ARNOLD HORNER Wordwell Books €30 ISBN 9781999790 Reviewed by Matthew Stout Matthew Stout lectures in the School of History and Geography, Dublin City University. Arnold Horner is a giant in the field of Irish historical geography and he is revered by two generations of geography students at UCD as an inspirational teacher. In recent years … Read more
The early career of Paschal Robinson OFM, the first papal nuncio to the Irish Free State, 1929–48. By Thomas J. Morrissey SJ Charles Robinson, the future papal nuncio to the Irish Free State, was born on 26 April 1870 at 49 Percy Place, then a row of fairly new houses along the Grand Canal. When … Read more
KEVIN WHELAN Four Courts Press €45 ISBN 9781846827563 Reviewed by David Dickson David Dickson is Professor Emeritus of Modern History, Trinity College Dublin. Kevin Whelan is a unique figure in the Irish literary ecosystem: historical geographer, social historian, critic and public intellectual, he has been the central player in many collaborative projects over the last … Read more
DONNACHA Ó BEACHÁIN Manchester University Press £22.99 ISBN 9781526132956 Reviewed by Seán Donlon Seán Donlon is a former diplomat, participating in the 1973 Sunningdale conference and in the negotiation of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, and was Irish ambassador to the United States, 1978–81. When in 1949 Germany was partitioned and the Federal (West) German government … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY MARCH 04/1804 The Castle Hill (New South Wales) convict rebellion. Under cover of darkness, over 200 convicts (mainly Irish) escaped from Castle Hill government farm, some 30km west of Sydney town, intending to march there and ‘capture ships to sail to Ireland’. Their leader was Kerry-born United Irishman Philip Cunningham, a … Read more