The Protestant Community in Sligo, 1914 - 49
This is a story of the lives of individuals, both Protestant and Catholic, as well as communities, groups and organisations. Read about characters such as infamous politician John Jinks. The Protestants who fought for the I.R.A. in the War of Independence and Civil War. The Nationalist sympathies of W.B. Yeats and the more extreme activities of Countess Markievicz. The businessman George Williams who cooked the books when applying for British compensation, and many more.
Land and People in Nineteenth Century Sligo: from Union to Local Government
This book investigates the interaction of land, economics and politics in the county in the period following the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the Local Government Act of 1898. Local economic, social and political aspects of life in Sligo during this period and importantly the gradual transfer of economic and political power from predominantly Conservative/Unionist Protestant landlords to largely Liberal/Nationalist Catholic tenants.
Sligo in the Eighteenth Century
Sligo in the Eighteenth Century investigates the history of Sligo from the end of the seventeenth sentury up to the Act of Union between Ireland and Britain. The study examines the economic, social, political, military and cultural aspects of the county and how the changes that took place in Sligo were influenced by both national and international events.