Outrageous fortune: capital and culture in modern Ireland Joe Cleary (Field Day Publications, e42) ISBN 9780946755356 Books that are assembled by drawing together a set of essays previously published or delivered as seminar or lecture papers by the author often suffer from a lack of focus or any sense of overall theme. Such books … Read more
The first direct talks between the IRA and the Nazis began in 1937, when Tom Barry, the then chief-of-staff, travelled to Germany. The legendary leader of the Cork flying columns was accompanied on his travels by a German agent, Jupp Hoven. While posing as a TCD student, Hoven undertook spying work in Belfast, Dublin and … Read more
Academics these days are encouraged to venture outside their limited ‘knowledge community’ (‘the ivory tower’) and engage more with the general public, presenting research findings to wider audiences, increasing participation and promoting ‘lifelong learning’. They must also attract outside funding for their universities to finance networks of the type discussed here, but funding is increasingly … Read more
Number Twenty-Nine: Dublin’s Georgian House Museum 29 Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin 2 +353 (0)1 702 6165, numbertwentynine@esb.ie, www.esb.ie/no29 Tues.–Sat. 10am–5pm, Sun. 1pm–5pm, €5/€2.50, u16 free. Closed Mondays and two weeks at Christmas by Tony Canavan Number Twenty-Nine is situated in a historic area of Dublin that not only reflects the Georgian glory of the past … Read more
Sir,—I was interested in Tom Farrell’s account of some of the Irishmen who fought in the Korean War (HI 18.5, Sept./Oct. 2010). This was the first war in which the United Nations organised a task force, under its own command, to enforce its mandate. As well as the troops referred to by Tom Farrell, there … Read more