Irish Regional History

Banbridge gets its name from the bridge built across the River Bann in 1712. It’s a thriving modern town, rife with history and culture, surrounded by beautiful scenery that provided an iconic location for the internationally acclaimed television series Game of Thrones.

This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Ireland in one special volume. 

The Little Book of Ranelagh is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about this Dublin suburb. 

On town streets or in green fields, at fairs, race meetings and saints’ patron days, rival gangs of Irishmen used to meet to battle and beat each other with cudgels and sticks.

‘The University in Living Memory’ was an oral history project initiated by NUIG in 2007 to establish what it was like to study, teach and work at what was formerly University College Galway from 1930 to 1980.

The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places. Situated in the south-western corner of Ireland, the region of West Cork attracts millions of visitors each year to discover its spectacular coastline and dramatic landscapes.

In this powerful book, men and women who served in the fire service during the Troubles tell their own stories in their own words – the events that have never left them, the victims they have never forgotten, the extraordinary bond between colleagues, the emotional burden and fallout from the job.

Arrogant Trespass is the first sustained treatment of the Anglo-Normans in Wexford since Orpen's century-old work.

Carrick, Co. Wexford, is one of the most enigmatic and misunderstood medieval sites in Ireland.

Commemorating 100 years since the dedication of the Oratory of the Sacred Heart, Ireland’s miniature gem of Celtic Revival Art.