Churches in early medieval Ireland ISBN 9780300154443

This is ostensibly a comprehensive study of the stone churches of the early medieval period in Ireland—an aim it fulfils admirably. But it is about much more than that. Rarely […]

When histories collide: the development and impact of individualistic capitalism

Raymond Crotty is probably best known to the general public for the ‘Crotty judgement’ of 1987, which may yet prove to be the country’s strongest defence against unwarranted pressures from […]

Bookworm

Fundamental discussions are currently taking place, North and South, on the nature of the respective education systems. In the South, new Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has hit the ground […]

Museum eye:Revenue Museum/Músaem Ioncaim Chapel crypt, Dublin Castle www.revenue.ie/en/about/revenue-museum.html, +353 (0)1 8635 601 Mon.–Fri. 10am–4pm by Tony Canavan

The Revenue Museum recently featured in a book about the government’s waste of taxpayers’ money but this seems an unfair criticism of an interesting and well-presented exhibition. Sited in the […]

TV eye:The story of Ireland BBC/RTÉ, February/March 2011 by John Gibney

The story of Ireland arrived on British and Irish television screens with considerable fanfare, the first comprehensive TV history of Ireland since Robert Kee’s Ireland: a history in 1981. Now, […]