CONNIE KELLEHER Cork University Press €30 ISBN 9781782053651 Reviewed by Eamon Darcy Eamon Darcy is a historian of early modern Ireland and Britain and lectures at Maynooth University. The image of swashbuckling pirates plundering ships with impunity is integral to the popular perception of the historical world of piracy. Yet, as Connie Kelleher’s excellent book, … Read more
DEIRDRE NUTTALL Eastwood Books €25 ISBN 9781916137561 Reviewed by Ida Milne Growing up in Wexford in the 1960s, children in our Church of Ireland family would have noticed little difference between Protestant and Catholic other than going to a different church on a Sunday. Apart from that, we were fully integrated into local life, like … Read more
By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls In the last few years, in his 80s, Jesuit historian Todd Morrissey has produced more work than many scholars can claim for their entire career. Among his publications is a study of the archbishop of Dublin Daniel Murray (see Bookworm, HI 26.6, Nov./Dec. 2018), and another of the Trappist monk Dom … Read more
Decade of Centenaries pop-up Women’s Museum https://www.decadeofcentenaries.com/enjoy-this-virtual-tour-of-the-pop-up-womens-museum/ By Tony Canavan The Decade of Centenaries has responded to the restrictions on events imposed because of COVID-19 by moving on-line. This exhibition consists of a virtual tour that examines the part played by different women over the last 100 years. It celebrates the stories of over 300 … Read more
RTÉ, BBC, Oireachtas TV June 2020 Midas Productions By Donal Fallon That Michael Portillo is not afraid to be critical of the British handling of the Irish Revolution was evident in his 2016 documentary The Enemy Files. An episode that received little attention in Ireland’s ‘decade of centenaries’—except for the efforts of a local history … Read more