Book Reviews

SUSAN GALAVAN Routledge £95 ISBN 9781472471727 Reviewed by Ellen Rowley Ellen Rowley lectures in the School of Architecture, University College Dublin. Dublin’s bourgeoishomes by architect-turned-historian Susan Galavan manages to bring something new and important to the already packed bookshelves on Dublin history. Because architecture, and specifically the more everyday architecture of housing, is the language … Read more

TOBY BARNARD Four Courts Press €50 ISBN 9781846826290 Reviewed by Eamon Darcy Eamon Darcy lectures in history at Maynooth University and is the author of The world of Thomas Ward: sex and scandal in late seventeenth-century Co. Antrim. The purpose of this volume is to investigate how Irish people encountered and engaged with the world … Read more

JOSEPH E.A. CONNELL Jr Wordwell Books €19 ISBN 9780993351884 Reviewed by Lorcan Collins Lorcan Collins is the author of 1916: the Rising handbook (O’Brien Press, 2016). Joe Connell, a regular contributor to History Ireland, is responsible for collecting and publishing an enormous database of addresses associated with the revolutionary period 1916–23. His encyclopaedic knowledge and … Read more

SEÁN MITCHELL Haymarket €17.50 ISBN 9781608466788 Reviewed by Geoffrey Bell Geoffrey Bell is the author of Hesitant comrades: the Irish revolution and the British labour movement (Pluto, 2016). In October 1932 the workers of Belfast rioted. Nothing new there. They had rioted many times before and were to do so many times again. Such, apparently, … Read more