Books
Fathers, Pastors and Kings: Visions of Episcopacy in Seventeenth-Century France (Manchester 2004).
Catholic Synods in Ireland, 1600-1690 (Dublin 1998).

Edited Books
After the League: Religion and Politics in Early Bourbon France, co-edited (and contributions) with Eric Nelson (Basingstoke 2009).

Refereed Articles and Essays
'Irish Entrants to the Congregation of the Mission, 1625-60', Archivium Hibernicum, 62 (2009), pp. 37-79.
‘Vincent de Paul: The Principles and Practices of Government, 1625-60’, Vincentian Heritage (2009), pp. 50-67.
‘Vincent de Paul: Formation and Leadership amongst Catholic Dévots’, in Alison Forrestal and Eric Nelson (eds), After the League: Politics and Religion in Early Bourbon France (Basingstoke 2009), 180-200.

Dr Forrestal’s interests lie in early modern Europe, particularly seventeenth-century France, and in the history of religion, especially early modern Catholic culture and society. Her current writing focuses on the career of Vincent de Paul and the development of the Congregation of the Mission within the Catholic reform movement of seventeenth-century France. She would welcome enquiries from those interested in postgraduate research on seventeenth-century France and/or the history of the Catholic church and Catholic religion and culture in early modern Europe.