Museum eye: St Audoen’s Church High Street, Dublin 8 staudoenschurch@opw.ie. +353 1(0) 677 0088 26 April–24 Oct., 9.30am–5.30pm by Tony Canavan

Of all the properties under the control of the Office of Public Works, St Audoen’s Church must be the most unusual, in remaining a parish church where services are still held, just as they have been for over 800 years. Not far from the much grander Christ Church Cathedral, St Audoen’s is perhaps just as … Read more

Bookworm

The forthcoming ‘decade of centenaries’ looks like being a busy time for publishers. Within that decade, the centenary of the Easter Rising seems to be getting singled out for particular attention. March saw the launch (in the GPO!) of the ambitious ‘16 Lives’ series, published by O’Brien Press. The first titles in the series (James … Read more

Film eye: The enigma of Frank Ryan

Irish history, as recent public controversies about republican violence during the War of Independence have made clear, remains an ideological minefield. Against this background, making a film about one of the most controversial republicans of the last century, Frank Ryan, presents obvious challenges. Before the first scene of The enigma of Frank Ryan had been … Read more

Sidelines

So who was ‘Britain’s greatest foe’? Step forward, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Michael Collins, Erwin Rommel, Napoleon Bonaparte and George Washington, who ended up top of an on-line poll conducted by London’s National Army Museum (http://www.nam.ac.uk/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/enemy-commanders-britains-greatest-foes). By the time you read this, one of the five will have been selected at a ‘celebrity speaker event’ at … Read more