Carlow : history and society / editor, Thomas McGrath.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• McGrath, Thomas.

Series:

• Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Carlow (Ireland : County)--History.
• Carlow (Ireland : County)--Social life and customs.

Local Subjects:

• Carlow (Ireland : County)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 1070 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Geography Publications, [2008]

Contents:

• Michael Conry, The personality of Carlow : landscape and people
• Gillian F. Barrett, The archaeology of County Carlow : an aerial perspective
• Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh, Agha church : architectural iconography and building ambiguities
• Máire de Paor, St. Moling, contemplative Christianity and the medieval landscape of south Carlow : biblical style in the poem Gáir na Gairbhe
• Michael O'Neill, The medieval churches and Old Leighlin Catherdral in County Carlow
• Adrian Empey, The liberty and counties of Carlow in the high middle ages
• Linda Doran, Medieval settlement hierarchy in Carlow and the 'Carlow corridor@ 1200-1550
• Colum Kenny, New Leighlin : an Anglo-Norman settlement
• Margaret Murphy, Tullow - from medieval manor to market town
• Kevin Down, Agriculture and the manorial economy in County Carlow in the late thirteenth century
• Emmett O'Byrne, 'A divided loyalty' : the MacMurroughs, the Irish in Leinster and the crown of England 1340-1420
• Philomena Connolly, 'The head and comfort of Leinster' : Carlow as the administrative capital of of Ireland, 1361-1394
• Robert MacCarthy, The Church of Ireland in County Carlow, 1549 - 2000
• William Nolan, County Carlow 1641 - 1660 : geography, landscape and society
• Catherine Ann Power, The origins and development of Bagenalstown, c. 1680 - 1920
• Carlow town and its hinterland in the eighteenth century
• Donal McCartney, Parliamentary representation and electoral politics in Carlow
• John McEvoy, The Carlow College priest - from Australia to the Americas
• Maura Duggan, United Irishmen, Orangemen and the 1798 rebellion in County Carlow
• Pádraig Ó Snodaigh, Ceatharlach i 1798 - nua amharc ar na staraithe
• Thomas McDonnell, Thomas A. Cobden, 1794 - 1842 : an architect in County Carlow
• Fearghus Ó Fearghail, Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran of Leighlinbridge, 1830 -1911
• Eva Ó Cathaoir, The Poor Law in County Carlow, 1838 - 1923
• R. Timothy Campbell ; Stephen A. Boyle, The country hgouse and its demesne in County Carlow
• Jimmy O'Toole, The landed gentry in decline - a County Carlow perspective
• Eileen McGregor, Edward O'Toole, 1860 - 1943 : Rathvilly schoolteacher and nationalist
• Thomas McGrath, Politics, education and religion in the age of revolution : Bishop Patrick Foley of Kildare and Leighlin, 1896 -1926
• Brian Donnelly, Local government in County Carlow, 1899 - 1970
• Francis Devine, Pádraig Mac Gamhna, Paddy Bergin and Labour in Carlow
• Caoimhín Ó Néill, An Ghaeilge i gCeatharloch - athbheochan agus athnuachan, 1972 - 2008
• Thomas King ; Carmel Flahavan, Carlow history and society : a select bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 973-1001) and index.

ISBN:

• 9780906602386
• 0906602386

OCLC:

317624315