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The Blame Game: Roy Johnston reviews The Blame Game: rethinking Ireland's sustainable development and environmental performance by Brendan Flynn, published Irish Academic Press
2008-09-02 13:05:15
The Impact of the 1916 Rising: Ken Keable reviews The Impact of the 1916 Rising Among the Nations edited by Ruán O’Donnell and published by Irish Academic Press
2008-09-02 12:38:37
Northern Ireland's '68: David Granville reviews Northern Ireland's '68: civil rights, global revolt and the origins of The Troubles by Simon Prince and published by Irish Academic Press
2008-08-27 14:24:01
Blood on the Streets: David Granville reviews Blood on the Streets: the battle of Mount Street Bridge by Paul O’Brien, published Mercier Press
2008-08-22 11:11:16
Roddy Connolly and the Struggle for Socialism: Adrian Grant reviews Roddy Connolly and the Struggle for Socialism in Ireland by Charlie McGuire, published by Cork University Press
2008-08-01 16:58:01
Intervening in Northern Ireland: Roy Johnston reviews Intervening in Northern Ireland: critically re-thinking representations of the conflict, John Barry and Marysia Zalewski (eds), published by Routledge
2008-08-01 16:50:35
Great Hatred, Little Room: Tom Griffin reviews Great Hatred, Little Room: making Peace in Northern Ireland by Jonathan Powell, published by Bodley Head
2008-07-04 10:45:04
Left to the Wolves: Irish victims of Stalinist terror: Fintan Lane reviews Left to the Wolves: Irish Victims of Stalinist terror by Barry McLoughlin, published by Irish Academic Press
2008-04-21 17:48:19
Gerry Fitt: political chameleon: David Granvillereviews Gerry Fitt: a political chameleon by Michael A. Murphy (foreword by Tim Pat Coogan), published by Mercier Press
2008-03-27 14:41:08
Queen's Rebels: Ulster loyalism in historical perspective: Ruaírí Ó Domhnaíll reviews Queen’s Rebels: Ulster loyalism in historical perspective by David W. Miller, published by UCD Press,
2008-03-07 17:22:50
The Origin of the Troubles: Roy Johnston reviews Northern Ireland: the Origin of the Troubles by Thomas Hennessey and published by Gill Macmillan
2008-02-12 12:13:53
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill reviews Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: a political soldier by Keith Jeffery, published by Oxford University Press
2008-02-04 14:02:51
Ireland and the Cold War: Joe Jamison reviews Ireland and the Cold War: diplomacy and recognition, 1949-63 by Paula A. Wylie and published Irish Academic Press
2008-02-04 13:14:04
Irish Republicanism in Scotland 1858-1916: Stephen Coyle reviews Irish Republicanism in Scotland 1858-1916: Fenians in exile by Mairtin Sean O’Cathain, published by Irish Academic Press
2008-01-09 11:10:06
The Irish Conservative Party: Michael O'Sullivan reviews The Irish Conservative Party 1852-1868: land, politics and religion by Andrew Shields, published by Irish Academic Press
2007-11-13 13:07:46
A Provisional Dictator: James Stevens: Michael O'Sullivan reviews A Provisional Dictator: James Stephens and the Fenian movement by Marta Ramon, published by UCD Press,
2007-11-13 12:59:35
Enemies Of Empire: Michael O'Sullivan reviews Enemies of Empire: new perspectives on imperialism, literature and historiography, Eoin Flannery and Angus Mitchell (eds), published by Four Courts Press
2007-07-26 14:07:53
The Northern IRA: Fintan Lane reviews The Northern IRA and the Early Years of Partition, 1920–1922, Irish Academic Press by Robert Lynch, published by Irish Academic Press
2007-07-21 11:55:51
The Meaning Of Life: Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill reviews The Meaning of Life by Terry Eagleton, published by Oxford University Press
2007-07-21 11:41:56
Reviews in Brief: Ruán O'Donnell reviews The Irish Army in the Congo, 1960-1964, The Far Battalions by David O'Donoughue, published by Irish Academic Press, and Broken Rails: crashes and sabotage on Irish railways by Brian Mac Aongusa, published by Currach Press
2007-07-20 14:15:30
Essay on Irish Bulls: Michael O'Sullivan reviews An Essay on Irish Bulls by Maria Edgeworth, Jane Desmarais and Marilyn Butler (eds), published by UCD Press in its Classics of Irish History series
2007-07-20 13:00:23
Intelligence, Statecraft and International Power: Roy Johnston reviews Intelligence, Statecraft and International Power, Eunan O'Halpin, Robert Armstrong and Jane Ohlmeyer (eds), published by Irish Academic Press
2007-07-20 12:42:10
Ireland's Great Famine: Michael O'Sullivan reviews Ireland's Great Famine: interdisciplinary perspectives by Cormac O Grada, published by UCD Press,
2007-07-20 12:16:43
Irish Women Religious: Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill reviews Made Holy: Irish Women Religious at home and abroad. Yvonne McKenna, Irish Academic Press
2007-07-20 11:58:10
Seán O’Hegarty biography: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Seán O’Hegarty: O/C First Cork Brigade, Irish Republican Army by Kevin Girvin Aubane Historical Society
2007-07-20 11:40:54
Hunger Strike, reflections: David Granville reviews Hunger Strike, reflections on the 1981 hunger strike, Danny Morrison (ed.), published by Brandon
2007-05-19 18:46:25
Equality, The Unfinished Agenda: Joe Jamison reviews Equality in Northern Ireland: the Rhetoric and the Reality, Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ)
2007-04-25 22:37:03
The IRA and Armed Struggle: Sean Carey reviews The IRA and Armed Struggle by Rogelio Alonso, Routledge
2007-04-25 22:05:49
Women of the Dáil:: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Women of the Dáil: Gender, Republicanism and the Anglo-Irish Treaty by Jason Knirck, foreword by Maria Luddy, Irish Academic Press
2007-04-25 16:37:48
The Open Secret of Ireland: Ian Mc Keane reviews The Open Secret of Ireland by Thomas Kettle (new introduction by Senia Pašeta), UCD Press Classics of Irish History series
2007-04-25 16:19:35
Galway and the Great War: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Galway and the Great War by William Henry, Mercier Press
