Reviewed by Thomas O’Loughlin Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham. For over a century and a half one manuscript has held a unique fascination for every serious student of Irish monasticism: Schaffhausen Stadtbibliothek Generalia 1. The reason for this fame is not only because it contains a complete text of the Life … Read more
Seán Beattie, Donegal in transition: the impact of the Congested Districts Board (Merrion Press, €21.95 pb, 298pp, ISBN 9781908928306). Fergus Whelan, God-provoking demo-crat: the remarkable life of Archibald Hamilton Rowan (New Island, €16.99 pb, 292pp, ISBN 9781848404601). Anthony Russell, John Mitchel and Jenny Verner: between two flags (Merrion, €19.99 pb, 267pp, ISBN 9781785370007). Tadhg O’Keeffe, … Read more
The Royal College of Physicians is situated in an ornate building, erected in 1863 with the proceeds, it is said, of the insurance on the Georgian house that previously stood on that site and which was destroyed by fire. As part of a project to increase the use of the building and raise its profile, … Read more
Ireland’s universities tend to name libraries after eminent persons with whom they are associated. Trinity College has libraries named after the philosopher George Berkeley and the historian W.E.H. Lecky, while NUI Galway named one after the antiquarian James Hardiman. University College Cork opted for the nineteenth-century mathematician George Boole, and this documentary was a contribution … Read more
SO RAN THE HEADLINE OF AN ARTICLE BY THE OWNER OF THE WRECK, GREGG BEMIS, IN THE IRISH TIMES AT THE TIME OF THE CENTENARY OF THE SHIP’S SINKING. MORE DESERVES TO BE KNOWN ABOUT THIS REMARKABLE PIECE OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE. By William Kingston It has long been speculated that the Lusitania was illicitly importing … Read more