JANUARY 08 Fri 8pm Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Road, Dublin 8. Robert the Bruce’s Irish wars, Seán Duffy. 11 Mon 8pm Galway Archaeological & Historical Society, Harbour Hotel, Dock Road. Galway in 1916—a pictorial review, Paul Duffy + AGM. 12 Tues 8.15pm Skerries Historical Society, Keane’s Lounge, The Bus Bar, … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr Surrey House on Leinster Road was the home of Countess Markievicz. It was also where James Connolly’s The Spark and the Workers’ Republic were printed. In the 22 January 1916 issue of the Workers’ Republic, the following appeared under the heading ‘What is Our Programme?’: ‘We shall continue, in season … Read more
PAUL ROUSE Oxford University Press £30 ISBN 9780198745907 Reviewed by Kevin McCarthy Firstly, let’s be straight about it: this is a really good book, and one which should appeal in equal measure to both sports fans and students of Irish history. Paul Rouse has won significant acclaim over the years as a social and sporting … Read more
PATRICK FITZGERALD, CHRISTINE KINEALY & GERARD MORAN (EDS) Quinnipiac University Press $35/€30/£25 ISBN 9780990945406 Reviewed by Liam Kennedy Ten million people emigrated from the small island of Ireland to other parts of the world between 1700 and the present. Some were adventurers, some were social outcasts, some were missionaries and some were fleeing war and … Read more
GEARÓID Ó TUATHAIGH Quinnipiac University Press and Cork University Press €11.95/£9.95 ISBN 9780990468677 Reviewed by Proinsias Ó Drisceoil Neo-liberal notions of consumer choice may have influenced a tendency to attribute the shift from Irish to English as the dominant spoken language in Ireland to rational personal convenience, but what the author of this brief study … Read more