2007-04-25 16:09:26
Irish Flames: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Irish Flames: Peter Waller’s true story of the arrival of the Black and Tans by John Waller, Yiannis Books
2007-04-25 12:04:48
The Ivy Leaf: the Parnells remembered: Michael O'Sullivan reviews The Ivy Leaf: the Parnells remembered by Donal McCartney and Pauric Travers, UCD Press
2007-04-25 11:59:19
Souvenirs of Irish Footprints Over Europe: Ian McKeane reviews Souvenirs of Irish Footprints Over Europe by Eugene Davis (edited and with an introduction by Owen McGee), UCD Press
2007-04-25 11:50:59
Fron-Goch and the birth of the IRA: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Fron-Goch and the birth of the IRA by Lyn Ebenezer, Gwas Carreg Gwalch
2007-04-25 11:43:03
Dublin Then and Now: Sally Richardson reviews Dublin Then and Now by Louise Jefferson (foreword by Robert Ballagh), Brehon Press
2007-04-20 12:42:47
Who Stole Our Game: the fall and fall of Irish soccer: Gerry Kelly reviews Who Stole Our Game: the fall and fall of Irish soccer by Daire Whelan and published by Gill & Macmillan
2007-03-27 15:08:34
Civilizing Ireland: Ordnannce Survey 1824-1842: Roy Johnston reviews Civilizing Ireland: Ordnannce Survey 1824-1842, ethnography, cartography, translation by Stiofain O Cadhla and published by Irish Academic Press
2007-03-27 14:22:06
Irish Studies Review (Vol.15, number 1): Roy Johnston reviews the latest issue of the Irish Studies Review
2007-03-27 14:02:58
Censorship in the two Irelands: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Censorship in the Two Irelands, 1922-1939 by Peter Martin (foreword by Diarmaid Ferriter) and published by Irish Academic Press
2007-03-13 14:12:19
Eddie's Own Aquarius: Peter Mulligan reviews Eddie's Own Aquarius - a special edition of the well-respeted literary journal edited for over 35 years by Irishman Eddie Linden
2007-03-13 13:54:05
Irish Freedom: David Granville reviews Irish Freedom: the history of nationalism in Ireland by Richard English, Macmillan
2007-03-13 13:42:47
Mac Curtain Family Memoir: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Remember it's For Ireland: a family memoir of Tomas Mac Curtain by Fionnula Mac Curtain, Mercier Press
2007-03-13 13:01:28
Irish Times Book of the 1916 Rising: Declan O'Brien reviews The Irish Time Book of the 1916 Rising by Shane Hegarty and Fintan O'Toole, Gill and Macmillan, ISBN13:978-07171-4191-3
2007-03-13 12:18:20
The Philosophy of Irish Ireland: Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill reviews The Philosophy of Irish Ireland by D P Moran (ed. Patrick Maume), UCD Press Classics of Irish History series
2007-03-13 12:07:49
The Burning of Cork: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews The Burning of Cork by Gerry White and Brendan O’Shea Mercier Press
2007-03-13 11:50:14
Ireland and India: Avtar Sadiq reviews Ireland and India: colonies, culture and empire, Tadhg Foley and Maureen O'Connor (eds) published by Irish Academic Press. The book includes a foreword by Saurabh Kumar
2007-02-27 14:55:43
Handloom Weavers in Ulster’s Linen Industry: Dorothy Calvert reviews Handloom Weavers in Ulster’s Linen Industry, 1815-1914, by Kevin J. James, Four Courts Press
2007-02-15 18:31:31
Landlords, Tenants, Famine: Michael O'Sullivan reviews Landlords, Tenants, Famine: the business of an Irish agency in the 1840s by Desmond Norton, UCD Press
2007-02-13 10:52:24
Edmund Burke's Irish Identities: Michael O'Sullivan reviews Edmund Burke's Irish Identities, Sean Patrick Donlan (ed), Irish Academic Press
2007-02-13 10:38:08
The Sage of Science: Roy Johnston reviews J D Bernal: The Sage of Science, by Andrew Brown, Oxford University Press,
2007-01-30 21:58:24
Kathleen Lynn: Irishwomen, patriot, doctor: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Kathleen Lynn: Irishwomen, patriot, doctor by Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh Irish Academic Press
2007-01-30 21:47:47
Spies, Informers and the 'Anti-Sinn Fein Society': Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Spies, Informers and the 'Anti-Sinn Féin Society': The Intelligence War in Cork City 1920-1921 by John Borgonovo, foreword by Eunan O’Halpin, Irish Academic Press
2007-01-29 13:24:36
Michael Collins and the Treaty: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews 'I Signed My Death Warrant': Michael Collins and The Treaty by T. Ryle Dwyer, Mercier Press
2007-01-29 13:04:32
Dan Breen and the IRA: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Dan Breen and the IRA by Joe Ambrose, Mercier Press
2007-01-29 12:50:19
Killing Finucane: Ken Keable reviews Killing Finucane - murder in defence of the realm by Justin O’Brien, Gill & MacMillan
2007-01-29 12:33:45
Irish Studies Review (14/2&3): Roy Johnston reviews Irish Studies Review, Vol 14, nos 2 and 3; Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
2006-12-29 18:14:15
Acting Irish in Hollywood: Michael O'Sullivan reviews Acting Irish in Hollywood: from Fitzgerald to Farrell by Ruth Barton,Irish Academic Press
2006-12-29 10:58:25
The Young Rebels: Michael O'Sullivan reviews The Young Rebels by Morgan Llywelyn, O'Brien Pres
2006-12-29 10:40:29
The Politics of Northern Ireland: Ken Keable reviews The Politics of Northern Ireland: beyond the Belfast Agreement by Arthur Aughey, Routledge
2006-11-23 15:49:05
Ireland and the Global Question: Joe Jamison reviews Ireland and the Global Question by Michael J. O’Sullivan, Cork University Press
2006-11-23 15:26:03
Founded on Fear: Ian McKeane reviews Founded on Fear by Peter Tyrrell (Diarmuid Whelan ed.), Irish Academic Press
2006-11-23 13:55:05
Cork Through European Eyes: Ian McKeane reviews As Others Saw Us: Cork through European Eyes, Joachim Fischer and Grace Neville (eds), Collins Press
2006-11-23 13:22:49
The Lady Next Door: Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill reviews The Lady Next Door by Harold Begbie, UCD Press, Classics of Irish History
2006-11-23 12:44:16
