July 3–6 Thur–Sun Robert Boyle Summer School, Lismore, Co. Waterford. Speakers: Eoin Gill, Jim Malone, Lawrence Principe, John Hedley Brooke, Terry Eagleton, Lorainne Hanlon, Luke O’Neill. www.robertboyle.ie. ao’donoghue@waterfordcouncil.ie, +353 (0) 5854975. 5 Sat 7pm History Ireland Hedge School, Wood Bros Café, Féile Brian Boru, Killaloe, Co. Clare. Brian Boru: Imperator Scotorum or local warlord?, … Read more
About 150,000 Irishmen volunteered for the British Army during the First World War, in addition to the c. 50,000 Irishmen already serving at the outbreak. Joining the army was seen as an opportunity to better oneself, and the military provided a source of income for many of Ireland’s unskilled workers. Only those who came from … Read more
JASON R. MYERS Academica Press $82.95 ISBN 9781936320264 Reviewed by Tomás Irish There has been an explosion of interest in Ireland’s experience of the Great War in recent years. As the centenary of the outbreak of the war approaches, scholarly and popular interest has focused not only on the Irish experience of war but also … Read more
Charles Messenger Pen and Sword Books £25 ISBN 9781848848970 Reviewed by Timothy Bowman On 1 July 1916, F.P. Crozier, then a lieutenant colonel, led his men of the 9th Royal Irish Rifles out of Thiepval Wood to attack the Schwaben Redoubt during the Battle of the Somme. In doing so he defied orders that no … Read more
JANE G.V. McGAUGHEY McGill–Queen’s University Press $95 CAD ISBN 9780773539723 Reviewed by Jessica Meyer In the past twenty years masculinity as a framework of historical analysis has moved from the margins of gender history in First World War studies to become a central element of discussion. Since the publication of Joanna Bourke’s Dismembering the male … Read more