MARGARET URWIN Mercier Press €13.49 ISBN 9781781174623 Reviewed by: Raymond Murray This is the third scholarly book in recent times that shows how successive British governments abandoned morality and law in dealing with conflict in Northern Ireland. Published in 2012, Ian Cobain’s Cruel Britannia: a secret history of torture reveals how the British government over … Read more
MARCH 01 Wed 6.30pm People’s College, Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Sq. W. New borders in Ireland and Europe 1918–1923, William Mulligan. Adm. €5. 01 Wed 8pm Old Athlone Society, www.athlonehistory.ie. Irish as a vernacular language in Athlone and its hinterland, 1600–c. 1970, Aengus Finnegan. 01 Wed 8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael NS, Shankill, Co. Dublin. … Read more
53-55 Crumlin Rd, Belfast www.crumlinroadgaol.com By Tony Canavan For such a grim building with such a grim past, Crumlin Road Gaol presents a merry face to the world. As well as having a café and a restaurant, it is host to grand balls and concerts by the likes of Garth Brooks and Abba tribute bands. … Read more
Underground Films, RTÉ1, 21 December 2016 By John Gibney Strange occurrences in a small Irish village, made by the same team who created the award-winning One million Dubliners, was released in cinemas last August. Aoife Kelleher’s second feature-length documentary shares an aesthetic style and broad thematic approach with its predecessor, not to mention a willingness … Read more
Dock Road, Limerick By Emma Gilleece The Rank Silo overlooking the docks in Limerick city is one of the last surviving structures of Shannon Mills, once one of the largest flour-milling complexes in these islands. Joseph Rank Ltd, today Rank Hovis McDougall (RHM), was founded by Joseph Rank (1854–1943) in Hull in 1875, and expanded … Read more