Kevin O’Sullivan (Manchester University Press, £65) ISBN 9780719086021 Historic ties between Ireland and Africa run deep. The earliest mission stations along the Congo River were founded by the Grattan Guinness family back in the 1870s. They provided King Leopold II with the stepping-stones for building his Congo Free State. In 1900 the Kells-born historian Alice … Read more
The Irish rebellion of 1641 and the Wars of the Three Kingdoms Eamon Darcy (Royal Historical Society, Studies in History series, €62) ISBN 9780861933204 The shadow of a year: the 1641 rebellion in Irish history and memory John Gibney (University of Wisconsin Press, $29.95) ISBN 9780299289546 Ireland: 1641. Contexts and reactions Micheál Ó Siochrú and … Read more
The centenary of the 1913 Lockout has understandably generated a good deal of writing this year (and thanks to all who bought our recent special issue, which sold out). Life in Dublin’s poverty-stricken slum tenements is revealed in unflinching detail in Terry Fagan’s Dublin tenements: memories of life in Dublin’s notorious tenements (North Inner City … Read more
Haigh Terrace, Dún Laoghaire administration@mariner.ie, www.mariner.ie +353 (0)1 243964/2800969 by Tony Canavan The National Maritime Museum of Ireland is situated in the former Mariners’ Church in Dún Laoghaire. The church was built in 1837 and became a museum in 1974 under the auspices of the Maritime Institute of Ireland. Given the fact that Ireland is … Read more
Peter Daly: good cop/bad cop ‘Documentary on One’, RTÉ Radio 1, 14 September 2013 Citizens: Lockout 1913–2013 Episode 5: ‘Consequences 1914–1916’, RTÉ Radio 1, 7 September 2013 Listening to Peter Daly: good cop/bad cop, it was hard not to feel that the story being told was as fit for the big screen as for a … Read more