GERARD MURPHY The Collins Press €19.99 ISBN 9781848893375 Reviewed by: Nigel Jones Nigel Jones is a former editor of History Today and BBC History Magazine. The fatal shooting of Michael Collins in his own Cork countryside not only deprived Ireland of its most dynamic, gifted and charismatic leader but also left an enduring mystery. Was … 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
TIMOTHY O’NEILL Cork University Press €39 This book is a celebration of a core element in any culture whose memory has been committed to writing: its script. Writing in its origins may be the medium and servant of a culture and memory but becomes through its transmission the expression and articulation of a society’s culture … Read more
The split centred around a bitter dispute between two men, Judge Daniel Cohalan, leader of the Irish-American nationalist organisation Friends of Irish Freedom (FOIF), and Éamon de Valera, then leading Sinn Féin efforts in the United States to win diplomatic and financial support for Ireland’s independence struggle. This split mirrored the less-publicised break between the … Read more
Sir, —I bought your magazine for the first time recently while waitingfor a train at Heuston Station. I really enjoyed it, but theoutstanding article was by Charlie McGuire on Seán McLoughlin. What afascinating account of this man, and, of course, the epilogue had mereally purring! But can we have more, please? What became of SeánMcLoughlin’s … Read more