JULY 03 Mon 11am Ledwidge Society, Richmond Barracks, Inchicore, Dublin 8. Francis Ledwidge, poet, activist and soldier, Liam O’Meara. 05 Wed 1pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Margaret Clarke (1884–1961)—an independent spirit, Niamh McNally. 06 Thur 2pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Guided tour: Yeats & the Irish Cultural … Read more
RUADHÁN MAC CORMAIC Penguin Ireland €27.99 ISBN 9781844883400 Reviewed by: Vincent Browne In this superb history of the Supreme Court, author Ruadhán Mac Cormaic describes the casual transference of the English legal system and ethos—the common law tradition—into the ethos of the new state, with a few minor and insignificant changes that occurred right at … Read more
By Joe Culley Barbara Hussey and Anna Kealy (eds), Nothing is written in stone: the notebooks of Justin Keating (Lilliput Press, €20 pb, 280pp, ISBN 9781843516774). Nell Regan, Helena Molony: a radical life, 1883–1967 (Arlen House, €27 pb, 275pp, ISBN 9781851321650). Tina O’Toole, Gillian McIntosh and Muireann Ó Cinnéide (eds), Women writing war: Ireland 1880–1922 … Read more
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland library 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 rsai@rsai.ie, +353 (0)1 6761749 Wed & Thur: 10.30am–12.30pm & 2–4.30pm By Tony Canavan This year the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI) is celebrating the centenary of its occupation of its premises at 63 Merrion Square. It may have been there for … Read more
RTÉ Radio 1, 16 April 2017 By John Gibney The 101st anniversary of the Easter Rising has come and gone, and, as should be obvious, none of the enormous fanfare and investment of resources that marked last year’s centenary was evident in 2017. This can be seen as an inevitable consequence of centenary fatigue, with … Read more