Did Captain Rock spring from the Hedge Schools? – Popular education and militant politics in 1820s Ireland
Maeve Casserly looks at the links between the ‘hedge schools’ and the rebellion of ‘Captain Rock’ in the 1820s. Between 1821 …
Book Review: Captain Rock – The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824
Captain Rock – The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824 By James S. Donnelly, Jr. University of Wisconsin/ Collins Press, 2009. Reviewer: John Dorney …
Book Review: Liberator –The Life and Death of Daniel O’Connell
Liberator –The Life and Death of Daniel O’Connell 1830-1847 By Patrick M. Geoghegan. Gill &Macmillan, 2010 Reviewer: John Dorney Patrick Geoghegan opens this …