PETER BROWN Princeton University Press £38 9780691242286 REVIEWED BY Thomas O’Loughlin I cannot think of any book comparable to this, and so, while reading it was an immense pleasure, writing this review is rather difficult. There are at least three possible starting-points and I cannot choose between them: Peter Brown in writing an autobiography has … Read more
By Daragh Fitzgerald Trinity College students made history in May when their encampment achieved their demands for the university to divest from blacklisted Israeli companies, and the latest Trinity Journal of Histories shows that they are just as adept at writing history. This volume features essays on topics as diverse as the role of Japanese … Read more
JACK TRAYNOR McFarland Books £49.71 ISBN 9781476693262 Reviewed By Brian Hanley Brian Hanley is the presenter of the ‘Dirty War in Dublin’ podcast, supported by a Royal Irish Academy Decade of Centenaries bursary. In December 1944 General Eoin O’Duffy, the former leader of Ireland’s best-known fascist movement, the Blueshirts, was buried with full military honours … Read more
GERARD HANLEY Four Courts Press €45 ISBN 9781801510783 Reviewed by Brian Girvin Brian Girvin is Professor Emeritus and Honorary Professor at the University of Glasgow. Political independence promises much, but rarely delivers to the most disadvantaged sections in the new state. This certainly proved to be the case for the Irish working class and trade … Read more
NIAMH HOWLIN Four Courts Press €55 ISBN 9781801510844 Reviewed by James Meighan James Meighan is a solicitor and a Ph.D candidate at the University of Limerick. This book considers various aspects of the profession of barrister in Ireland. It is timely in that it encapsulates the evolution of the practice, side by side with the … Read more