Nick Maxwell TOM BURKE Mercier Press €17.99 ISBN 9781781174845 Reviewed by: Patrick Callan Patrick Callan is a visiting research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College, Dublin. Michael Wall enlisted in January 1916 as a second lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment. A nineteen-year-old officer, he died during the Battle of Messines in June … Read more
Thur 8pm Bray Cualann Historical Society, Royal Hotel. The sinking of the RMS Leinster and the last days of the war, James Scannell. Adm. €5.
Fri 3pm Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St. Shedding light on holdings on the Shannon Scheme and rural electrification, Deirdre McParland.
Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. General Seán Mac Eoin—the blacksmith from Ballinalee, John Murphy. Adm. €4/€2.
Tues 8pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel. The Famine and workhouses in County Wicklow, Moira Byrne. Adm. €3.