Lone crusader: David Thornley and the intellectuals

Lone crusader: David Thornley and the intellectuals Edward Thornley (Ashfield Press, €21.50) ISBN 9789068798   The premature death of David Thornley in June 1978 deprived Ireland of a significant intellectual […]

The men will talk to me: Kerry interviews by Ernie O’Malley

The men will talk to me: Kerry interviews by Ernie O’Malley Cormac K.H. O’Malley and Tim Horgan (eds) (Mercier Press, €19.99) ISBN 9781856359528   The title of this collection conveys […]

Coercive confinement in Ireland: patients, prisoners and penitents

Coercive confinement in Ireland: patients, prisoners and penitents Eoin O’Sullivan and Ian O’Donnell (Manchester University Press, £65) ISBN 9780719086489   Coercive confinement in Ireland puts the spotlight on the wide […]

Dublin Fire Brigade and the Irish Revolution

Dublin Fire Brigade and the Irish Revolution Las Fallon (South Dublin Libraries, €7.50) ISBN 9780956580481   Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) has a pivotal if unsung role in the history of […]

The Big Book

The Book of Kells Bernard Meehan (Thames and Hudson, €60) ISBN 9780500238943   The codex of the four Gospels, translated into Latin, in Trinity College, Dublin, known since at least […]