James Connolly: ‘a full life’ Donal Nevin (Gill and Macmillan, ?29.99) ISBN 0717139115 Posterity has been oddly kind, even condescending, to James Connolly. While the motives and performance of many of his rebel contemporaries and successors have been subjected to ever more pitiless scrutiny, Connolly has never lost the aura of a romantic revolutionary. He … Read more
The manner in which Taoiseach Bertie Ahern announced the reinstatement of a state-sponsored military parade to commemorate the 1916 Rising (at the Fianna Fáil árd fheis) has led to predictable criticisms that the Soldiers of Destiny are out to hog the 1916 commemorations in a partisan fashion, particularly in the run-up to the centenary in … Read more
Pearse Museum St Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 01–4934208 Open every day @ 10am. Closed for lunch (1–2pm). Closed @ 5pm (Feb.–Apr. & Sep.–Oct.), 5.30pm (May–Aug.), 4pm (Nov.–Jan.) by Tony Canavan The Pearse Museum is situated in 50 acres of parkland that contain playing fields and nature walks. It occupies a simple, elegant Georgian house … Read more
‘Through the eyes of 1916’ RTÉ, 10–17 April 1966 Insurrection Directed by Louis Lentin and Michael Garvey by Brian Lynch Early in 1965, the director-general of Telefis Éireann, Kevin McCourt, selected a group of senior production and administrative staff to arrange a programme scheme for the 1966 golden jubilee of the Easter Rising. In addition … Read more
PIM, Herbert Moore (1883–1950), writer and political activist, was born 6 June 1883 in Belfast, son of Robert Barclay Pim and Caroline Pim (née Moore). The Pims were a leading Quaker business and professional dynasty; his father was secretary of the Friends Provident Insurance Company. Pim was educated at Friends School, Lisburn, and public schools … Read more