‘Infectious piousness’ – Advertising and the Eucharistic Congress, 1932
When consumerism and Catholicism collided in 1932. By Barry Sheppard June of 2017 marked the 85th anniversary of the 31st International …
Dr Shane Kenna, a tribute.
By John Dorney It was with the deepest regret that I learned on Tuesday February 28 of the death of our good …
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 …
Winter in Dublin
Whimsical seasonal thoughts. By John Dorney Today in Dublin, traffic crawls very slowly but somehow very frenetically along into the city centre. …
‘The Irish National Invincibles, The Phoenix Park Killings and their Times.’
Report on the Conference Organised by Shane Kenna, Dublin, May 16th, 2013. By John Dorney. You can read a longer article by …
Book Review: Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials, Myles Dungan
Title: Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials Author: Myles Dungan ISBN: 978-1-90489-058-4 Price: €14.99 (cheaper from the publisher’s website) Publisher: Prism, an imprint of …
The Invincibles and the Phoenix Park killings
Shane Kenna tells the story of the militant underground Fenian group – The Invincibles of the 1880s and their assassination of the Chief Secretary …