Spies, informers and the ‘Anti-Sinn Féin Society’: the intelligence war in Cork City, 1920–1921 John Borgonovo (Irish Academic Press, e30) ISBN 0716528339 ‘Intelligence’ is perhaps the trickiest aspect of the Irish revolution to write about in a scholarly way. Sources are often fragmentary and unreliable, mythologies are ample and enduring, and many events only make … Read more
Judging by our letters pages, Seán South of Garryowen continues to excite interest amongst our readers. Des Fogarty’s Seán South of Garryowen (A.K. Ilen Company, 141pp, e24 pb, ISBN 9780954791520), while adding little to our knowledge of the Brookeborough raid itself, is particularly strong on South’s early career and childhood. South’s conservatism was very much … Read more
Museum of London 150 London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN +44 (0)870 443851 www.museumoflondon.org.uk Mon.–Sat. 10am–5.50pm, Sun. 12 noon–5.50pm by Tony Canavan The Museum of London is housed in a relatively new building, specially constructed for it. In the spacious reception area you are greeted by a large satellite photograph of London, giving you an idea … Read more
Ireland’s Nazis RTÉ 1, Tuesday 9 & 16 January 10.15pm Hidden Histories Presented by Cathal O’Shannon for Tile Films by Eamon O’Flaherty The Second World War and the Holocaust are very much alive, even 60 years after the end of the war. Cathal O’Shannon joined the RAF as a teenager towards the end of the … Read more