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, …
Book Review: Irish Women and the Vote: Becoming Citizens
Edited by Louise Ryan and Margaret Ward Published by: Irish Academic Press, 2018 (Revised edition) Reviewer: Timothy Ellis The current ‘decade of …
Book Review: The Dublin Docker: Working Lives of Dublin’s Deep-Sea Port
By Aileen O’Carroll and Don Bennett Published by Irish Academic Press, 2017. Reviewer: Jim Dorney Dockers were a significant part of …
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 Irish Parliamentary Party after 1918, an interview with Martin O’Donoghue
In this interview, John Dorney speaks to Martin O’Donoghue about the fate of the once-dominant Irish Parliamentary Party after its defeat in …
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 …
‘Solely in the earth and its fruits’ – Papal Encyclicals and Irish social policy in the 1930s
Barry Sheppard on how Catholic teaching helped to shape Irish social policy in the 1930s. The 1930s – the era of the …