‘A Hard Bargain’ An Analysis of the Social and Economic Background of Kerry in the Early Twentieth Century
Life and work in County Kerry, 100 years ago. By Kieran McNulty Sunday was “hiring–day” for the farmers and farm labourers gathered outside …
Book Review: 1916: Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition
1916: Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition By Kieran Allen. London: Pluto Press, 20 January, 2016 Reviewer: Aidan Beatty. Kieran Allen’s new study of the Irish …
Book Review: Nation/Nazione, Irish Nationalism and the Italian Risorgimento
By Colin Barr; Michele Finelli; Anne O’Connor, eds. (Dublin: UCD Press, 2014). Reviewer: Aidan Beatty We are called the Italy of …
Irish Women and World War I – an Interview with Fionnuala Walsh.
John Dorney speaks to Fionnuala Walsh about Irish women during the first total war. In Ireland, the First World War saw not only participation in …
Body and Soul of the nation – Early 20th century Irish nationalism and Zionism
In an earlier article Aidan Beatty looked at the shared history of Irish nationalism and Zionism, and how activists in both movements …