Nick Maxwell Sir, —Anyone who was worried after Hiram Morgan left his position as joint editor of History Ireland that the magazine would lose its objectivity under the sole editorship of Tommy Graham and become much more Republican in tone should be alarmed by the last issue (HI 13.6, Nov./Dec. 2005). Graham takes a full paragraph in … Read more
An atlas of Irish history Ruth Dudley Edwards, with Bridget Hourican (Routledge, £14.99) ISBN 0415278597When it was first published in 1973 this work was welcomed as a snapshot of Irish history, a convenient repository of facts, and as a work that graphically conveyed its information through many elegantly drawn maps. A measure of its success … Read more
Through American and Irish wars: the life and times of General Thomas W. Sweeny, 1820–1892 Jack Morgan (Irish Academic Press, £19.50) ISBN 0716528134 Thomas Francis Meagher: the making of an Irish American John M. Hearne and Rory T. Cornish (eds) (Irish Academic Press, £19.50) ISBN 0716528134 The American Civil War, even more than the Revolutionary … Read more
Whatever the final outcome of the Junior Certificate controversy and notwithstanding the gratifying level of support from the general public, it is likely that the pressure on history within a crowded curriculum will continue. This places an even greater onus on the primary sector which is the only level of the educational system where all … Read more
Historical Studies XXIV: Culture, place and identity Neil Garnham and Keith Jeffery (eds) (University College Dublin Press, ?39.95) ISBN 1904558348For the history reader, a volume of conference papers has the same attraction as a collection of short stories by different authors. They cover succinctly related themes studied in a variety of contexts by those who … Read more