Nick Maxwell CHRISTOPHER MAGINN and GERALD POWER (eds) Four Courts Press €55 ISBN 9781846826054 Reviewed by: David Edwards David Edwards is Senior Lecturer in History at University College Cork. For 40 years Steven Ellis has been a significant figure in the history of late medieval and early modern Ireland. An authority on the Tudor monarchy, specialising particularly … Read more
BRIAN MURPHY Collins Press €15.99 ISBN 9781848892903 Reviewed by: Tom Garvin Tom Garvin is emeritus Professor of Politics at University College Dublin. Brian Murphy has produced a well-researched and thoroughgoing biography of Douglas Hyde, first president of Ireland under the 1937 Constitution. Hyde was born in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, in 1860, son of a Protestant … Read more
THE ACCELERATION OF CHANGE AND THE INTENSIFIED PACE OF LIFE HAVE MADE THE WORLD OF EDWARD CAHILL SEEM A LONG WAY OFF, EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL WITHIN LIVING MEMORY By Thomas J. Morrissey SJ In the 1920s and 1930s Edward Cahill’s name and writings were well known and his influence was felt among many … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr Born in Dublin and educated in Nice, Clongowes Wood and Trinity College Dublin, George Noble Plunkett was founder and editor of the magazine Hibernia. In addition, he served as director of the National Museum, vice-president of the Royal Irish Academy and president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. … Read more
By Fiona Fitzsimons Early attempts to make medical provision for the mentally ill in Ireland were very disjointed. The earliest asylums for the insane were in the cities of Dublin and Cork, under the aegis of the House of Industry. As early as 1728 the Dublin House of Industry set aside cells for the insane … Read more