Ireland in the Stuart Papers (2 vols.), Patrick Fagan (ed.), (Four Courts Press £40).

Reviewed by Éamonn Ó Ciardha     Fagan’s edition of letters of Irish interest in the Stuart papers makes available an important collection of primary source-material relating to Ireland and the exiled Stuarts. It reflects the burgeoning of interest in Irish Jacobitism as represented by the work of Breandán Ó Buachalla, Mícheal Mac Craith, Vincent … Read more

A Military History of Ireland, Thomas Bartlett and Keith Jeffery (eds.), (Cambridge University Press, £40).

Reviewed by Donal O’Carroll   In their preface to this handsome volume the joint editors acknowledge that while it has been their aim to give some account of the chief battles of Ireland’s history their principal concern is with the political and social background. Although at first sight this might appear to belie the title … Read more