20th Century Social Perspectives

Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape, F.H.A. Aalen, Kevin Whelan and Matthew Stout (eds). (Cork University Press, £35) ISBN 1-85918-095-7

Among the various terms applied to works of reference, ‘atlas’ has now become the most user-friendly, more companionable than ‘companion’ and certainly less repellent than ‘dictionary’, ‘directory’ or ‘encyclopaedia’. To match its changing semantic context, the typical modern atlas has fewer and simpler maps than its mid-century predecessors; it also has more non-cartographic illustrations, especially … Read more

Categories 18th-19th Century Social Perspectives, 18th–19th - Century History, 20th Century Social Perspectives, 20th-century / Contemporary History, Book Reviews, Early Modern History (1500–1700), Early Modern History Social Perspectives, Issue 4 (Winter 1997), Medieval History (pre-1500), Medieval Social Perspectives, Pre-Norman History, Pre-Norman Social Perspectives, Reviews, Volume 5

The Origins of Modern Irish Socialism, Fintan Lane. (Cork University Press, hb £45, pb £16.95 ISBN 1-85918-151-1, 1-85918-152-X

Socialism BC (before Connolly) is an episodic, disconnected subject. It staged a grand entry in the 1820s through such leading co-operators as Robert Owen and William Thompson, shrank to a shadow in the Irish Chartist movement, was re-introduced briefly by Karl Marx himself through the First International, and then found a flickering presence in reflections … Read more

Categories 18th-19th Century Social Perspectives, 18th–19th - Century History, 20th Century Social Perspectives, 20th-century / Contemporary History, Issue 4 (Winter 1997), Reviews, Volume 5

Women’s History Project

The Irish Association for Research in Women’s History was formed in 1988 to encourage research and publications in the field of women’s history. It is currently sponsoring the Women’s History Project. The WHP was set up on 1 September 1997 and is based in the office of the Irish Manuscript Commission in Dublin. The Project … Read more

Categories 18th-19th Century Social Perspectives, 18th–19th - Century History, 20th Century Social Perspectives, 20th-century / Contemporary History, Issue 4 (Winter 1997), News, Volume 5

Old Man of the Sea

DS: How do you come to have such an interesting name as de Courcy Ireland? JDCI: I don’t actually know the full story. The de Courcys were, of course, a historic crowd who came here in 1172 from a place in Normandy called Courcy. The name Courcy is very common in Normandy, and now in … Read more

Categories 18th-19th Century Social Perspectives, 18th–19th - Century History, 20th Century Social Perspectives, 20th-century / Contemporary History, Features, Features, Issue 4 (Winter 1997), Volume 5

Keating, Siemens & the Shannon Scheme

Sean Keating was one of the more significant painters in the formative years of the Irish Free State. He was born in Limerick in 1889, where he enrolled in the Technical School to study art, moving subsequently to the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, where he became a student of William Orpen. Keating’s work initially … Read more

Categories 20th Century Social Perspectives, 20th-century / Contemporary History, Features, Issue 3 (Autumn 1997), Volume 5

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