Film Review: Jimmy’s Hall
Film: Jimmy’s Hall. Production Company: Sixteen Films and Element Productions. Director: Ken Loach Release date: 30th May 2014. Reviewer: Cathal Brennan Jimmy’s …
‘An Abundance of First Class Recruits’, The GAA and the Irish Volunteers 1913-15
Richard McElligott on the Gaelic Athletic Association and the founding of the Irish Volunteers. The recent centenary of the formation of …
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: ‘War in the Shadows: The Irish-American Fenians who bombed Victorian Britain’
Title: War In The Shadows: The Irish-Americans Who Bombed Victorian Britain Author: Shane Kenna ISBN: 978-1-90892-802-3 Price: €24.95 (Cheaper from the publisher’s …
What to do about the past?
John Dorney on the past, present and future of conflict resolution in Ireland. Some of us, upon some months ago, hearing of …