Con Cremin: Ireland's wartime diplomat: Roy Johnston reviews Con Cremin: Ireland's wartime diplomat by Niall Keogh, Mercier Press
2006-11-21 16:14:21
MacBride: 'Irish Statesman and Revolutionary': Roy Johnston reviews An Irish Statesman and Revolutionary: the nationalist and internationalist politics of Sean MacBride by Elizabeth Keane, I B Tauris
2006-11-21 15:23:00
Michael Collins and the Women Who Spied for Ireland: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Michael Collins and the Women Who Spied for Ireland by Meda Ryan, Mercier Press
2006-11-21 15:02:19
The Phoenix Park Murders: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews The Phoenix Park Murders: conspiracy, betrayal and retribution by Senan Molony, Mercier Press
2006-11-21 14:49:15
Emergency Law in Independent Ireland: Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill reviews Emergency Law in Independent Ireand 1922-1948 by Seosamh Ó Longaigh. Four Courts Press
2006-11-21 14:29:01
Nothing But An Unfinished Song: Michael O'Sullivan reviews Nothing But An Unfinished Song by Denis O’ Hearn, Pluto Press
2006-11-21 13:54:03
A Biographical Dictionary of Cork: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey (eds), Four Courts Press
2006-11-21 13:34:53
Century of Endeavour: Ruán O'Donnell reviews Century of Endeavour, a biographical and autobiographical view of the twentieth century in Ireland by Roy H.W. Johnston, Tyndall Publications/The Lilliput Press
2006-09-12 11:57:45
Women and Unionism in Northern Ireland: Ruaírí Ó Dohmnaill reviews Women, Unionism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland; from 'tea-makers' to political actors by Rachel Ward, Irish Academic Press
2006-09-12 11:39:35
Bob Doyle: Brigadista: Ken Keable and Robert Griffiths review Brigadista – an Irishman’s fight against fascism by Bob Doyle, Currach Press
2006-09-08 16:50:30
Directory of Historic Locations: David Granville reviews Where's Where in Dublin: a directory of historic locations 1913-23 by Joseph E. A. Connell Jnr, Four Courts Press and Dublin City Council
2006-09-08 15:06:23
Róisín Bán: Declan O'Brien reviews Róisín Bán: the Irish in Leeds by Corinne Silva (foreward by Dermot Bolger, introduction Brendan McGowan), Leeds Irish Health and Homes
2006-09-08 14:35:07
Staging the Easter Rising: Sally Richardson reviews Staging the Easter Rising: 1916 as theatre by James Moran, Cork University Press
2006-07-13 14:59:48
British propaganda in Ireland 1920: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews The Origins and Organisation of British Propaganda in Ireland 1920 by Brian P Murphy, Aubane Historical Society, Cork, and Spinwatch, H B C Pollard,
2006-07-05 17:14:58
Rebel Ireland: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Rebel Ireland: from Easter Rising to Civil war by Sean McMahon, Mercier Press
2006-07-03 18:13:22
Maria Edgeworth: women, enlightenment and nation: Sally Richardson reviews Maria Edgeworth: women, enlightenment and nation by Cliona O Gallchoir, UCD Press
2006-07-03 18:00:54
The O'Donoghues' War of Independence: Florence and Josephine O'Donoghue's War of Independence: a destiny that shapes our ends, John Borgonovo (ed), foreword, J.J. Lee, Irish Academic Press
2006-07-03 17:49:07
Sinn Fein and the SDLP: from alienation to participation: John Corcoran reviews Sinn Fein and the SDLP: from alienation to participation by Gerard Murray and Jon Tonge, Hurst & Co
2006-07-03 17:39:40
The GPO and the Easter Rising: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews The GPO and the Easter Rising by Keith Jeffrey, Irish Academic Press
2006-07-03 17:31:50
Supreme Sacrifice: the story of Eamonn Ceannt 1881-1916: Michael O'Sullivan reviews Supreme Sacrifice: the story of Eamonn Ceannt 1881-1916 by William Henry, Mercier Press
2006-07-03 16:27:07
Grattan's Failure: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Grattan's Failure: Parliamentary Opposition and the People in Ireland 1779-1800 by Danny Mansergh (foreword by Thomas Bartlett), Irish Academic Press
2006-07-03 16:04:29
40 Years of Controversy: Shayla Warmsley reviews Haughey’s 40 years of controversy by T Ryle Dwyer, Mercier Press
2006-07-03 15:55:57
James Connolly: a full life: Anthony Coughlan reviews James Connolly, A Full Life by Donal Nevin, Gill and Macmillan
2006-04-06 08:23:22
Easter 1916: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Easter 1916: the Irish Rebellion by Charles Townshend, Penguin
2006-04-06 08:11:09
James Connolly Re-assessed: Anthony Coughlan reviews James Conolly Re-assessed by Manus O'Riordan, Aubane Historical Society, Millstreet, Co Cork
2006-04-05 12:50:53
That Day's Struggle: a memoir: Roy Johnston reviews That Day's Struggle: a memoir 1904 – 1951, by Sean MacBride; ed Caitriona Lalor, Currach Press
2006-04-05 12:31:19
Eoin O’Duffy: a self-made hero: Fintan Lane reviews Eoin O’Duffy: a self-made hero by Fearghal McGarry, Oxford University Press
2006-04-05 12:12:44
Local History since 1945: Sally Richardson reviews Local History since 1945: England, Wales and Ireland by Lionel Munby, D Huw Owen and James Scannell, Socialist History Society Occasional Paper No 21
2006-04-05 11:56:20
The Origins of the Troubles: Michael McCann reviews Northern Ireland: the origins of the Troubles by Thomas Hennessey, Gill and Macmillan
2006-04-05 11:50:24
The Beginning of the End: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews The Beginning of the End: the crippling disadvantage of a happy Irish childhood by Walter Ellis, Mainstream Publishing,
2006-04-05 11:37:41
My Struggle For Life: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews My Struggle for Life by Joseph Keating, University College Dublin Press, Classics of Irish History series
2006-04-05 10:52:26
The Great Deception: Anthony Coughlan reviews The Great Deception: can the European Union survive? by Christopher Booker and Richard North, Continuum Publishers
2006-02-17 10:34:38
Radical Politics in Modern Ireland: Fintan Lane and Joe Jamison review Radical Politics in Modern Ireland: the Irish Socialist Republican Party 1896–1904 by David Lynch, Irish Academic Press
