Volume 2

Below Stairs: domestic service remembered in Dublin and beyond 1880-1922 and Husbandry to Housewifery: women, economic change and housework in Ireland 1890-1914

Below Stairs: domestic service remembered in Dublin and beyond 1880-1922 Mona Hearn (Lilliput Press, £) Husbandry to Housewifery: women, economic change and housework in Ireland 1890-1914 Joanna Bourke (Clarendon Press, £) Most dwelling-houses still have kitchens separate from the ‘public’ areas of the house where an impression of effortless ease and comfort is presented, and … Read more

More on Norman surnames

Sir,— Brendan Smith argues in his response to my letter (HI winter 1993) that the surname Delany, ‘where it appears in north Leinster’, derives from the Norman del Anie or De Launee. This speculation may or may not be well-founded, but it should not obscure the fact that the surname is at present concentrated in … Read more

The Catholic Church and the Irish Free State 1923-1932

Religious homogeneity helped contribute to the relative political stability in the Irish Free State during the 1920s. Politico-religious rivalry in the North on the other hand was a major cause of endemic sectarian tension. There were 3,171,697 Catholics living in Ireland, according to the 1926 census — 2,751,269 in Saorstát Éireann [Irish Free State] and … Read more

Tóraíochas is Rapairíochas sa seachtú haois déag

Sa lá atá inniu ann, de dheasca an dul chun cinn atá déanta ar stair shóisialta, tá stairaithe ag dul thar fóir ag scaradh coincheap mar thóraíochas agus rapairíochas ó phríomheachtraí na haimsire. Ní thiocfadh staidéar a dhéanamh ar choincheap mar seo gan mórghluaiseachtaí na haoise a thabhairt san áireamh. Is fiú, fosta, príomhfheachtais mhíleata … Read more