MAY 13/1986 Peadar O’Donnell (93), militant socialist, died. Born in the Irish-speaking Rosses of north-west Donegal, the youngest of nine children of a musician and migrant worker, O’Donnell was amongst the most influential left-wing republicans during the early years of the twentieth century. His entire life was devoted to the cause of a 32-county socialist … Read more
By Maria Luddy The original ‘Directory of Sources for Irish Women’s History’ was made available on CD-ROM in 1999. With the advances in technology, the CD has now become obsolete and can no longer be read on more recent computers. In mid-2022 we asked the Irish Manuscripts Commission and the Mná 100 unit of the … Read more
One of the positive results of the ‘decade of centenaries’, and of recent historical scholarship generally, has been an increased awareness of the role of women in all aspects of the Irish revolution. We are now also aware that during this period women were the victims of gendered violence—such as hair-cropping—and overt sexual assaults, including … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr In April 1916, Austin Stack was IRB Centre and commander of the Irish Volunteers in Kerry. When Stack heard that Sir Roger Casement had landed from a submarine, he went in search of him, was arrested and was taken to Causeway RIC barracks, where he pulled a revolver and escaped. … Read more
EMMET O’CONNOR UCD Press €27 ISBN 9781910820858 Reviewed by Niall Meehan Niall Meehan is the retired head of the Journalism and Media Faculty, Griffith College. Accounts of the 1912 and 1920 Belfast shipyard expulsions detail tens of thousands of Catholics forcibly driven from their places of employment, followed by being burned out of their homes. … Read more