2006-02-17 09:54:39
1916 Easter Rising in print: As we approach the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising, Four Provinces manager Sally Richardson provides readers with a selection of recently published or reissued titles dealing with the event
2006-02-09 11:30:33
Through American and Irish Wars: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Through American and Irish Wars: The Life and Times of General Thomas W. Sweeny 1820-1892, Jack Morgan (foreword by Ruán O'Donnell), Irish Academic Press
2006-02-09 10:47:03
Irishmen in War 1800-2000: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Irishmen in War 1800-2000: Essays from The Irish Sword Volume II, Introduction by Harman Murtagh, Fore Keith Jeffery, Irish Academic Press
2006-02-09 10:26:35
The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps): Gerard Curran reviews The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps) by John Mitchel, introduced by Patrick Maume, UCD Press, Classics of Irish History series
2006-02-07 12:43:15
A Noontide Blazing: Sally Richardson reviews A Noontide Blazing: Brigid Lyons Thornton - rebel, soldier, doctor by John Cowell, Currach Press
2006-02-07 12:05:01
What Lies Beneath: Sally Richardson reviews What Lies Beneath: women and their underwear by Helen Murray, Mercier Press
2006-02-07 11:16:17
A Dictionary of Hiberno-English (revised & expanded edition): Sally Richardson reviews A Dictionary of Hiberno-English, compiled and edited by Patrick Dolan, Gill And Macmillan,
2006-02-07 10:39:02
The Republic: issue 4: Sally Richardson reviews The Republic, issue 4: Culture in the Republic (part 2), Finbar Cullen and Aengus Ó Snodaigh, (eds), Ireland Institute
2006-01-10 16:43:51
Problems and Perspectives in Irish History: John Murphy reviews Problems and Perspectives in Irish History since 1800, George Boyce and Roger Swift (eds), Four Courts Press
2006-01-10 16:13:42
In Green and Red: the lives of Frank Ryan: Ruairi O'Donnell reviews In Green and Red: the lives of Frank Ryan, Adrian Hoar, Brandon
2006-01-10 14:37:24
Women and Public Policy in Ireland: John Murphy reviews Women and Public Policy in Ireland: a documentary history, 1922-1997 by Richard B Finnegan and James L Wiles, Irish Academic Press, ISBN 0-7165-2778 2, €50 hbk
2006-01-10 14:19:03
Renovation or Revolution: John Murphy reviews Renovation or Revolution: new territorial politics in Ireland and the United Kingdom, John Coakley, Brigid Laffan and Jennifer Todd (eds), University College Dublin Press
2006-01-10 13:58:25
Baptised in Blood: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Baptised in Blood: the formation of the Cork Brigade of the Irish Volunteers 1913-1916 by Gerry White and Brendan O'Shea, Mercier Press
2006-01-10 12:59:32
Famine in Cork: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Famine in Cork City by Michelle O’Mahony, Mercier Press
2006-01-10 12:41:51
Preventing the Future: Anthony Coughlan reviews Preventing the Future: why was Ireland so poor for so long? by Tom Garvin, Gill and Macmillan
2006-01-10 11:46:19
Ireland and the European Union: John Murphy reviews Ireland and the European Union: Nice, enlargement and the future of Europe, Michael Holmes (ed), Manchester University Press
2006-01-10 11:24:30
Foreign Affectations: essays on Edmund Burke: Michael O'Sullivan reviews Foreign Affectations: essays on Edmund Burke, Seamus Deane (ed.), Critical Conditions/Field Day Essays, Cork University Press
2006-01-10 10:41:26
The Galtee Boy: Michael O'Sullivan reviews The Galtee Boy: a Fenian prison narrative by John Sarsfield Casey, Mairead Maume, Patrick Maume, Mary Casey (eds), UCD Classics of Irish History
2006-01-10 10:26:45
Your Fondest Annie: Michael O’Sullivan reviews Your Fondest Annie: letters from Annie O’Donnell to James P. Phelan 1901-1904, Maureen Murphy (ed), UCD Classics of Irish History
2006-01-10 10:04:39
Our Own Devices: national symbols and political conflict: Ian McKeane reviews Our Own Devices: national symbols and political conflict in Twentieth-Century Ireland by Ewan Morris, Irish Academic Press
2005-11-28 14:00:04
The Squad and the Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins: Ian McKeane reviews The Squad and the Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins, by T. Ryle Dwyer, Mercier Pres
2005-11-28 13:49:43
Press Delete: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Press Delete: the decline and fall of the Irish Press, by Ray Burke, Currach Press
2005-11-28 12:36:50
Documenting Irish Feminisms: Sally Richardson reviews Documenting Irish Feminisms: the second wave by Linda Connolly and Tina O'Toole, Woodfield Press
2005-11-28 12:23:59
Ireland and the Palestinian Question: Steve Andrew reviews Ireland and the PAlestinian Question 1948-2005 by Rory Millar, Irish Academic Press
2005-11-28 12:10:27
Reminiscences of Daniel O'Connell: Gerard Curran reviews Reminiscences of Daniel O'Connell by William Cooke Taylor, University College Dublin Press (Classics of Irish History)
2005-09-16 11:58:54
Differently Irish: 25 years of Vietnamese-Irish identity: Sally Richardson reviews Differently Irish: a cultural history exploring 25 years of Vietrnamese-Irish identity by Mark Maguire, Woodfield Press
2005-08-19 12:24:15
Rebuilding the Celtic Languages: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Rebuilding the Celtic Languages – reversing language shift in the Celtic countries by Diarmuid Ó Néill, Lolfa
2005-08-19 12:12:45
Sinking of the Kenbane Head: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews The Sinking of The Kenbane Head by Sam McAughtry, Blackstaff Press
2005-07-28 13:10:46
'The Irish Zorro': Peter Berresford Ellis reviews `The Irish Zorro': The extraordinary adventures of William Lamport (1615-1659), Gerard Ronan, Brandon
2005-07-28 12:46:38
Pocket History of Irish Writers: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews O'Brien Pocket History of Irish Writers from Swift to Heaney, by A. Norman Jeffares, The O'Brien Press
