Book Review: The Time of the Tans: an oral history of the War of Independence in County Clare
By Tomás Mac Conmara, Published by Mercier Press, Cork, 2019 Reviewer: Aaron Ó Maonaigh Memory… is the diary that we all …
Podcast: Commemorating 1921 in Ireland, 100 years on
The year 2021 sees a number of momentous centenaries in Ireland, from the bloodiest months in the War of Independence, to the …
Podcast: Commemoration and its Discontents
Cathal Brennan and John Dorney are joined by Brian Hanley and Laura McAtackney to discuss the contentious commemorations of 1920 in 2020. …
Book Review: The Invincibles: The Phoenix Park Assassinations and the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire
By Shane Kenna Published by The O’Brien Press, 2019 ISBN: 9781788490603 Reviewer: Kerron Ó Luain In the days after reading this …
Book Review: Migration and the Making of Ireland
By Bryan Fanning Published by UCD Press, 2018 Reviewer: Barry Sheppard. This new work by Bryan Fanning, Professor of Migration and …
Film Review: Black 47
Directed by Lance Daly Written by PJ Dillon, Pierce Ryan, Euguene O’Brien, Lance Daly Starring: Hugo Weaving, James Frechville, Stephen Rea, Jim …
Book Review: John Redmond: Selected Letters and Memoranda, 1880-1918.
Edited by Dermot Meleady Published by Irish Academic Press, 2018. Reviewer: Diarmuid Bolger John Redmond, the Wexford-born leader of the Irish Parliamentary …