Nick Maxwell 1798, 1848, 1898: Revolution, Revival and Commemoration Organised by the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland at NUI, Cork, on 26-28 June 1998, this multidisciplinary conference will explore the nature, impact and legacy of the Irish revolutionary tradition and the ways in which insurgency is remembered and commemorated, both in Ireland and overseas. The … Read more
Nice one Síle Following our trenchent criticism of the powers-that-be in the last issue for their inadaquate funding of our national institutions it is only fair to give credit where it is due. Last December the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Síle de Valera, announced £13,000,000 expansion programme for the National Archives … Read more
Mexican muddle Michael F.X. Hogan (‘The Irish Soldiers of Mexico’, HI Winter 1997), has informed us that University Press of the South, mentioned at the end of the article as supplier of his book The Irish Soldiers of Mexico for $49.95, is not an authorised distributor. It is available for the much more reasonable price … Read more
Sir John Gilbert Nineteen-ninety-eight is the centenary of the death of Sir John Gilbert whose valuable legacy to the city and people of Dublin continues to this day. Born in Dublin in 1829, he was a noted book collector, librarian of the Royal Irish Academy, historian and archivist. The Gilbert Library in Pearse Street contains … Read more
Who fears to click on ’98? To commemorate the bicentenary of 1798, the National Library, in collaboration with the National Museum, will be releasing in March a CD-Rom, The Fellowship of Freedom: the United Irishmen and the 1798 Rebellion. There are four major sections, accessed through popular patriotic prints displayed on a Victorian-style living room: … Read more