author
Richard Bagwell
1840–1918
An Irish historian with a sharp eye for the Tudor and Stuart eras, he devoted much of his life to explaining how English rule shaped Ireland. His big multi-volume histories became standard references for readers trying to understand early modern Irish history.
6 Audiobooks
Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Richard Bagwell
Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 3 (of 3)
by Richard Bagwell
About the author
Born in Clonmel, County Tipperary, on 9 December 1840, he was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and was later called to the English bar, though he did not go into legal practice. Instead, he became known for historical writing, public affairs, and political commentary, especially from a unionist point of view.
He is best remembered for major works including Ireland under the Tudors and Ireland under the Stuarts and during the Interregnum. These large, carefully researched histories helped shape how generations of readers approached sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Ireland, and they established him as an important historian of the period.
Bagwell also took an active interest in local and public life in Tipperary. He died on 4 December 1918, just a few days before his 78th birthday, leaving behind a body of work that still matters to students of Irish history.