2005-07-28 12:26:27
Dead Men Talking: John Corcoran reviews Dead Men Talking by Nicholas Davies, Mainstream Publishing
2005-07-26 11:34:30
A New Dictionary of Irish History: John Corcoran reviews A New Dictionary of Irish History from 1800, DJ Hickey and JE Doherty (eds), Gill and Macmillan
2005-06-15 21:48:49
Ireland, Russia and the Communist Internationals: Ian McKeane reviews Reds and the Green: Ireland, Russia and the Communist Internationals 1919-1943 by Emmet O’Connor, UCD Press
2005-06-13 19:33:48
Controversial Issues in Anglo-Irish Relations, 1910-21: Ian McKeane reviews Controversial Issues in Anglo-Irish relations 1910-1921 by Cornelius O’Leary and Patrick Maume, Four Courts Press
2005-06-13 11:08:55
Rebel City: Sally Richardson reviews Rebel City: Larkin, Connolly and Dublin by John Newsinger, Merlin Press
2005-05-17 12:36:40
Guide to the graves of Irish writers: Peter Mulligan reviews The End: an illustrated guide to the graves of Irish writers by Ray Bateson, Irish Graves Publications
2005-04-20 13:48:26
The Guardianship of Historical Records: Ruan O'Donnell reviews Irish Governments and the Guardianship of Historical Records, 1922-72 by Gerard O'Brien, Four Courts Press
2005-04-20 08:22:17
A University in Troubled Times: Shayla Warmsley reviews A University in Troubled Times: Queen's, Belfast, 1945–2000 by Leslie A Clarkson, Four Courts Press
2005-04-14 11:22:17
Green Against Green: Shayla Warmsley reviews Green against green: the Irish civil war by Michael Hopkinson Gill & MacMillan
2005-04-14 11:03:32
The Connolly Column: Ruan O'Donnell and John Corcoran review The Connolly Column, The story of the Irishmen who fought for the Spanish Republic, 1936-1939 by Michael O'Riordan, Warren & Pell
2005-04-11 13:00:58
The Real Chief: Liam Lynch: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews The Real Chief: Liam Lynch, Meda Ryan, Mercier Press, (new edition, 2005
2005-04-11 12:45:59
Himself Alone: David Trimble: Thomas Kenny reviews Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism by Dean Godson, Harper Collins
2005-04-11 12:24:12
The Irish Ordnance Survey: Roy Johnston reviews The Irish Ordnance Survey: History, Culture and Memory by Gillian M Doherty, Four Courts Press
2005-03-14 13:09:48
Irish women and nationalism: Sally Richardson reviews Irish Women and Nationalism: soldiers, new women and wicked hags, Louise Ryan and Margaret Ward (eds), Irish Academic Press
2005-02-23 10:36:03
Nell: David Granville reviews Nell by Nell McCafferty, Penguin
2005-02-08 13:38:52
The Land for the People: Roy Johnston reviews The Land for the People: the land question in independent Ireland by Terence Dooley, UCD Press
2005-02-08 11:03:19
King in Exile: James II: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews King in Exile: James II - warrior, king and saint by John Callow, Sutton Publishing
2005-02-08 10:55:51
Kicking and Screaming: Ken Keable reviews Kicking and Screaming – dragging Ireland into the 21st century by Ivana Bacik, O’Brien Press
2005-02-08 10:51:13
Shadows: inside Northern Ireland's Special Branch: David Granville reviews Shadows: inside Northern Ireland'd Special Branch by Alan Barker, Mainstream Publishing,
2005-01-11 17:54:11
From Political Violence to Negotiated Settlement: Roy Johnston reviews From Political Violence to Negotiated Settlement, Maurice J Bric and John Coakley (eds), UCD Press
2005-01-06 14:58:22
Irish Volunteers for Spain: David Granville reviews Irish Volunteers for Spain - a short history of the Northern Irish volunteers who fought in defence of the republican government of Spain 1936-1939 by Raymond John Quinn, Belfast Cultural and Local History Group
2005-01-06 12:12:31
Rebel Columns/Choosing the Green: Pegeen O'Sullivan reviews Rebel Columns by Danny Morrison and Choosing the Green: second generation Irish and the cause of Ireland by Brian Dooley. Both books are published by Beyond the Pale
2005-01-06 12:07:08
Book reviews in brief: Book reviews in brief by David Granville: All Changed: 50 years of photographing Ireland (Colman Doyle and John Quinn, O'Brien Press); Gaelic Sports (Eamonn Sweeney, O'Brien Press); A Dictionary of Hiberno-English (compiled and edited by Terence Patrick Dolan, Gill&Macmillan); Talk Nation: the Irish on everything and anything (Aubrey Malone, Currach Press: Byrne's dictionary of Irish Local History (Joseph Byrne, Mercier Press)
2005-01-06 11:57:37
Thomas Edmondson and the Dublin Laundry: Sally Richardson reviews Thomas Edmondson and the Dublin Laundry: a Quaker businessman, 1837-1908 by Mona Hearn, Irish Academic Press
2005-01-06 11:46:35
Irish Women's History: Sally Richardson reviews Irish Women's History, Alan Hayes and Diane Urquhart (eds), Irish Academic Press
2005-01-06 11:43:36
Irish writing: an anthology in English, 1789-1939: Shayla Warmsley reviews Irish writing: an anthology of Irish literature in English, 1789—1939 ed by Stephen Regan, Oxford World Classic
2004-10-25 11:35:19
St Enda's and the Cult of Boyhood: Shayla Walmsley reviews Pearse’s Patriots: St Enda’s and the Cult of Boyhood by Elaine Sisson, Cork University Press
2004-10-25 11:27:17
Shadow of a Gunman/ Tricycle Theatre: Shayla Warmsley reviews The Shadow of a Gunman by Sean O'Casey - at the Tricycle Theatre, London
2004-10-25 11:23:04
Festschrift in honour of ATQ Stewart: Roy Johnston review From the United Irishmen to Twentieth Century Unionism, Sabine Wichert (ed), Four Courts Press
2004-10-06 09:45:43
Commemorating Ireland: Ruán O'Donnell reviews Commemorating Ireland, history, politics, culture, edited by Eberhard Bort , Irish Academic Press
2004-10-05 14:22:23
Essays in honour of Brian Farrell: Roy Johnston reviews Dissecting Irish Politics: Essays in Honour of Brian Farrell; eds Tom Garvin, Maurice Manning, Richard Sinnott; UCD Press
2004-10-02 12:05:16
New account of the Dublin/Monaghan bombings: Pegeen O'Sullivan reviews Two Little Boys by Edward O'Neill with Barry J White, Currach Press
2004-10-02 10:20:11
