Research Guide to Irish History

John M. Kelly Library

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES CONTENTS

Encyclopedia of Irish History and Culture. Edited by James S. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries 1 Collections of Historical Donnelly, Jr. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2004. 2 volumes. Documents 3 [St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – DA912 .E53 2004] Atlases and Gazetteers 4

Here you will find more than 400 articles on periods of Irish history, Chronologies 4 social institutions, organisations and important individuals; each article Biography 5 includes a bibliography of the most important books and journal Bibliographies 5 articles. The full-text of more than 150 primary documents in the Historical Newspapers 6 encyclopedia is a bonus. Finding Journal Articles 7

Dictionary of Irish Biography: from the Earliest Times to the Year 2002. Edited by James McGuire and James Quinn. Cambridge: Royal Irish Academy and Cambridge University Press, 2009. 9 volumes. [St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – CT862 .D53 200 9]

With more than 9,000 articles on subjects ranging from politics, law, engineering and religion to literature, painting, medicine and sport, this widely-praised encyclopedia is the place to start for Irish biography. Articles are signed and contain bibliographies. So detailed is the 9-volume set that you get thorough articles on a wide range of people, from internationally-famous figures such as the poet W.B. Yeats to lesser-known persons such as Denis Kilbride, a 19 th Century agrarian campaigner and MP.

Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. Edited by John H. Koch. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2006. 5 volumes. [Available online for UofT use only: www.library.utoronto.ca/] [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – CB206 .C45 2006 ]

The Oxford Companion to Irish History. Edited by S.J. Connolly. 2nd ed. Oxford: University Press, 2002. [Available Online for UofT use only: www.library.utoronto.ca/.] [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA 912 .O94 2002]

Key events, institutions, movements, organizations, and personalities in Irish history are alphabetically arranged in the print version, and easily searchable in the online one.

Ireland and the Americas. Edited by James P. Byrne, Philip Coleman, and Jason King. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2008. [Available online for UofT use only: www.library.utoronto.ca/]

Illustration in title box: Linen Mill at Chapelford, near Lucan , c.1850 . Ireland: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present. By John P. McCarthy. New York: Facts on File, 2006. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA911 .M34 2 006 ]

The Encyclopedia of Ireland. Edited by Brian Lalor. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2003. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA906 .E52 2003]

With more than 5,000 articles on a wide range of topics—including art, biography, politics, and religion—this encyclopedia is more comprehensive than Brady’s Encyclopedia of Ireland (below). Regrettably, there are no bibliographical references.

Medieval Ireland: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Sean Duffy. London: Routledge, 2005. [Available online for UofT use only: www.library.utoronto.ca/] [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA933 .M43 2005 ]

The Encyclopedia of Ireland. By Ciaran Brady. Oxford: University Press, 2000. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA906 .E53 2000]

Brief articles about people, places, institutions, and events. No bibliographical references.

Illustrated Dictionary of Irish History. General editor, Seamas Mac Annaidh. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 2001. [St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – DA912 .I48 2001]

This dictionary contains many colour illustrations.

The Concise Encyclopedia of the Revolutions and Wars of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1639- 1660. By Stephen C. Manganiello. Toronto: Scarecrow Press, 2004. [St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – DA405 .M35 2004]

A New Dictionary of Irish History From 1800. By D. J. Hickey and J. E. Doherty. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 2003. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA950 .H5 2003]

Brief articles cover both Irelands since 1800. Besides including articles on political, economic and military history, the editors devote space to the arts, literature, folk customs, and religion. The single-volume work includes cross-references.

A Dictionary of Irish Archaeology. By Laurence Flanagan. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1992. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA920 .F57 1992]

Covering from the Mesolithic Era to the end of the Medieval period, this illustrated dictionary defines and describes artefacts and sites, as well refers readers to other, more in-depth sources.

Companion to Irish History, 1603-1921: From the Submission of Tyrone to Partition. By Peter R. Newman. Oxford: Facts on File, 1991 [St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – DA912 .N485 1991]

The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA925 .B47 1998]

This encyclopedia covers arts, artists and intellectuals, and ideas in Ireland from 1450 to the present.

