Nick Maxwell FERGUS WHELAN Irish Academic Press €29.95 ISBN 9781788551212 Reviewed by Tim Murtagh Tim Murtagh is a research fellow with the Beyond 2022 Project, PRONI. There have recently been a number of biographies of United Irishmen: Kenneth Dawson’s biography of Samuel Neilson appeared in 2017 (The Belfast Jacobin, Irish Academic Press, 2017), while Jim Smyth’s short … Read more
MICHAEL KENNEDY, EUNAN O’HALPIN and BERNADETTE WHELAN (eds) Royal Irish Academy €50 ISBN 9781911479253 Reviewed by Deaglán de Bréadún It was an exciting time in Irish politics, especially on the international stage. The latest volume of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) is the twelfth in the series and covers the period from 11 October … Read more
By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls Who was Dhammaloka? To be honest, no one—not even the authors of The Irish Buddhist: the forgotten monk who faced down the British empire—can be entirely sure, but after ten years of detective work they’ve produced an intriguing study of the man, whoever he might have been. He was, as they … Read more
Dundalk, louthcoco.ie By Tony Canavan Louth County Museum opened its doors again to the public in mid-July. I visited it the day after it opened, so it was difficult to judge visitor numbers or gauge the reaction of people to the new Covid-19 arrangements. The regulations arising from the pandemic have meant some changes to … Read more
RTÉ1 10 September 2020 Esras Films By Donal Fallon RTÉ’s Building Ireland is not, on the face of it, a historical series, yet the past is a thread that runs throughout as it explores Ireland’s built heritage. Geographer Susan Hegarty, a contributor, has noted that it seeks to ‘bring viewers on a journey around Ireland … Read more