Edited by Alvin Jackson, Sir Richard Lodge Professor of History, University of Edinburgh

Alvin Jackson was educated at Corpus Christi College and Nuffield College, Oxford, and has been Lecturer in Modern Irish History at University College Dublin and Professor of Modern Irish History at Queen's University Belfast. Among his books are Ireland 1798-1998: War, Peace and Beyond (2010) and The Two Unions: Ireland, Scotland and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 (2012).

Robert Armstrong, Trinity College Dublin
Paul Arthur, University of Ulster at Magee
Toby Barnard, Hertford College, Oxford
Thomas Bartlett, University of Aberdeen
Tim Bowman, University of Kent
Maurice Bric, University College Dublin
Nicholas Canny, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Sean Connolly, Queen's University Belfast
Fintan Cullen, University of Nottingham
Enda Delaney, University of Edinburgh
David Dickson, Trinity College Dublin
Terence Dooley, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
Marianne Elliott, University of Liverpool
Diarmaid Ferriter, University College Dublin
Patrick Geoghegan, Trinity College Dublin
Brian Girvin, University of Glasgow
Peter Gray, Queen's University Belfast
David Hayton, Queen's University Belfast
Stephen Howe, Bristol University
Alvin Jackson, University of Edinburgh
Margaret Kelleher, University College Dublin
James Kelly, St Patrick's College, Drumcondra
Matthew Kelly, University of Southampton
Maria Luddy, University of Warwick
Don MacRaild, University of Ulster at Coleraine
Ted McCormick, Concordia University
Fearghal McGarry, Queen's University Belfast
Éamonn Ó Ciardha, University of Ulster at Magee
Eunan O'Halpin, Trinity College Dublin
Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin, University College Dublin
Jane Ohlmeyer, Trinity College Dublin
Philip Ollerenshaw, University of the West of England
Henry Patterson, University of Ulster at Jordanstown
Robert Savage, Boston College
Yvonne Whelan, Bristol University
Niall Whelehan, University of Edinburgh

"Each chapter is not only an insightful discussion of a particular theme or period, but also a brief digest of important scholarly work, with particular attention for lacunae in the scholarship ... the Handbook is both an excellent introduction to Irish history and an important reference work" - Christopher Cusack, The Times Literary Supplement

"this substantial (786 pages) collection of essays manifests all that is admirable and valuable [in the Handbook series] ... the volume is fundamentally exciting and stimulating ... [Jackson's introduction] is invaluable ... the volume provides a much-needed, substantial, conscious attempt to provide a timetable and destination guide to a new emergent Irish history ... [and] intelligent and thought-provoking guidance for understanding new themes and research ... this work will be extraordinarily useful for students and scholars of Irish studies everywhere" - Paul Townend, Irish Literary Supplement

"what Alvin Jackson has done with this overview is to provide one of the most extensive overviews of Irish history, calling on 36 leading scholars from a wide range of disciplines ... as such this is very much a handbook which should be in the possession of anyone studying and researching Irish history — not only does it offer a useful introduction to Irish history and historiography, it is also a crucial reference work" - English Historical Review

"it is likely to become an essential first port of call for anyone with a serious interest in Irish history for years to come" - Irish Catholic Books of the Year

"truly a blockbuster ... 36 chapters from leading scholars on a comprehensive range of topics, from thematic studies to more chronological accounts of Irish history since the late 16th century, cumulatively amounting to a panoramic prospectus of the current state of Irish historiography" - History Ireland

"the work is an excellent contribution to the field ... [and] an excellent teaching tool" - Irish Studies Review

"fully up to the standard of the celebrated Oxford Handbook series ... Jackson's fine opening essay draws on his widely admired archival research on the avatars of professionalism in the Irish historical scene — Robin Dudley Edwards, TW Moody and JC Beckett" - Paul Bew, Irish Times

"The OUP Handbook of Modern Irish History, ranging over the last five centuries, imaginatively and expertly edited by Alvin Jackson, offers a rich cornucopia of perspectives from the 36 contributors, skilfully blending the chronological with the thematic in summarising the most recent understanding of topics and periods, while frequently and fruitfully meditating on possible future directions of enquiry. It is essential reading for understanding both how Ireland has got here, and for pondering possible further approaches to the historiography of the past five centuries" - J.J. Lee, New York University