Book Review: The Cork International Exhibition 1902 1903 – A Snapshot of Edwardian Cork
By Daniel Breen & Tom Spalding, Irish Academic Press, 2014. Reviewer: Patricia Curtin-Kelly I suspect that there are few people in Ireland, …
Never Lukewarm: Séumas Robinson’s War of Independence
Daniel Murray on Seumas Robinson, commander the IRA Third Tipperary Brigade in the War of Independence. The Third Man The Third Tipperary …
Book Review: A Question of Duty, The Curragh Incident 1914
By Paul O’Brien Published by New Island Press, 2014 Reviewer: John Dorney ISBN: 978-1-84840-314-7 PB €12.99 (160PP) In April 2014, a Ukrainian …
Book Review: Ground Truths, British Army Operations in the Irish War of Independence
Title: Ground Truths: British Army Operations in the Irish War of Independence Author: W.H. Kautt Publisher: Irish Academic Press, Dublin 2014 ISBN: …
From Limerick to Antwerp – Irish Brigades Abroad 1690-1815
Stephen McGarry on Irish military service abroad from the Treaty of Limerick until the defeat of Napoleon. See also the Irish in Spanish service. …
Transport in 19th Century Dublin
Michael Barry looks at how people got around in 19th century Dublin Georgian Dublin was an intimate city, easily contained within …
Robert Emmet, the 1803 Proclamation of Independence and the ghost of 1798
Maeve Casserly examines the thinking of Robert Emmet, architect of the 1803 rebellion. In 1803 in Dublin, Robert Emmet and a small …