Dr Leeann Lane is Head of Irish Studies at Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University. Dr William Murphy is Lecturer in Irish Studies at Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University.

Reviews‘This is a timely study, building on two intersecting areas of historical study that have become increasingly important in Ireland.’Martyn Powell, Studia Hibernica

• PART ONE: Leisure and Association Culture 1. Politics as Leisure: Cork Brass Bands, 1845–1914 - John Borgonovo 2. The Functions of Association Football in the Boys’ Brigade in Ireland, 1888–1914 - Brendan PowerPART TWO: Leisure Spaces 3. Muscles and Morals: children’s playground culture in Ireland, 1836–1918 - Vanessa Rutherford 4. Photography and Leisure: the rise of the photographic studio in mid- to late-Nineteenth Century Dublin - Orla Fitzpatrick 5. The Establishment and Evolution of Limerick City Library Municipal Library (1889–1938) - Matthew PotterPART THREE: Leisure in Literature 6. Leisure in Charles Lever’s Jack Hinton (1842) and the continuities of Irish fiction - James H. Murphy 7. The Fighting Irish: Faction Fighting as Leisure in the Writings of William Carleton - Kevan O’Rourke 8. The humours of provincial life: theatre and tourism in Matthew Archdeacon’s “Everard” - Patrick MaumePART FOUR: Leisure, Tourism and Travel 9. From Drogheda to Jerusalem, and a riot: the travels of Thomas Brodigan of Piltown, 1845–46 - Philip McEvansoneya 10. ‘Bad roads will absolutely nip in the bud the new development’: Cycling tourism in Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - Brian GriffinPART FIVE: Leisure and Female Elites 11. Leisure with a purpose: women and the entertaining practices of the Irish Landed Elite, c.1860–1914 - Maeve O’Riordan 12. Lady Charlotte Stopford – A Lady of Leisure - Rachel Harwood MurphyBibliography Index

Dr Leeann Lane is Head of Irish Studies at Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University. Dr William Murphy is Lecturer in Irish Studies at Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin City University.

Reviews‘This is a timely study, building on two intersecting areas of historical study that have become increasingly important in Ireland.’Martyn Powell, Studia Hibernica

• PART ONE: Leisure and Association Culture 1. Politics as Leisure: Cork Brass Bands, 1845–1914 - John Borgonovo 2. The Functions of Association Football in the Boys’ Brigade in Ireland, 1888–1914 - Brendan PowerPART TWO: Leisure Spaces 3. Muscles and Morals: children’s playground culture in Ireland, 1836–1918 - Vanessa Rutherford 4. Photography and Leisure: the rise of the photographic studio in mid- to late-Nineteenth Century Dublin - Orla Fitzpatrick 5. The Establishment and Evolution of Limerick City Library Municipal Library (1889–1938) - Matthew PotterPART THREE: Leisure in Literature 6. Leisure in Charles Lever’s Jack Hinton (1842) and the continuities of Irish fiction - James H. Murphy 7. The Fighting Irish: Faction Fighting as Leisure in the Writings of William Carleton - Kevan O’Rourke 8. The humours of provincial life: theatre and tourism in Matthew Archdeacon’s “Everard” - Patrick MaumePART FOUR: Leisure, Tourism and Travel 9. From Drogheda to Jerusalem, and a riot: the travels of Thomas Brodigan of Piltown, 1845–46 - Philip McEvansoneya 10. ‘Bad roads will absolutely nip in the bud the new development’: Cycling tourism in Ireland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - Brian GriffinPART FIVE: Leisure and Female Elites 11. Leisure with a purpose: women and the entertaining practices of the Irish Landed Elite, c.1860–1914 - Maeve O’Riordan 12. Lady Charlotte Stopford – A Lady of Leisure - Rachel Harwood MurphyBibliography Index