Leabharlann Chontae an Chláir a reading list to accompany the Clare County Library Riches of Clare Exhibition Clare County Library Headquarters Mill Road, Ennis, County Clare in Clare Museum 065 684 6350 [email protected] www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/claremuseum Introduction The mission of Clare Museum is to collect, preserve, interpret and display the material culture relating to the history of County Clare, both in the museum building and online, as an educational resource and a socially inclusive cultural service for the people of Clare and visiting tourists. This guide is intended to provide background reading and more information on the museum’s exhibits. All the books featured in this guide are available in Clare County Library. www.clarelibrary.ie General Clare and its People: A concise history by Brian Dinan Mercier1987 County Clare: Its towns and villages by Arthur Flynn Tempus 2004 The History and Topography of the County of Clare: From the earliest times to the beginning of the eighteenth century by James Frost Mercier Press 1978 County Clare: A history and topography by Samuel Lewis Clasp Press 1998 Clare: History and Society: Interdisciplinary essays on the history of an Irish county edited by Matthew Lynch and Patrick Nugent Geography Publications 2008 The Strangers Gaze: Travels in County Clare 1534-1950 edited by Brian Ó Dálaigh Clasp Press 1998 County Clare Studies Essays in memory of: Gerald O’Connell; Seán Ó Murchadha; Thomas Coffey; Pat Flynn edited by Ciarán Ó Murchadha Clare Archaeological and Historical Society 2000 The Clare Anthology edited by Kieran Sheedy Clasp Press 1999 Clare: County of Contrast by Sean Spellissy Spellissy & O’Brien 1987 A History of County Clare by Sean Spellissy Gill & Macmillan 2003 History of Clare and the Dalcassian Clans of Tipperary, Limerick, and Galway by Patrick White Fercor Press 1973 See also the journals Dal gCais, The Other Clare, Sliabh Aughty Earth Geology Rural Life The close links The Natural History of the Burren Another Time: Growing up in Clare between earth, by Gordon D’Arcy and John Hayward Immel 1997 by Colette Dinan Mercier 2002 the seasons and agriculture with their Aillwee Cave and the Caves of the Burren In Search of Biddy Early influence on the by David Drew Eason 1984 by Edmund Lenihan Mercier 1987 development of the landscape over the Caves of County Clare Kieran Lillis Remembers: Stories of life in rural Ireland from the ‘twenties to the present day centuries is explored compiled by C.A. Self University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 1981 by Kieran Lillis Kieran Lillis 1994 in this section of the museum. Geology, Understanding the Burren Biddy Early: The wise woman of Clare farming, rural life, edited by Bruce Osborne and Michael Jones Royal Irish Academy 2003 by Meda Ryan Mercier 1991 housing and the storytelling tradition Book of the Burren Folklore of Clare: A folklore survey of County Clare and County Clare folk-tales and myths are represented. edited by J. W. O’Connell, R. Broad & A. Korff Tír Eolas 2002 by Thomas J. Westropp Clasp Press 2000 The Making of Ireland’s Landscape since the Ice Age Housing by Valerie Hall Collins 2011 Clare Coastal Architectural Heritage Survey Clare County Council (CD-rom) Secrets of the Irish Landscape edited by Matthew Jebb and Colm Crowley Cork University Press 2013 County Clare Thatched Structures Clare County Council 2005 (CD-rom) Geology of Ireland: A field guide An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Clare by P.A. Meere et al. Collins 2013 Government of Ireland 2009 The Making of Ireland: Landscapes in geology by Michael Williams and David Harper Immel 2003 Famine The Bodyke Evictions Farming by John Stafford Kelly Fossabeg 1987 The Mass Evictions in Kilrush Poor Law Union during The Great Famine The History of the West Clare Creameries by Matthew Lynch Old Kilfarboy Society 2013 by Paul Markham Paul Markham 2001 Before The Famine Struck: Life in West Clare 1834-1845 The Horse in County Clare by Ignatius Murphy Irish Academic Press 1996 by Kieran Sheedy Kieran Sheedy 2006 A People Starved: Life and death in West Clare, 1845-1851 Farming and the Burren by Ignatius Murphy Irish Academic Press 1996 by Brendan Dunford Teagasc 2002 A Pride of Paper Tigers: A history of The Great Hunger in the Scariff Workhouse Union from 1839 to 1853 by Michael O’Gorman East Clare Heritage 1994 A History of Irish Farming, 1750-1950 by Jonathan Bell & Mervyn Watson Four Courts Press 2008 Sable Wings Over the Land: Ennis, County Clare and its wider community during The Great Famine by Ciarán Ó Murchadha Clasp Press 1998 People and the Land: Farming in nineteenth century Ireland Poverty Before the Famine: County Clare 1835. First report by Jonathan Bell Friar’s Bush Press 1992 from His Majesty’s Commissioners into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland edited by Maureen Comber Clasp Press 1996 Early Irish Farming: A study based mainly on the