Directed by Mike Leigh By Eoin Dillon Mike Leigh’s film Peterloo deals with events in St Peter’s Field in Manchester on 16 August 1819, when between 60,000 and 100,000 organised and disciplined workers, both men and women, from town and field, assembled peacefully to demand parliamentary reform and were sabred down—with perhaps fifteen dead and … Read more
National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar nli.ie By Tony Canavan I have to admit that I was a little surprised by this exhibition (which runs until the end of May 2019), as the publicity surrounding it gave the impression that it was a commemoration of the electoral franchise being extended to women in … Read more
Documentary on One RTÉ Radio 1, 3 November 2018 https://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2018/1017/1004886-irelands-first-superstar/ By Donal Fallon Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore lived a remarkable and colourful life. Indeed, listening to Tim Desmond’s latest contribution to the Documentary on One series, there is a constant feeling of bemusement at not having heard of Gilmore before. The title of this effort, Ireland’s … Read more
BRIAN HANLEY Manchester University Press £80/€93.75 ISBN 9780719091131 Reviewed by: Martin Mansergh Martin Mansergh is a former government adviser and politician. One of the most natural human tendencies is to try and sanitise narratives of the past, to smooth over the jagged edges, the mistaken actions and judgements, and, if possible, to cover them with … Read more