The Irish Council of Churches and its response to 'The Troubles': Pegeen O'Sullivan reviews Conflict, Controversy and Co-operation: the Irish Council of Churches and 'The Troubles' 1968-72 by Norman W Taggart, Columba Press
2004-10-02 10:08:56
Ulster and Scotland: Roy Johnston reviews Ulster and Scotland 1600-2000: history, language and identity, William Kelly and John R Young (eds), Four Courts Press
2004-10-02 09:21:15
The serrated edge of Britain's dirty war: Paul Donovan reviews Stakeknife - Britain's secret agents in Ireland by Martin Ingram and Greg Harkin, O'Brien Press
2004-08-24 13:12:22
The uncrowned king of economy-class travel: David McCarthy reviews Ryanair: how a small airline conquered Europe by Siobahn Creaton, Aurum
2004-08-03 11:51:17
Expanding our understanding of Irish landlordism: Roy Johnston reviews Parnell and his Island by George Moore, introduced and edited by Carla King, UCD Press (Classics of Irish History series)
2004-07-27 19:14:54
De Valera and the 'Black Fifties': Roy Johnston reviews De Valera's Ireland, ed Gabriel Doherty and Dermot Keogh, Mercier Press, and Ireland in the 1950s, ed Dermot Keogh, Finbar O'Shea and Carmel Quinlan, Cork University Press
2004-07-27 12:36:11
De Valera family memoir: Pegeen O’Sullivan reviews A Memoir by Terry de Valera, Currach Press
2004-07-26 15:52:54
Passage through the annals of Irish civilisation: Joe Jamison reviews Eyewitness to Irish History by Peter Berresford Ellis, John Wiley & Sons, 2004
2004-07-19 14:11:04
Soft focus portrait of loyalist terror gang: John Wilson reviews History of the UDA by Colin Crawford, Pluto Press
2004-07-08 14:50:26
Flawed Gonne: Sally Richardson reviews Maud Gonne’s Irish Nationalist Writings 1895-1946, Karen Steele (ed), Irish Academic Press
2004-07-08 14:16:50
Feeling the force of a conservative backlash: Sally Richardson reviews Truth, Power and Lies: Irish society and the case of the Kerry babies by Tom Inglis, UCD Press
2004-07-08 14:06:29
Warriors, wives and workers: Shayla Walmsley reviews Women in Ireland: A century of change by Myrtle Hill, The Blackstaff Press
2004-07-08 13:56:51
The fierce independence of 'Soda-bread' Sam: John Wilson reviews On the Outside Looking In: a memoir by Sam McAughtry, Blackstaff Press
2004-07-08 13:41:41
Dublin's finest: Shayla Walmsley reviews Oscar Wilde: a life in letters edited by Merlin Holland, Fourth Estate
2004-07-08 13:31:06
A big heart is not enough: Shayla Walmsley reviews From Jenin to Gaza: A short visit to a long conflict by Silvio Cerulli, Beyond the Pale Publications
2004-07-08 13:21:15
Britain's dirty colonial war in Ireland: David Granville reviews A Very British Jihad: collusion, conspiracy and cover up in Northern Ireland by Paul Larkin, Beyond the Pale Publications
2004-05-26 11:35:40
Primary sources point to longstanding plans for European superstate: Anthony Coughlan reviews The Great Deception: the secret history of the European Union, Continuum, June Press
2004-05-23 15:07:53
Book reviews in brief: Reviews in brief by David Granville: The Troubles (Brian Feeney, O'Brien Press); Irish Manchester (Alan Keegan, Sutton Publishing); A Terrible Beauty: an illustrated history of Irish battles (Martin Marix Evans and David Lyons, G&M); The Oxford Companion to Irish History (S J Connolly, ed, OUP); Public Transport: keep it public or lose it to private profit (CPI); Off The Rails: the story of ILDA (Brendan Ogle, Currach Press); Take a Break in Ireland: short breaks for native and visitor (Pat Preston, O'Brien Press)
2004-05-23 14:28:57
Reflections on motherhood in Ireland: Pegeen O’Sullivan reviews Motherhood in Ireland: creation and context, Patricia Kennedy (ed), Mercier Press
2004-05-23 14:05:53
Radical and revolutionary women: Sally Richardson reviews No Ordinary Women: Irish female activists in the revolutionary years 1900-1923 by Sinead McCoole, O’Brien Press
2004-05-23 13:59:09
'Foundation text' for Ulster unionism: Gerard Curran reviews The Repealer Repulsed by William McCombe, UCD Press
2004-05-23 13:32:23
Vivid independence-war memoir: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Seán Moylan in his own words: His memoir of the Irish War of Independence, Aubane Historical Society, Cork
2004-05-23 13:24:59
Flourishing times for traditional Irish crafts: Peter Mulligan reviews Traditional Crafts of Ireland by David Shaw-Smith, Thames & Hudson; Draw Your Own Celtic Designs by David James with Vitor Gonzalez, David and Charles: and The Crafter’s Design Library: Celtic by Chris Down, David and Charles
2004-05-23 13:13:34
Reclaiming Dublin: Sally Richardson reviews Reinventing Modern Dublin: streetscape, iconography and the politics of identity by Yvonne Whelan, UCD Press
2004-05-23 12:47:59
In the service of the British crown: Pegeen O'Sullivan reviews The Royal Irish Constabulary by Thomas Fennell, UCD Press
2004-05-23 12:37:13
Passionate socialist and a true friend of Ireland: Sheena Clarke reviews Joan Maynard, passionate socialist by Kristine Mason O'Connor (foreword by Tony Benn), Politico's
2004-05-23 12:24:43
Studies of the transition to post-colonialism: Roy Johnston reviews Ireland and Postcolonial Theory, Clare Carroll and Patricia King (eds), University of Notre Dame Press
2004-05-22 14:50:07
New parameters set for Home Rule campaign: Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill reviews Home Rule: an Irish history 1800-2000 by Alvin Jackson, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
2004-05-22 14:21:44
Songs in the key of history: Gerard Curran reviews One Green Hill, Journeys through Irish Songs by John McLaughlin, Beyond the Pale
2004-05-22 13:47:30
Rebel who kept up the fight: Ruán O’Donnell reviews In Search of Michael Dwyer by Chris Lawlor, published by Chris Lawlor
2004-05-22 13:10:56
Sordid tales of Mad dogs and Billy boys: David Granville reviews Mad Dog: the rise and fall of Johnny Adair and 'C Company' by David Lister and Hugh Jordan and The Billy Boy: the life and death of LVF leader Billy Wright by Chris Anderson, Mainsteam Publishing
2004-04-01 22:01:57