2 Conflict in Northern Ireland. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area - DA 990 .U46 E44 1999]

Includes a detailed chronology and dictionary of Northern Ireland politics.

Encyclopaedia of Dublin. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1991. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA995 .D8 B48 1991]

This single volume encyclopedia includes an index and a bibliography.

Handbook and select Calendar of Sources for Medieval Ireland in the National Archives of the United Kingdom. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2005. [Robarts Library 4 th Floor Reference Area – DA905 .H25 2005 ]

The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA 34 .C28 1985]

Articles are arranged chronologically with an introductory overview for each historical period. Emphasis is on political, economic, social and diplomatic history. This 392 page single volume encyclopedia includes maps, illustrations, photographs, biographies and bibliographies. Cross- referenced with a subject index.

COLLECTIONS OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

Irish Historical Documents, 1172-1922. Edited by Edmund Curtis and R.B. McDowell. London: Methuen, 1943. [St. Michael's 2nd Floor – DA905 .I7 1943]

Irish Historical Documents Since 1800. Edited by Alan O'Day and John Stevenson. Dublin : Gill and Macmillan, 1992. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA950 .I69 1992]

This collection of 142 documents covers all aspects of Irish society. Documents include polls, newspaper articles, official reports, and transcripts of radio broadcasts—organized into eight chronological periods. An introductory essay begins each period.

The Sources for the Early History of Ireland, Ecclesiastical: An Introduction and Guide. By James Francis Kenney. Dublin: Pádraic ó Táilliúir, 1979. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – Z2041 .K362 1979]

An introduction and guide to the manuscript and printed sources for the ecclesiastical history of Ireland up to the 12th century.

Sources for Early Modern Irish History, 1534-1641. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. [Robarts Library – DA905 .E38 1985]

A collection of primary source documents and a guide to using them for research purposes. Includes chapters on historiography and archival collections.

3 ATLASES AND GAZETTEERS

Atlas of the Celtic World. By John Haywood. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – CB206 .H29 2001]

Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland. New York: Murphy & McCarthy, 1902. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA975 .J6]

Part I of this works includes a survey article, maps and photographs of the thirty-two counties. Part II is a general history of Ireland from ancient times to 1867.

An Atlas of Irish History. By Ruth Dudley Edwards. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2005. [St. Michael's 2nd Floor Stacks – G1831 .S1 E3 2005 SMC]

Atlas of Irish History. General editor, Sean Duffy. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1997. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA911 .A84 1997]

Historical maps are accompanied by scholarly text, photographs and reproductions of artistic and textual primary sources. Includes a section on the Irish abroad.

Dictionary of Irish Placenames. Baile Atha Cliath: Brun agus Ó Nualláin, 1937. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA979 .F6 1935]

A simple listing of Irish place names translated from English to Gaelic.

Onomasticon Goedelicum. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1910. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA979 .H6 1910]

An index with identifications to Gaelic place names and tribes.

Guide to the National Monuments in the Republic of Ireland. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1975. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA980 .H26]

Includes illustrations, maps, and photographs.

Ireland’s History in Maps. [Available online: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/]

Twenty historical maps showing the history of Ireland from 150 B.C. to the famine of the 1840s.

Atlas of Irish Place-Names. Newcastle West, Co. Limerick: Oireacht na Mumhan Books, 2001. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA 979 .O274 2001]

Detailed descriptions of the meaning of geographic place names in Ireland such as abbey and ville.

CHRONOLOGIES

A Chronology of Irish History Since 1500. Savage, Md.: Barnes & Noble Books, 1990. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA910 .D66 1990]

A listing of events arranged by date as opposed to an historical narrative. Focus is on 19 th and 20 th century religious, social and cultural events. Includes an excellent subject index.

Conflict in Northern Ireland. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1999. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA 990 .U46 E44 1999]

Includes a detailed chronology and dictionary of Northern Ireland politics.

4 BIOGRAPHY

See Encyclopedias and Dictionaries , p. 1.

