Bailiúchán: Adult Reference

“125 Years of Irish Local Government” is produced as a collaboration between the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Local Government Archivists and Record Managers network.

This new volume in the award-winning Atlas Series presents fresh perspectives on, and a nuanced understanding of, the history of the Irish Civil War (1922-3). The centenary of the Civil War has prompted wide-ranging research into that tumultuous and complex period in Irish history. Featuring con...

This is a story of a Wicklow hill farming family, the Doyles of Ballymooney, who have farmed Church Mtn., Donard, Co. Wicklow for nearly two centuries. The history traces changes on this west Wicklow farm over seven generations. It explores the issue of land tenure and looks at how the family wor...

Ireland has little left of its original natural habitats. Many species, like the curlew, are under pressure due to intensive practices such as farming, forestry and fisheries and some are threatened with extinction. But given a little help from us, nature has the innate capacity to restore itself...