Reviews

Ireland and the Vatican: the politics and diplomacy of church-state relations 1922-1960 Dermot Keogh (Cork University Press, £37.50 hb, £17.50 pb)

Reviewed by Enda Delaney Keogh’s study of the relationship between the independent Irish state and the Vatican fills one lacuna in our understanding of the politics and diplomacy of Irish church-state relations and, to a lesser extent, international relations. Drawing on his earlier published work in this field and adding a substantial amount of new … Read more

Archaeological Inventory of County Cork

Archaeological Inventory of County Cork, Vol.1 (West Cork), Vol.2 (East and South Cork) Denis Power (comp.) (Stationary Office, £20 each) Guide to the Archives of the Office of Public Works Rena Lohan (Stationary Office) Irish Archives Journal (Spring 1995) (Irish Society of Archives, £4.95) Reviewed by Kevin Whelan In recent years, there has been a … Read more

Revolutionary Government in Ireland: Dáil Éireann 1919-1922 Arthur Mitchell (Gill and Macmillan)

Reviewed by Brian Murphy Dáil Éireann has long awaited its historian. Brian Farrell’s small but seminal work, The Founding of Dáil Éireann (1971), remains a proven and valuable guide. Arthur’s Mitchell’s book provides a comprehensive tour of anything that falls under the ambit of the Dáil for the years 1919-1921. It is a massive and … Read more

Protestant Dissent and Controversy in Ireland 1660-1714 Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster Society 1740-1890 Catholicism in Ulster 1603-1983: An Interpretative History Catholicism in a Protestant Kingdom: A Study of the Irish Ancien Régime.

Reviewed by Sean Connolly Protestant Dissent and Controversy in Ireland 1660-1714, Phil Kilroy (Cork University Press, £27.50) Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster Society 1740-1890, David Hempton and Myrtle Hill (Routledge, £40) Catholicism in Ulster 1603-1983: An Interpretative History, Oliver P. Rafferty (Gill and Macmillan, £12.99) Catholicism in a Protestant Kingdom: A Study of the Irish Ancien … Read more

The Irish Diaspora

Reviewed by Trevor Parkhill The Irish Diaspora: A Primer, Donald Harman Akenson (Meany & Co., Toronto; Institute of Irish Studies, Belfast, £22.50) ‘The Irish Diaspora’ L.M Cullen in Europeans on the Move: Studies on European Migration 1500-1800 Nicholas Canny (ed.) (Clarendon Press, £35) Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to Australia, David Fitzpatrick … Read more