The Big House in the North of Ireland: Land, Power and Social Elites, 1878-1960

This monograph, published by University College Dublin Press and based on my PhD thesis (2007), provides the first examination of landed decline, and survival, in the six counties that became Northern Ireland after partition. It examines economic, political and cultural factors and traces the importance of networks of influence locally, nationally and globally. It was extremely well-received by the scholarly community.

Reviewers' comments include:
'an important book' (Economic History Review)
'The first synoptic analysis of the course and cause of landed decline in the six counties that became Northern Ireland' (American Historical Review 'an informative analysis that sheds light on a number of issues in both Irish and British society' (Journal of Social History)
'an admirable work of historical analysis and composition...based on very thorough and extensive research' (Irish Historical Studies)