Book Review: Heroes of Jadotville: The Soldiers’ Story by Rose Doyle
Published by New Island Books, Dublin, 2016 ISBN: 978-1848404885 Reviewer: Gordon O’Sullivan “If you have been killed you have a …
Revisiting Three Historical Paintings by Jack B. Yeats
Patricia Curtin Kelly looks again at three famous paintings depicting the Irish Revolution. Irish artist Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) is perhaps best …
From Wexford to Odessa
The story is of a voyage to Odessa on the Black Sea in the late 19th century.By Nicky Rossiter. The Alert commanded …
‘Whose idea was it?’ State Policy, Clerical Abuse and the Intellectually Disabled in 1950s Ireland
The roots of clerical control over care for disabled children in Ireland. By David Kilgannon ‘They took the liberty of doing …
Book Review: Voices from the Easter Rising
By Ruán O’Donnell and Micheál O hAodha Published by Merrion Press, Dublin 2016. Reviewer: Eoin O’Driscoll Ruán O’Donnell and Micheál O hAodha’s …
Episode at Easter – The 1916 Rising in Louth
In the midst of the recent centenary commemorations many local contributions to the Rising have started to come to light. One such …
Book review: How the Irish Won the West
Published by New Island Books, Dublin, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-84840-512-7 Reviewer: Gordon O’Sullivan From the title, with its slightly tongue-in-cheek reference to …