ORLAITH McBRIDE and JOHN GIBNEY (eds) Irish Academic Press €24.99 ISBN 9781788551816 REVIEWED BY Fiona Fitzsimons Fiona Fitzsimons teaches an evening course in Irish Family and Social History at Trinity College, Dublin. The story of us, published by Irish Academic Press in partnership with the National Archives of Ireland to mark the public release of … Read more
DAVE GRIFFIN, JOAN McGARRY and NIALL MOORE (eds) College Players €30 ISBN 9781036954628 REVIEWED BY Fiona Brennan Fiona Brennan is a theatre historian, currently coordinating the Cork Opera House Oral History Project. This book marks the centenary of one of Ireland’s oldest amateur dramatic groups. It is divided into ten chapters and follows a largely … Read more
RONAN McGREEVY (ed.) Eriu €18.99 ISBN 9781804443903 REVIEWED BY Kevin Kiely Kevin Kiely’s most recent publication is Poet-critic of Faust and Parzifal: the diary-ography, with an introduction by Pamela Mary Brown (Amazon Books, 2026). Dermot Ryan conducted 23 interviews with Seán Lemass between 1967 and 1969, after his time as taoiseach (1959–66). Editor Ronan McGreevy … Read more
JUDITH HILL Four Courts Press €50 ISBN 9781801512022 REVIEWED BY Damian Murphy Damian Murphy is an Architectural Heritage Officer in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. This compact study from Judith Hill tracks the emergence of the Gothic taste in the eighteenth century from John Vanbrugh to Robert Adam; its dissemination through antiquarian studies and … Read more