Book Review: The GAA & Revolution in Ireland 1913-1923.
Gearoid O Tuathaigh, editor Collins Press, Cork 2015. Reviewer: Barry Shepperd Now that we have collectively entered that all-important and much discussed …
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Portrait of a 19th century Irish woman novelist. By Maeve O’Sullivan As a young woman, who has a keen and passionate interest in …
Book Review: Arthur Griffith
By Owen McGee Published by Merrion Press, 2015. Reviewer: Gerard Shannon Though Arthur Griffith has been the subject of recent studies of specific …
Frederick Engels and Ireland
Aidan Beatty on Frederick Engels’ evolving views on Ireland and the Irish in the 19th century. Give me two hundred thousand …
Book Review: Dublin 1930-1950
Dublin 1930-1950 by Joseph Brady. Publisher: Four Courts Press Reviewer: Rhona McCord Published late last year this 448-page volume is the 5th …
The Sinn Féin Rebellion? Arthur Griffith’s Easter Week 1916
Gerard Shannon on Arthur Griffith, Sinn Féin and the insurrection of Easter 1916. ‘The Sinn Féin Rebellion’ became a popular, though paradoxical, …
Book Review: Mr Parnell’s Rottweiler
Mr Parnell’s Rottweiler – Censorship and the United Ireland Newspaper, 1881-1891 by Myles Dungan Irish Academic Press, 2014 Reviewer: Barry Kennerk In …