A biography fit for a national hero: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Tom Barry: Irish freedom fighter by Meda Ryan, Mercier Press
2004-04-01 21:45:58
The long view: Shayla Warmsley reviews Violence and Nationalist Politics in Derry City, 1920-1923 by Ronan Gallagher, Four Courts Press and Ireland: the union and its aftermath by Oliver MacDonagh, UCD Pres
2004-04-01 18:10:10
The true nature of republicanism, democracy & culture: Sally Richardson reviews The Republic: issue three: Culture in the Republic - part one, Finbar Cullen & Aengus O Snodaigh (eds), Ireland Institute
2004-04-01 18:05:51
Authoritative account of orangeism: Ruan O'Donnell reviews An Army with Banners: the real face of orangeism by William Brown, Beyond the Pale
2004-04-01 18:02:21
An Irish legacy of the Enlightenment: Ken Keable reviews The Legacy of History for Making Peace in Ireland by Martin Mansergh, Mercier Press
2004-04-01 17:58:23
A history of collusion, murder and deceit: David Granville reviews The Trigger Men by Martin Dillon, Mainstream Publishing
2004-02-01 14:14:28
A timely, comprehensive overview of the United Irish revolution: John Wilson reviews 1798; a bicentenary perspective, Thomas Bartlett, David Dickson, Daire Keogh and Kevin Whelan (eds)
2004-02-01 13:59:59
Republicanism's way forward, with one eye on the past: Ken Keable reviews Hope and History - Making Peace in Ireland, by Gerry Adams, Brandon
2004-02-01 13:52:13
Enlightened daughters of a revolutionary age: Pegeen O’ Sullivan reviews Rebel Daughters: Ireland in Conflict 1978 by Janet Todd, Viking
2004-02-01 13:35:59
Northern Ireland's writing on the wall: Pegeen O'Sullivan reviews Drawing Support 3: Murals and Transition in Northern Irleand by Bill Rolston, Beyond The Pale
2004-02-01 13:27:27
Illustrated history of Robert Emmet: David Granville reviews Ruan O’ Donnell’s Robert Emmet: images of the life and legacy
2004-02-01 13:18:34
Book reviews in brief: Reviews in brief by David Granville: A Timeline of Irish History (Richard Killeen,G&M); The Stones and other Stories (Daniel Corkery, Mercier Press); Harcourt Street Line: back on track (Brian Mac Aongusa, Currach Press)
2004-02-01 13:08:06
Put on the khaki: Shayla Walmsley reviews The Catholic Church in Ireland, 1914—1918: war and politics by Jérôme aan de Wiel, Irish Academic Press
2003-12-23 19:45:55
A secrt history of innaccuracy, hearsay: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews A Secret History of the IRA, Ed Moloney, Penguin Books, pbk
2003-12-23 19:26:13
Griffith's legacy offers little for the republican reader: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews The Resurrection of Hungary: a parallel for Ireland by Arthur Griffith, University College Dublin Press
2003-12-23 19:11:54
A handy guide to anti-imperialist activism today: John Murphy reviews Anti-Imperialism, a guide for the movement, Farah Reza (ed) Bookmarks Publication
2003-12-23 19:02:42
Surveying the political spectrum of Irish politics: Roy Johnston reviews Changing Shades of Orange and Green: redefining the Union and the Nation in contemporary Ireland, John Coakley (ed), UCD Press (extended review)
2003-07-18 10:12:23
Balanced approach to the life of ‘Big Jim’: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews James Larkin by Emmet O’Connor, Cork University Press, Radical Irish Lives series
2003-07-18 10:05:30
History of Irish lace: Pegeen O’Sullivan reviews Lace and the Emerald Isle by Alan Brown. Sawbridge, Herts
2003-07-18 09:56:29
Hannibal’s quest: Anthony Coughlan reviews Elephants Against Rome by C Desmond Greaves, Léirmheas Publications, Dublin,
2003-07-18 09:46:34
Journey back from the brink: Pegeen O’Sullivan reviews A Day Called Hope: a personal journey beyond depression by Gareth O’Callaghan, Hodder and Stoughton
2003-07-17 22:16:15
Marxist who embraced the Republic: Kevin McCorry reviews James Connolly and the Reconquest of Ireland by Priscilla Metscher, Marxist Educational Press/NST, University of Minnesota
2003-07-17 22:08:20
Linguistic legacy of the colonial era: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews The Rising of the Moon: the language of power by Ella O’Dwyer, Pluto Press
2003-07-17 22:02:23
Charismatic United Irish leader: Ruán O’Donnell reviews Soul on Fire, a life of Thomas Russell by James Quinn, Irish Academic Press
2003-07-17 21:51:31
Schooled in the tradition: Declan O’Brien reviews A Touchstone for the Tradition: the Willie Clancy Summer School by Tony Kearns and Barry Taylor, Brandon
2003-07-17 14:50:39
Book revievs: in brief: A brief look at some new titles: Modern Ireland; Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement;Dublin for Kids;The Aran Islands, a world of stone; Discover Cork
2003-07-17 14:42:14
Leftward shift thwarted by reaction and division: David Granvillle reviews The IRA, 1926-1936 by Brian Hanley, Four Courts Press
2003-05-23 10:58:32
The Provisionals' long march from war to peace: Anthony Coughlan reviews Armed Struggle: a history of the IRA by Richard English, Macmillan
2003-05-23 10:48:53
Racism study sends out a bleak warning: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Racism and Social Change in the Republic of Ireland, Bryan Fanning, Manchester University Press
2003-05-23 09:22:36
Trouble and strife: Pegeen O’Sullivan reviews Women, Policing and Resistance in Northern Ireland by Sharon Pickering, Beyond the Pale and Us, Them and Others
2003-05-23 09:14:20
A friend of Ireland: Pegeen O’Sullivan reviews Shelley and Revolutionary Ireland by Paul O’Brien, Redwords
2003-05-23 09:00:20
Frank Ryan: patriot or collaborator?: Irish trade union official Manus O’Riordan takes issue with Feargal McGarry’s recent biographical study of anti-fascist Irish patriot Frank Ryan, whose final years in Nazi Germany have long been the subject of debate and controversy
2003-05-23 08:47:23
Shedding light on WWII aid episode: Joe Jamison reviews Belfast is Burning, 1941 by Sean Redmond , IMPACT (Municipal Employees Division),
2003-05-22 17:50:31
