Background
Francis Xavier Martin was born on October 2, 1922 in Ballylongford, Ireland. He was the youngest son of Conor John and Catherine Fitzmaurice Martin. He had nine siblings.
6 Great Denmark Street, Rotunda, Dublin 1, Ireland
Francis Xavier Martin attended Belvedere College.
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
In 1949 Francis Xavier Martin received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin.
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Francis Xavier Martin held a doctorate from the University of Cambridge.
(This classic text explains how the Irish Volunteers, enco...)
This classic text explains how the Irish Volunteers, encompassing a new generation of Irish men and women, oversaw the development of a new and re-energized movement, free from much of the party-political machinations and interference that had hindered Irish nationalist attempts at self-determination in previous decades. As described in these essays, the Irish Volunteers were a ‘broad church’ encompassing members of the Gaelic League, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Sinn Féin, the IRB, Irish Citizen Army, Cumann na mBan and Fianna Éireann, all contributing to a unified and dynamic coalition. Something new and unprecedented occurred in Irish history – a movement which we are only now beginning to understand in terms of its great and distinctive legacy, a full century later.
https://www.amazon.com/Irish-Volunteers-1913-1915-Recollections-Documents-ebook/dp/B00ETM9A24/?tag=2022091-20
1963
(On July 26, 1914 a little white yacht, overloaded with a ...)
On July 26, 1914 a little white yacht, overloaded with a cargo of rigles and ammunition sailed bravely into Howth Harbour near Dublin-and into Irish history. It was an audacious and perfectly timed operation. Within an hour 1,000 Irish Volunteers were marching back to Dublin with Rifles on their shoulders-the first time in six centuries that an Irish army paraded, armed and defiant, through the streets of the city.
https://www.amazon.com/gun-running-Kilcoole-Recollections-documents-edited/dp/B0014MD1F4/?tag=2022091-20
1964
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Twelve distinguished writers contribute to this volume of essays presenting the work and accomplishments of one of modern Ireland's most influential scholars and historians.
https://www.amazon.com/Scholar-Revolutionary-MacNeill-1867-1945-Ireland/dp/0716505770/?tag=2022091-20
1973
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The third volume opens with a character study of early modern Ireland and a panoramic survey of Ireland in 1534, followed by twelve chapters of narrative history. There are further chapters on the economy, the coinage, languages and literature, and the Irish abroad. Two surveys, 'Land and People', c.1600 and c.1685, are included.
https://www.amazon.com/New-History-Ireland-Modern-1534-1691-ebook/dp/B006NTHISE/?tag=2022091-20
1976
(This book consists of a chronology of Irish history which...)
This book consists of a chronology of Irish history which is unprecedented in scope, extending from the earliest times to the end of 1976, and in breadth of coverage, touching upon every aspect of Irish life for which dates can be given. A general introduction and introductions to individual sections discuss problems of dating, source-material, forms of names and technical forms.
https://www.amazon.com/New-History-Ireland-Chronology-Companion/dp/0198217447/?tag=2022091-20
1982
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Francis Xavier Martin was born on October 2, 1922 in Ballylongford, Ireland. He was the youngest son of Conor John and Catherine Fitzmaurice Martin. He had nine siblings.
Francis Xavier Martin attended the local national school before attending Holy Faith School, Clontarf and then went to Belvedere College, in Dublin. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from University College Dublin in 1949. Martin then pursued a doctorate at Cambridge University.
In 1952 Francis Xavier Martin was ordained a priest. In 1959 he became assistant in history at University College Dublin and a professor of Medieval History in 1962 and served until 1987. In 1963 he was appointed head of UCD's Department of Medieval History.
He was a chairman of the Friends of Medieval Dublin from 1976 to 1983, and a chairman of the Dublin Historic Settlement Group. He was also a chairman of the Council of Trustees of the National Library of Ireland from 1977 to 1981.
His writing was dedicated to historical research, although he did not focus on just one time period. Some of his written work includes: The Irish Augustinians in Rome (1956), Myth, Fact, and Mystery (1968), and No Hero in the House (1977). He was the editor of several books, including The Irish Volunteers, 1913-1915: Recollections and Documents from 1963, and the 1964 Howth Gun-Running. He also edited and contributed a considerable amount of writing to the 1967 Course of Irish History, which is considered the most-read volume on the history of Ireland.
(This classic text explains how the Irish Volunteers, enco...)
1963(This book consists of a chronology of Irish history which...)
1982(Twelve distinguished writers contribute to this volume of...)
1973(The third volume opens with a character study of early mo...)
1976(On July 26, 1914 a little white yacht, overloaded with a ...)
1964Francis Xavier Martin was a member of the Order of Saint Augustine.
Francis Xavier Martin led the campaign against Dublin Corporation's development of its Civic Offices at the Viking site in Wood Quay.