Patrick Weston Joyce (bekannt als P. W. Joyce, * 1827 in den Ballyhoura Mountains; † 7. Januar 1914 in Dublin) war ein irischer Historiker, Schriftsteller, Musiksammler und Lehrer, der insbesondere für seine Forschungen zur irischen Etymologie und zu den lokalen Ortsnamen Irlands bekannt war.

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  • The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places, 3 Bde. (1869, 1875, 1913)
  • Irish Local Names Explained (1870)
  • A Handbook of School Management (1876; insgesamt 25 Auflagen)
  • A Grammar of the Irish Language for the Use of Schools (1878)
  • Old Celtic Romances, Translated from the Gaelic (1879)
  • Philip’s Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland (1881)
  • The Geography of the Counties of Ireland (1883)
  • A Short History of Ireland (1893)
  • Outlines of the History of Ireland (1896)
  • A Child’s History of Ireland (1897)
  • A Reading Book in Irish History (1900)
  • A Social History of Ancient Ireland, 2 Bde. (1903)
  • A Concise History of Ireland (1903)
  • A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland (1906)
  • The Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation (1907)
  • English as We Speak it in Ireland (1910)
  • The Wonders of Ireland and Other Papers on Irish Subjects (1911)
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