Nick Maxwell ‘Crank Hugh’ left a trail of bitterness and recrimination. By Colum Kenny Frank Hugh O’Donnell (1846–1916) merits entries in both the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and the Cambridge/RIA Dictionary of Irish Biography, yet neither refers to his virulent anti-Semitism. The British immigration and identity scholar Kenneth Lunn has written of O’Donnell’s consistently exhibited view … Read more
By John Stocks Powell Lenin with his arm outstretched, a never-aging Ceaușescu on placards in Bucharest—the images of leaders, potentates and celebrities have been with us for a long time, in film, photograph, stone, steel and ceramics. The ceramic form tended to the more domestic, certainly the more portable, and, rather than being imposed on … Read more
Rebranding at Galway Museum Fáilte Ireland, through the National Tourism Development Authority, has committed a record €6.64m to develop a new state-of-the art museum in Galway city. Rebranded as the Atlantic Museum Galway, the new three-story interactive museum will be developed at Comerford House, next to the current Galway City Museum, which stands on the left … Read more
The Irishman who sold sex, sport and sensationalism in late nineteenth-century America. By Liam Barry-Hayes Richard Kyle Fox was born on the Albertbridge Road, Belfast, on 12 August 1846. His father, James, was a carpenter and his mother, Mary (née Kyle), was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister. As a teenager Fox worked as an … Read more
LIAM CAHILL Orla Kelly Publishing €15 ISBN 9781912328413 Reviewed by: D.R. O’Connor Lysaght D.R. O’Connor Lysaght’s The story of the Limerick Soviet appeared recently in its fifth edition. The Limerick Soviet of 1919 was a major episode in the Anglo-Irish War. It involved the population of Ireland’s fourth largest city, with 14,000 participating actively. Yet … Read more