892, Vicente Sanjuán, a Spanish agricultural engineer, arrived in Padua on a government mission: to revive his country’s struggling silk industry.…...
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’: why a 3,000-year-old story still captivates us
- 08 July 2026,
- As Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' reaches cinemas, explore the scholarship behind one of history's most enduring and influential stories.
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Reconsidering the Renaissance: Elizabeth I and Classical Persia
- 07 July 2026,
- In the 1570s, Elizabeth I grappled with the question of whether to execute Mary, Queen of Scots. As she did so, she was urged to follow the compelling example...
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