MICHAEL KENNEDY, EUNAN O’HALPIN and BERNADETTE WHELAN (eds) Royal Irish Academy €50 ISBN 9781911479253 Reviewed by Deaglán de Bréadún It was an exciting time in Irish politics, especially on the international stage. The latest volume of Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) is the twelfth in the series and covers the period from 11 October … Read more
By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls Who was Dhammaloka? To be honest, no one—not even the authors of The Irish Buddhist: the forgotten monk who faced down the British empire—can be entirely sure, but after ten years of detective work they’ve produced an intriguing study of the man, whoever he might have been. He was, as they … Read more
MICHAEL HENEY Head of Zeus £16.99 ISBN 9781789545593 Reviewed by Thomas Leahy Thomas Leahy is the author of The intelligence war against the IRA (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and lectures on the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process at Cardiff University. Various authors have suggested that the Arms Crisis and subsequent trials were turning points … Read more
TOM O’DONOGHUE and TERESA O’DOHERTY Palgrave Macmillan €74.89 ISBN 9783030260200 Reviewed by Tony Lyons Dr Tony Lyons formerly lectured in Education History at Mary Imaculate College, University of Limerick. This book is something of a tour de force within the realms of the history of Irish education and schooling. It is an elucidating embrace of … Read more
DIANE URQUHART Cambridge University Press £22.99 ISBN 9781108717250 Reviewed by Mary Kenny Mary Kenny is a founder member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement and author of Goodbye to Catholic Ireland (New Island Books, 2000). Historically, there has seldom been any great ‘clamour’—as Professor Diane Urquhart puts it—for divorce in Ireland. Although the Brehon laws … Read more