Book Review: Nothing is Written in Stone: The Notebooks of Justin Keating.
Edited by Barbara Hussey and Anna Kealy. The Lilliput Press 2017. Reviewer: Barry Sheppard I think it is fair to say …
The 1798 Rebellion – a brief overview
An overview of the insurrection of 1798, by John Dorney. The 1798 rebellion was an insurrection launched by the United Irishmen, an …
Arthur Conan Doyle and the Irish Literary Society
Jane Stanford on Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, and his links with Ireland. The Anglo-Celtic race has always run …
‘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 …
‘Like another Luther’: Lady Jane Franklin’s visit to Achill Island recalled
Patricia Byrne on Lady Jane Franklin’s visit to Achill and the controversial Protestant mission there. See also her article on Edward Nangle’s …
‘Whose idea was it?’ State Policy, Clerical Abuse and the Intellectually Disabled in 1950s Ireland
The roots of clerical control over care for disabled children in Ireland. By David Kilgannon ‘They took the liberty of doing …
Today in Irish History, 9 July 1917: The Death of Muriel MacDonagh
Muriel MacDonagh, wife of executed 1916 leader Thomas MacDonagh, outlived him by just one year. By Gerard Shannon On 9th July 1917, …