The battle for Irish independence: John Murphy reviews Defending Peace: Ireland’s Role in a Changing Europe, by John Maguire, Cork University Press
2003-05-22 17:45:39
A Fenian escapade: Ruairí Ó Domhnaill reviews The Voyage of the Catalpa by Peter Stevens, Weidenfeld and Nicholson
2003-05-22 17:38:03
Coming to terms with historical memory: Roy Johnston reviews History and Memory in Modern Ireland, Ian McBride (ed), Cambridge University Press
2003-05-22 17:27:17
Striving to become part of the solution: Ken Keable reviews A Shared Childhood — the story of the integrated schools in Northern Ireland by Fionnuala O’Connor, Blackstaff Press
2003-05-22 17:19:50
A concise study of modern Ireland: Sally Richardson reviews Ireland Since 1939 by Henry Patterson, Oxford University Press
2003-05-22 12:42:57
Unionist explores grounds for peace: Gerard Curran reviews The Elusive Quest by Norman Porter, Blackstaff Press
2003-05-22 12:36:32
From IRA warrior to man of peace: Ruán O’Donnell reviews Joe Cahill: a life in the IRA by Brendan Anderson, O’Brien Press
2003-03-11 11:29:15
Still tangled up in red, white and blue: Bobbie Heatley reviews David Ervine, Unchartered Waters by Henry Sinnerton, Brandon
2003-03-11 11:23:39
Thoughtful study of Christianity in Ireland: Moya St Leger reviews Christianity in Ireland; revisiting the story, Brendan Bradshaw and Dáire Keogh (eds), The Columba Press
2003-03-11 11:18:40
The tiger whimpers: Bobbie Heatley reviews Ireland’s Celtic Tiger in Crisis: growth and inequality in Ireland by Peadar Kirby, Palgrave
2003-03-11 11:12:33
The sound of truth: David Granville reviews Ardoyne: the untold truth, Ardoyne Commemoration Project, Beyond the Pale
2003-03-11 11:06:41
A tour of heraldic offices: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Royal Roots -- Republican Inheritance: the survival of the Irish Office of Arms by Susan Hood, The Woodfield Press in association with the National Library of Ireland
2003-03-11 11:02:01
Reviews in brief: All the Dead Voices (Danny Morrison), Irish Emigration since 1921 (Enda Delaney), The Derry Anthology (Sean McMahon,ed), War Children (Gerard Whelan)
2003-03-11 10:53:08
Linda Kearns: rebel with a gauze: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Linda Kearns: a revolutionary Irish woman by Proinnsíos Ó Duignein, Drumlin Publications
2003-03-11 10:47:14
Feminist pioneers in a very modern marriage: Pegeen O’Sullivan reviews Genteel Revolutionaries: Anna and Thomas Haslam and the Irish women’s movement by Carmel Quinlan, Cork University Press
2003-03-11 10:42:41
Seamus Heaney: a talent in the round: Sally Richardson reviews Finders Keepers: selected prose 1971-2001 by Seamus Heaney, Faber and Faber
2003-03-11 10:37:26
Photographs from a turbulent century: David Granville reviews The Irish: a photohistory 1840 - 1940 by Sean Sexton and Christine Kinealy, Thames and Hudson
2003-03-11 10:31:52
Rescuing Standish O'Grady for Socialism: Roy Johnston reviews To the Leaders of Our Working People by Standish James O’Grady, ed E Hagan, UCD Press
2002-12-29 14:50:00
Arthur O'Connor and the United Irish rebellion: Ruán O’Donnell reviews Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Union, Ireland in the 1790s, Jim Smyth (ed.), Cambridge University Press and Arthur O’Connor, United Irishman by Jane Hayter Hames, Collins Press
2002-12-29 14:39:52
Marching to the neo-liberal tune: Gerard Curran reviews Reinventing Ireland; culture, society and global economy, Peadar Kirby, Luke Gibbons and Michael Cronin (eds), Pluto Press
2002-12-29 14:30:34
Hindsight-assisted intelligence: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews British Intelligence in Ireland 1920-21: the final reports, edited by Peter Hart, Irish Narratives, Cork University Press
2002-12-29 14:23:02
Beyond sympathy for the Stuarts: Ian McKeane reviews Ireland and the Jacobite Cause 1685-1766: a fatal attachment by Éamonn O Ciardha, Four Courts Press
2002-12-29 14:18:18
Modern Irish history's Turin shroud: Ian McKeane reviews Roger Casement in Death or the Haunting of the Free State by W J Mc Cormack, UCD Press
2002-12-29 14:11:37
Emigration study: Eddie Mulligan reviews Irish Migrants in Britain, 1815 - 1914: a documentary history by Roger Swift, Cork University Press
2002-12-29 14:06:42
Steering clear of the C-word: Ken Keable reviews The Long Road to Peace in Northern Ireland, Marianne Elliott (ed), Liverpool University Press
2002-12-29 14:00:25
Women's lives touched by conflict in the north: Peter Berresford Ellis reviews Women’s Stories from the North of Ireland by Silvia Calamati, Beyond the Pale Publications
2002-12-29 13:51:25
Land Ownership in Britain and Ireland: David Granville reviews Who Owns Britain by Kevin Cahill, Canongate Books
2002-12-29 13:44:53
The people’s voice in songs of revolt: Gerard Curran reviews Songs of Irish Rebellion: Irish political street ballads and rebel songs 1780-1900 by Georges Denis Zimmermann, Four Courts Press
2002-12-29 13:36:05
Field Day anthology of Irish women writers: Sally Richardson reviews Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, vols IV and V: Irish Women’s Writing and Traditions, Cork University Press
2002-12-29 13:26:45
Irish dramatists inspired by Greek parallels: Sally Richardson reviews Amid Our Troubles: Irish versions of Greek tragedy, Marianne McDonald and J Michael Walton (eds), Methuen
2002-12-29 13:16:42
Embracing the trappings of western democracy: Roy Johnston reviews Explaining Irish Democracy by Bill Kissane, University College Dublin Press
2002-10-02 16:01:05
The development of a modern republican party: David Granville reviews Sinn Féin: a hundred turbulent years by Brian Feeney, O’Brien Press
2002-10-02 15:53:30
Taking on the euro: David Granville reviews No to the Euro! by Robert Griffiths published by the Communist Party of Britain
2002-10-02 15:44:05
A proconsul with a style all of her own: Moya St Leger reviews Momentum by Mo Mowlam, Hodder and Stoughton
2002-10-02 15:38:31
A working-class loyalist narrative: Ruairí Ó Domhnaill reviews Loyalism and Labour in Bel