On 27 May 2022 Professor Ludmilla Jordanova, Emeritus Professor of History and Visual Culture and Emeritus Director of the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture, Durham University delivered the fourth Eoin MacNeill Lecture. Established in 2011, these lectures provide an opportunity for distinguished scholars from outside Ireland to discuss the importance of archives and primary […]
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An Post postal rates increase
In line with the recent price increases by An Post, new shipping rates will come into effect on our online shop from today, 1 March 2022. Most rates within Ireland are unchanged. There are slight increases to international shipping, with the exception of deliveries to France, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands which have been […]
The Irish religious censuses of the 1760s
IMC is delighted to announce the publication of ‘The Irish religious censuses of the 1760s: Catholics and Protestants in eighteenth-century Ireland’ by Brian Gurrin, Kerby A Miller and Liam Kennedy. This publication presents parish-level returns from the two national religious surveys conducted in Ireland during the 1760s — by the hearth-money collectors (1764–5) and the […]
Ireland Reads Campaign 2022
IMC is delighted to join in the Ireland Reads campaign to get people reading in the lead up to the national day of reading on Friday 25 February. Ireland Reads — organised by Irish libraries, publishers, booksellers and authors — aims to celebrate reading and all the benefits it can have for well-being and enjoyment. […]
The Irish religious censuses of the 1760s — special offers available for pre-order
IMC is delighted to announce the first publication of 2022 — The Irish religious censuses of the 1760s: Catholics and Protestants in eighteenth-century Ireland, edited by Brian Gurrin, Kerby A. Miller and Liam Kennedy —  which will be published at the beginning of March. To mark this occasion we have a range of special offers on our […]
Last few copies of popular IMC editions
The following editions are almost out of print with only limited stock remaining. If you have been holding off on purchasing any of them, now is the time to do so! When they’re gone, they’re gone! Eoin MacNeill: memoir of a revolutionary scholar — Brian Hughes (ed.) Letterbook of Richard Hare, Cork merchant, 1771–1772 — James […]
Christmas Posting Arrangements
Thank you to all those who have placed orders through our website in the last couple of weeks. As An Post can no longer ensure the delivery of parcels before Christmas all orders placed after 20 December will be posted when the Commission reopens on 4 January. Any orders placed on or prior to 20 December […]
Eoin MacNeill Lecture postponed
The fourth Eoin MacNeill Lecture which was to have taken place this week has been postponed until May 2022. It is hoped that by that time the public health situation will have improved and holding a public lecture will be a more realistic proposition. We very much look forward to welcoming Professor Jordanova, Emeritus Professor of History […]
Campaign Journals of the Elizabethan Irish Wars
We are delighted to announce the reprinting in paperback of the popular 2014 title Campaign journals of the Elizabethan Irish wars, edited by David Edwards, which has been out of print for several years. This edition gathers together 19 journals of military campaigns in Ireland during the reign of Elizabeth I. They record military operations by crown forces […]
Generous effort — gender and social history
As part of its 2021 contribution to the Dublin Festival of History IMC presents two short films on the theme of primary sources for gender and social history. In the second of these Dr Elva Johnston, whose research interests are in conversion, materiality, literacy, sanctity and sexuality in late antique and early medieval Ireland has chosen as […]