ROBERT SCHMUHL Oxford University Press £19.99 ISBN 9780190224288 Reviewed by: John Gibney One of the most quoted phrases of the 1916 Proclamation comes in the second paragraph, in which its authors indicate that the various insurgent organisations were not acting alone: they also had the assistance of ‘gallant allies in Europe’, a reference that is … Read more
BILL KISSANE Oxford University Press £18.99 ISBN 9780199602872 Reviewed by: Eoin Dillon At the time of writing, breakup is very much in the air. The UK has decided by referendum to leave the EU. Scotland, after more than 300 years, may decide to leave the UK. The EU might also fragment back into its constituent … Read more
CHQ Building, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1 info@epicirelandchq.com, +353 (0)1 5313688 By Tony Canavan Dublin’s newest heritage attraction is a celebration of the Irish in the world. The ambitious project is the brainchild of Neville Isdell, the County Down-born former Coca Cola chief executive who owns the CHQ in Dublin. For quite a while the … Read more
By Joe Cully David Brundage, Irish nationalists in America: the politics of exile 1798–1998 (Oxford University Press, £22.29 hb, 312pp, ISBN 9780195331776). David Doolin, Transnational revolutionaries: the Fenian invasion of Canada, 1866 (Peter Lang, €30 pb, 350pp, ISBN 9783035307894). Rose Doyle, Heroes of Jadotville: the soldiers’ story (New Island Books, €15.95 pb, 380pp, ISBN 9781848404885). … Read more
Nationwide, RTÉ1, 29 June, 1 July Heroes of the Somme, 4 July The centenary commemoration of the battle of the Somme, 9 July By John Gibney The Battle of the Somme, in the Picardy region of northern France, was the British contribution to a wider Allied offensive against the Central Powers in 1916. It lasted … Read more