Item category 1: Local Studies

An incredible combination of narrative and photography, this is a book about one man's quest to capture the beauty of an Irish natural phenomenon, and about how our local environments harbour a wealth of beauty and complexity, if only we're able to look closely enough.

This iCAN publication offers a complete and accessible guide for non-professionals who want to contribute to local historical research. Practical, detailed, and inspiring, the book offers advice on how to organize the research process, how to contextualize sources, and how to use archives, among ...

For centuries, English country gentlemen had collected exotic pictures for their saloons and rare books for their libraries. By the end of the 17th century, they had begun to plant nurseries. Within the space of a few years thousands of new plantations enriched the British landscape, and demand w...

A hill in County Down that cars roll up? A bridge in County Mayo that plays music? A chair that can cure madness in County Louth? Giant monster sightings on the lakes and seas of Ireland? The sensational Summer of the moving Mary statue in County Cork? Even Irish ice pop lore? From the social med...

The Great Irish Famine claimed the lives of one million people, mainly from the lower classes. The outstanding feature of the Death Census is that it was authored by local clergymen who lived among the people they served, and were intimately involved with their lives. The census, which has neve...