It is 2016, which means that it is the centenary of the Easter Rising. It is also the centenary of a lot of the things, but from an Irish perspective the Rising will dominate the first half of the year. The official state programme got underway in Dublin Castle on New Years Day; watch the … Read more
The May-June issue of History Ireland is out! Complete with an eye-catching front cover relating to Patrick Geoghegan’s exploration of the Irish links with the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Centenaries aren’t the only anniversaries; there are also bi-centenaries, and that of the most important battle of nineteenth-century Europe falls this year. But that’s not … Read more
The new issue is out! 2015 falls between two centenary years, but there are some big events to be marked this year and we’re trying to do our bit: Gallipoli looms large in our current issue, but there are a few others things between its cover, including: Brian Hanley on commemorating 1916 Fiona Fitzsimons … Read more
Christmas is over and its time to leave off the hard livin’, but all is not lost: our first issue of 2015 should be coming through letterboxes and hitting bookshelves over the next day or two. And its a good one, if we do say so ourselves. In it you’ll find: • Jason McHugh on … Read more
In 1928 the Irish Times, when reporting the commemoration of the end of the First World War on 11 November, Armistice Day, observed that ‘already a new generation has arisen to which the war is little more then a legend’. That can hardly be said of the ‘Great War’ in the centenary year of its … Read more