James Kelly and Mary Ann Lyons (eds) (Irish Academic Press, Dublin, €27.95) ISBN 9780716531913 This publication presents the essays from the 30th biennial Irish Conference of Historians, which was held at NUI Maynooth in 2011 with death and dying as its theme. It provides fourteen essays by expert historians and archaeologists and makes a welcome … Read more
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