Dictionary of Irish Biography. 3rd edition. Niwot, CO: Roberts Rinhart Publishers, 1998. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – CT862 .B69 1998]

This 462-page work includes a bibliography.

Concise Dictionary of Irish Biography. Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1937. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA916. C7 1937]

Contains 290 pages of biographical sketches.

Who's Who, What's What and Where in Ireland. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1973. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – CT793 .W48]

A handbook and biographical reference for Ireland and the Irish.

Women of Ireland: A Biographic Dictionary. Kinvara, Co. Galway: Irish Books and Media, 1996. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – CT3650 .I73 O24 1996]

Irish Celts: A Cyclopedia of Race History. Detroit: L.F. Kilroy, 1884. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA916 .02]

Contains biographical sketches of more than 1,500 distinguished Irish Celts, with both subject and geographic indexes.

Who's Who in the Irish War of Independence. Dublin: Mercier Press, 1980. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA962.035]

Contains a chronology of main incidents, and separate lists of the dead for both sides in the conflict.

Modern Irish Lives: Dictionary of 20th-century Irish Biography. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. [Victoria University, Pratt Library Reference – CT 862 .M63 1996]

A Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Ireland 1600-1720. London: J. Murray, 1981. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA916.8 .L63 1981]

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

A Guide to Irish Bibliographical Material. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA906 .E16 1980]

A bibliography of bibliographies for Irish history and area studies.

Writings on Irish History. Dublin: Irish Committee of Historical Sciences, 1986-present. [Robarts 4th Floor Reference Area – Z2041 .W75 1984 + ]

A microfiche collection. Annual updates are organized by chronological period. This work lists books, articles and essays on all periods of Irish history.

5 Irish Research: A Guide to Collections in North America, Ireland, and Great Britain. New York : Greenwood Press, 1987. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – DA906 .L47]

A guide to library collections, private collections, and book dealers’ catalogues of interest to those involved in all areas of Irish research.

Medieval Ireland, c. 1170-1495: A Bibliography of Secondary Works. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 1971. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – Z2041 .A8]

A classed bibliography of more than 700 items.

Bibliography of Irish History. Dublin: Published for the Department of Education by the Stationery Office, 1936-1940. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – Z2041 .C32]

A two volume set. Volume 1 covers the years 1870-1911 and volume 2, the years 1912-1921.

Women in Ireland : An Annotated Bibliography. By Anna Brady. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area – HQ1600.2 .B7 1988]

HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS

19 th Century British Library Newspapers . [Available online for UofT use: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/]

Eleven 19th Century Celtic newspapers (5 from Wales, 2 from Ireland, and 4 from Scotland) are now partially available online at UofT in this collection, selected by the British Library.

America’s Historical Newspapers, 1690-1876 . [Available online for UofT use: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/]

This source is excellent if you are researching the Irish population in 19 th Century America. You can look up the many small 18 th and 19 th Century newspapers the database covers individually in the UofT Libraries Catalogue .

6 FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES

To find articles in scholarly journals, the best place to go is an article database. To find articles related to your subject area, go to www.library.utoronto.ca/ , click the Subjects A to Z link, and scroll down to your subject area (i.e. Celtic Studies ). You’ll find a list of databases containing scholarly articles, as well as other online resources such as encyclopedias and research guides.

Historical Abstracts. [Available online for UofT use: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/]

Citations to more than half a million journal articles (with annotations) on world history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.

British Humanities Index. [Available online for UofT use: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/]

The British Humanities Index is a good source for local history in the British Isles.

IMB: International Medieval Bibliography. [Available online for UofT use: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/]

The major index to journal articles about medieval studies.

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. [Available online for UofT use: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/]

Bibliographical references to over 135,000 journal articles published in over 300 journals, from 1843 to the present.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (through the Web of Knowledge). [Available online for UofT use: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/]

Use this index when you already know a good journal article and want to find other more recent articles on the same subject that include this article in their bibliographical references.

This research guide is maintained by Richard Carter ([email protected]). It was last updated September 2019. The most recent version can be found online: http://guides.library.utoronto.ca/kellyirishhistory