‘The Blood of Irish rebels flowed in his veins’: Che Guevara and the Irish
By Barry Sheppard Since his execution in Bolivia in 1967, Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara has been an ever-present icon of left protest movements …
Book Review: Saving the State: Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar
By Stephen Collins and Ciara Meehan Published by: Gill Books (2020) Reviewer: Barry Sheppard We have all come to realise that, despite …
The Truth in the News: The Irish Press Cartoons of Victor Brown
By Barry Sheppard The depiction of a family, in rags and despairing at their present situation was designed to show that the …
Recycling History – the bicycle and protest in Ireland
By Barry Sheppard Since the late nineteenth century, the humble bicycle has played a minor, yet significant role in Irish history. Internationally, …
A Civil War as a sort of side-show? Partisan politics in the Irish Free State and the Eucharistic Congress of 1932
Barry Sheppard on a moment in Irish history when national and religious identity appeared mired in political conflict. In 1932 Dublin was …
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 …
The Papal Visit of 1979: Context and Legacy
How the Catholic Church and lay organisations capitalised on the visit of Pope John Paul II. By Barry Sheppard On the 21st …