Book Review: Soldiers of the Short Grass – A History of the Curragh Camp
Published by Merrion Press, Newbridge, 2016 ISBN: 978-1785370618 Reviewer: Gordon O’Sullivan The Curragh, that flat exposed plain of 4,870 acres in …
‘Inflaming sectarian passions’ The Eucharistic Congress of 1932 and the North of Ireland
How a Catholic celebration in Dublin inflamed sectarian passions in Northern Ireland. By Barry Sheppard. Public religious commemorations, often exultant in tone, …
North and South: Football and Irish Partition
The partition of Ireland is reflected in the separateness and rivalry of its two international football teams. Sathesh Alagappan looks at the …
Book review: The lives of Daniel Binchy: Irish scholar, diplomat, public intellectual
By Tom Garvin Publisher: Irish Academic Press, 2016 Reviewer: Ruairí Ó hAodha ‘Anyone can make history, only a great man can write …
Commemorating the Easter Rising Part I, 1917-1936
How was the insurrection of 1916 commemorated? The first part of a two part article by John Dorney The Easter Rising of …
The Northern Ireland Conflict 1968-1998 – An Overview
In the latest in our series of overviews, a summary of ‘The Troubles’, by John Dorney The Northern Ireland conflict was a …
Book Review: Frank Aiken’s War, The Irish Revolution 1916-1923
Frank Aiken’s War, The Irish Revolution 1916-1923 By Matthew Lewis Published by UCD Press, Dublin 2014. Reviewer: John Dorney It is not …