law-texts of the 7th and 8th centuries AD by Fergus Kelly Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1997 The Great Famine: Ireland’s agony 1845-1852 by Ciarán Ó Murchadha Continuum 2011 Power Archaeology Irish Megalithic Tombs By Elizabeth Shee Twohig Shire 2004 This section of the Burren Archaeology: A tour guide museum deals with by Hugh Carthy Collins 2011 The Prehistoric Archaeology of Ireland the symbols of by John Waddell Wordwell 2010 power to be found Borderlands: Archaeological investigations on in the county. These the route of the M18 Gort to Crusheen road scheme range from the by Shane Delaney et al. National Roads Authority 2012 Mooghaun hillfort to War the numerous castles Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland: Volume I County Clare by Ruaidhrí de Valera and Sean Ó Nualláin Duchas 2002 The War in Clare 1911-1921: Personal memoirs of the Irish War of Independence and towerhouses by Michael Brennan Four Courts 1980 in the county. Land is one of the most The Late Bronze Age Hillfort at Mooghaun South by Eoin Grogan Discovery Programme 1999 Ralahine, Land War and the co-operative potent sources of by David Lee Bottom Dog and Co-Op Books 1981 power and here the major influences The Burren and the Aran Islands: An archaeological guide by Carleton Jones Collins 2004 Ireland’s Banner County: Clare from the Fall of Parnell to the Great War 1890-1918 of control over the by Daniel McCarthy Saipan Press 2002 land are examined. The influence of The Antiquities of County Clare: Blood on the Banner: The republican struggle in Clare 1913-1923 the O’Briens, and Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the County of Clare by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc Mercier 2009 the emergence of collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839 by John O’Donovan & Eugene Curry Clasp Press 1997 Eamon de Valera as a The United Irishmen of County Clare: 1798 political figure is also by Kieran Sheedy Clare Education Centre 1998 dealt with here. Archaeology of the Burren: Prehistoric forts and dolmens in North Clare by Thomas J. Westropp Clasp Press 1999 The Emergency: Neutral Ireland, 1939-45 Recorded Monuments: County Clare by Brian Girvin Pan 2007 Office of Public Works 1996 The World War II years: The Irish emergency : an illustrated history by Helen Litton Wolfhound Press 2001 The Archaeology of Medieval Ireland by T. B. Barry Routledge 1988 Big Houses Temples of Stone: Exploring the megalithic tombs of Ireland Historical Genealogical Architectural Notes on some Houses of Clare by Carleton Jones Collins 2013 by Hugh Weir Ballinakella Press 1999 Standing Stones and other Monuments of Early Ireland The History of Bunratty Castle by Kenneth McNally Appletree 1984 by Martin Breen Martin Breen 2012 Early Medieval Munster: Archaeology, history and society Bunratty Castle edited by Michael A. Monk and John Sheehan. Cork University Press 1998 by Christopher Lynch Eason c1984 Early Ireland: An introduction to Irish prehistory by Michael J. O’Kelly Cambridge University Press 1989 Castles and Fortifications in Ireland, 1485-1945 by Paul M. Kerrigan Collins Press 1995 Antiquities of the Irish Countryside by Seán P. Ó Riordáin Routledge 1991 Irish Castles and Castellated Houses by Harold G. Leask Dundalgan Press 1944 The Archaeology of Lake Settlement in Ireland by Aidan O’Sullivan Royal Irish Academy 1998 The Origin and Development of the Tower-House by David Sweetman The Barrycourt Trust 2000 Crannogs: Lake-dwellings of early Ireland by Aidan O’Sullivan Country House 2000 The Medieval Castles of Ireland by David Sweetman Collins 2005 The Illustrated Archaeology of Ireland edited by Michael Ryan Town House and Country House 1991 Clare Traditional Boat and Currach Project 2008 People Water Clare County Council c.2009 Eamon de Valera and the Banner County Clare is a county by Kevin J. Browne Glendale Press 1982 The River Shannon: A journey down Ireland’s longest river with close links to Collins 2011 water. The concept by Aiveen Cooper The Clunes from the Dalcassians to Modern Times of the River Shannon by Conor F. Clune Quinville Press 1992 The Shannon Navigation and Atlantic Ocean Lilliput Press 2008 combining to turn by Ruth Delany De Valera: Long fellow, long shadow Clare almost into an by Tim Pat Coogan Hutchinson 1993 island is explored A Handbook to Lisdoonvarna and its Vicinity: here. This water has Giving a detailed account of its curative waters and tours Judging Dev: A reassessment of the life and legacy of Eamon de Valera to the principal places of interest in the County Clare influenced the settle- Clasp Press 1998 by Diarmaid Ferriter Royal Irish Academy 2007 ment of the county by Philip Dwyer and the relationship The Origin and History of the MacNamaras: The story of an Irish sept : Oceans of Consolation: Personal accounts of Irish migration to Australia between people and Cork 1994 their character & struggle to maintain their lands in Clare the environment.