Reviews

Michael Davitt Museum Straide, Co. Mayo Open all year 10am–6pm daily. 094-31022/31942. davitt-museum@eircom.net www.museumsofmayo.com/davitt by Carla King On 1 February 1880, in one of the set-pieces of the land war, Michael Davitt addressed a Land League demonstration from a platform erected over the site of the house from which his family had been evicted 30 … Read more

Haughey RTÉ 1, June–July 2005 Directed by Niamh Sammon Produced by Steve Carson and Miriam O’Callaghan By Eamon O’Flaherty The Haughey biography was one of the most controversial Irish television histories of recent years. One of the major participants, Desmond O’Malley, dissociated himself from the series as it was being broadcast, claiming that he had … Read more