Nick Maxwell SEÁN MITCHELL Haymarket €17.50 ISBN 9781608466788 Reviewed by Geoffrey Bell Geoffrey Bell is the author of Hesitant comrades: the Irish revolution and the British labour movement (Pluto, 2016). In October 1932 the workers of Belfast rioted. Nothing new there. They had rioted many times before and were to do so many times again. Such, apparently, … Read more
The impact of print may have been more muffled than initially supposed. By Toby Barnard Between 1550 and 1800 almost 30,000 different publications were printed in Ireland. This development, accelerating from the 1720s, has been seen as the motor driving enlightenment, secularisation, rationalism, nationalism, material and mental betterment, ‘modernity’, political engagement, restlessness and ultimately, in … Read more
Sat (all day) Military History Society of Ireland, Collins Barracks. A celebration of the contribution of Glen Thompson to military history, various speakers.
Wed 8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, National School, Stonebridge Road. Howth Harbour, Rob Goodbody. Adm. €5.
NOVEMBER 01 Wed 8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, National School, Stonebridge Road, Shankill. Early medieval masons in Rathdown, Jason Bolton. Adm. €4. 03 Fri 1pm National Monuments and Buildings Record for Northern Ireland, Linen Hall Library, Belfast. The Ulster Scots Archaeological Project, Christina O’Regan and Fintan Walsh. 06 Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, … Read more