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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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Author Q&A: Merry Wiesner-Hanks on A Concise History of the World 2nd ed.
- 12 May 2026,
- Read Merry Wiesner Hanks' Q&A on the new edition of A Concise History of the World, her social and cultural world history from the Pleistocene to Putin....
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The Secret Life of 1930s Australian Boardrooms: Why the “Managers” Weren’t Really in Charge
- 11 May 2026,
- In the classic story of modern capitalism, ownership and control separate as companies grow. Shareholders provide the capital, while professional managers run...
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Drawing the “Enemies” of Empire: Lebanese Migrants and the Boundaries of Frenchness in Postwar Senegal
- 08 May 2026,
- On the cover of a 1950s issue of Les Échos d’Afrique Noire, readers encountered a striking visual prophecy. A fakir—invoking a deeply racialized colonial imaginary—reveals...
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