Irish Economic and Social History, the journal of The Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, has published annually since 1974 and has given a marked impetus to professional publication in the field. The journal promotes research and developments in the teaching of economic and social history of Ireland and the Irish overseas, from the Middle Ages to the present day. It comprises articles and shorter notes; review articles; abstracts of recent postgraduate theses; book reviews; and a bibliography of writings on Irish economic and social history appearing in the previous year.