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 …
Book Review: The Dublin Lockout, 1913: New Perspectives on Class War & its Legacy
Editors: Conor McNamara and Pádraig Yeates Irish Academic Press, 2017. Reviewer: Gerard Noonan The centenary of the 1913 Lockout sits somewhat …
Book Review: The Shaping of Modern Ireland.
Edited by Eugenio Biagini and Daniel Mulhall Published by Irish Academic Press, 2016 Reviewer: Rhona McCord The Shaping of Modern Ireland is …
Book review Kingdom Overthrown: Ireland and the Battle for Europe 1688-1691
by Gerard FitzGibbon Published by New Island Books, 2015. Reviewer: Eoin O’Driscoll 2016 is a year of historical remembrance for the Irish …
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 …
Twenty Sixteen –Commemorating the Rising – What does it all Mean?
John Dorney on the meaning of the Easter Rising centenary. In 2016, Ireland will mark the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. …
Book Review: The Cork International Exhibition 1902 1903 – A Snapshot of Edwardian Cork
By Daniel Breen & Tom Spalding, Irish Academic Press, 2014. Reviewer: Patricia Curtin-Kelly I suspect that there are few people in Ireland, …