Palgrave Advances in Irish History

CATHERINE COX Lecturer in the School of History and Archives, University College Dublin, Ireland MAURA CRONIN Senior Lecturer in History and Co-ordinator of the Oral History Centre, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland NANCY J. CURTIN Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Irish Studies, Fordham University, New York City, USA MARGARET KELLEHER Director, Institute for Research in Irish Historical and Cultural Traditions, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland VERA KREILKAMP Professor of English at Pine Manor College, USA LEEANN LANE Co-ordinator of Irish Studies, Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland MARY MCAULIFFE Lecturer, Women's Studies Programme, School of Social Justice, University College Dublin, Ireland PATRICK MAUME Researcher on the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography KATHERINE O'DONNELL Senior Lecturer, Women's Studies Programme, School of Social Justice, University College Dublin, Ireland MICHELLE O'RIORDAIN Assistant Professor in the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Ireland NIAMH PUIRSEIL Lecturer, School of History and Archives, University College Dublin, Ireland