Volume 28

Navigating the Zeitgeist: a story of the Cold War, the New Left, Irish republicanism, and international communism

HELENA SHEEHAN Monthly Review Press €25 ISBN 9781583677278 Reviewed by:Anthony Coughlan Anthony Coughlan is Associate Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, Trinity College, Dublin. Professor Helena Sheehan is internationally known as one of Ireland’s leading left-wing intellectuals. Her book Marxism and the philosophy of science: a critical history, first published in 1985, is the classic work … Read more

ON THIS DAY

BY AODHÁN CREALEY JANUARY 06/1834 Richard Martin (79), landowner and politician, died. Residing in Dangan House, some four miles upstream on the Corrib from Galway city, Martin, who sat in both the Irish House of Commons and the British House of Commons, was the owner of the largest estate in Ireland, some 200,000 acres. Renowned … Read more

Events

JANUARY 05 Sun 2pm National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street. Tour: Power, prayer and pattens—women in medieval Ireland (not wheelchair accessible). 07 Mon 7.45pm Donaghadee Historical Society, Methodist Church Hall, Moat Street. A photographic perspective of County Down, Mike Hartwell. 08 Wed 7.45pm Knocklyon History Society, Pastoral Centre. The defences of Dublin—1000 years, 945–1945, Patrick … Read more