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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: Judging W.T. Cosgrave

Judging W.T. Cosgrave by Michael Laffan Published by Royal Irish Academy Press, Dublin 2014 Reviewer: Daniel Murray Judging W.T. Cosgrave is the …

‘Dan of the Feathers’

A look at the legend and reality of Donal ‘of the feathers’ MacCarthy,  by Chevalier William F.K. Marmion, M.A. After 400 years …