Maria Edgeworth's Letters From IrelandA treasure trove of stories, humour, local and high level gossip, Maria Edgeworth's letters show the extraordinary range of her interests: history, politics, literature and science. Her letters, collected here by Valerie Pakenham brim with delight at her practical undertakings and her affection for the local people she worked with. 1 January 2018 was the 250th anniversary of Maria Edgeworths birth. Valerie Pakenhams sparkling new selection of over

From the foundation of the Central Admissions Office to the resolution of the problems of the private hospitals

An Aristocrat and republican

The voice in Errislannan is immediate

to the clash of tribes and tongues

County Monaghan

In Nature in Ireland

impressionistic

Lawrence Taylor’s twenty years of field work in Banagh in south-west Donegal have yielded rich ethnographic material that is illuminated by wide-ranging archival sources

of history seen from the perspective of the losers

culture and the days at the end of life

adrenalin-fuelled negotiations and heady personality clashes that are such an intrinsic part of democratic politics

\n \n'Masterly and moving