Michael Collins and the making of a new Ireland (2 vols)

Michael Collins and the making of a new Ireland (2 vols) Piaras Béaslaí (Éamonn de Búrca for Edmund Burke Publisher, Ä95) ISBN 9780946130436   First of all, congratulations are in order to the publisher and 162 subscribers who made possible the reprinting of this book (originally published in 1926). The price may seem steep but … Read more

Bookworm

Hats off to the hard-working editorial team—Mary Ann Lyons, Fearghal McGarry and Dominic Carroll—at Irish Historical Studies (ISSN 00211214), which continues to be published on schedule and to a high standard (albeit with its trademark austere presentation). In the latest issue (Vol. XXXVI, No. 144, November 2009, and received shortly thereafter) Fergus Campbell (‘Reign of … Read more

Museum Eye

The Ulster Museum Botanic Gardens, Belfast www.nmni.com, +44 (0)28 90440000 [048 90440000 from RoI] by Tony Canavan   Two of Belfast’s iconic buildings recently reopened after being closed for refurbishment. The City Hall, once seen as a bastion of unionism, used the reopening to rebrand itself as the ‘people’s hall’ where all Belfast’s citizens would … Read more