LUKE GIBBONS University of Chicago Press $35 ISBN 9780226824475 Reviewed by Angus Mitchell The confluence in 2022 of the centenaries of the founding of the Irish Free State and the publication of Ulysses allowed for a fascinating exchange in cultural diplomacy. Among the more ambitious projects to find support was the minting of a stamp … Read more
Ulster Museum (until January 2024) By Donal Fallon On a busy Thursday morning in July, it was clear what had brought many of the visitors to the Ulster Museum. Within its section dedicated to the Northern Irish conflict, ‘The Troubles and Beyond’, several groups of visitors moved around the landmark exhibition, which includes the lid … Read more
TG4, 24 May 2023 By Sylvie Kleinman TG4 continues to air eclectic but probing documentaries. Conventional in format, this one is anything but boring and looks at the extremely off-centre topic of Irish adherents of communism. Given that Ireland was, as stated by a former member of the Connolly Youth Movement (CYM), Fergus Whelan, ‘the … Read more