A Bibliography Of Wicklow History and Heritage

This bibliography is a resource to assist local historical research efforts and arose out of discussions at our Making Local History event in November 2017. Please contact the relevant historical society, local branch library or publisher to access these publications. If you are aware of other publications from 2017 on the theme of Wicklow’s heritage please let us know by submitting a comment below.

 Anon, ‘Barton’s free’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 28-29.

Seamus Balfe and John Hussey, ‘Sheep wash-holes in west Wicklow’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 109-115.

Leo Bowes, ‘From the archives (1988): “Roaring Bess”: failed Wicklow rebel’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 7-10.

Ian Cantwell, ‘From the archives (1998) – Diamond Hill’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 59-60.

Pauleen Cass, ‘Denis Gavin and Ellen Murphy: early Queensland pioneers’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 97-105.

Dairine Coffey, ‘Appreciation – Saive Coffey’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 5-6.

Margaret Connolly, ‘Brendan Byrne’s memories’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 15-18.

Margaret Connolly, ‘Jack Murtagh interview’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 20-22.

Margaret Connolly, ‘Michael Graham’s memories of Clarabeg North’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 23-27.

Christiaan Corlett, Glendalough (Coles Lane, 2017).

Brendan Corrigan, ‘The Boyestowne Lordship: Baltyboys, Tulfarris & Humphreystown, 1650-1850’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 47-65.

Imelda Conway-Duffy, ‘A 1916 story comes back to Roundwood’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 39-41.

Cora Crampton, ‘The Plymouth Brethren and the Baltinglass connection’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 33-46.

Jim Doyle (seamus O Dubhghaill), ‘Castlekevin townland farms between 1831 and 1928’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 30-38.

John Glennon, ‘Review: Brendan Corrigan’s The History of Hollywood, Co Wicklow’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 153-170.

Paul Gorry, ‘Lathaleere – the evolution of a place-name’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 11-25.

Lorcan Harney, ‘A light into medieval Ireland: some thoughts on cresset-stones and a previously undocumented example from Newry townland, southwest Wicklow’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 81-96.

John Hussey, ‘William Hanbidge’s recollections of wool-weaving in the 1820s’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 74-80.

John Hussey, ‘Tuckmills in west Wicklow’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 124-127.

John Hussey, The Quakers of Baltyboys, County Wicklow, Ireland, 1678 to 1800s, Historical Society of the Religious Society of Friends in Ireland, 2017.

Chris Lawlor, ‘Raids, requisitions and recompense: the Civil War’s impact on west Wicklow, 1922-3’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 133-152.

Donal McDonnell (ed), ‘County Wicklow Grand Jury Presentments, Summer Assizes, 1793’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 66-73.

Agatha Mansfield, ‘The Liffey – the river of Wicklow’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 11-14.

David Menzies, ‘Early Bronze Age burials and fulacht fiadh – life and death in the shadow of the Great Sugarloaf, 1800 to 1600 BC’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 42-49.

Tom Molyneux, ‘Ernest Molyneux of The Decoy’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 120-123.

Christopher Moriarty, ‘Odd fish in West Wicklow’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 106-108.

Larry O’Brien, ‘The ballad of Dinny Byrne: 1798’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 50-53.

John Pearson, ‘Charter schools in Ireland’, Roundwood and District Historical & Folklore Journal, 27, 2017, pp 54-58.

James Scannell, ‘Death in the Glen of Imaal – 16 September 1941, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 26-32.

James Scannell, ‘A fatal accident on the Dublin & Blessington tram line in 1912’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 116-119.

James Scannell, ‘Trouble with the points’, Journal of the West Wicklow Historical Society, 9, 2017, pp 128-132.

Margaret Smith, Samuel Clayton: forger, Freemason, freeman, Anchor Books, 2017.

Colm Wallace, ‘Garda Patrick O’Halloran’, The fallen: Gardai killed in service, 1922-49, History Press, 2017, pp 37-51.

Declan Murphy, ‘A Life in the Trees’ A Personal account of the Great Spotted Woodpecker in County Wicklow, 2017

Marie Burbridge, Frank Coyne, John Harrington, Colin Love, Ejvind Mogensen and Paul Duffy, ‘New insights into the church known as St. Crispin’s Cell and the site of Rathdown Castle, County Wicklow’, Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2017, pp 35-39.

James O Driscoll. ‘Ireland’s Hillfort Capital Revisited’, Archaeology Ireland, Winter 2017, pp 30-34.

 

 

 

 

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