Fr Flanagan and industrial schools

Sir,   —In his article on Fr Edward Flanagan’s visit to Ireland in 1946 (HI 12.1, Spring 2004) Dr Dáire Keogh purported to re-examine the evidence relating to criticisms of […]

The role of education in museums, arts and heritage venues

The role of education in museums, arts and heritage venues (1998) ISBN 0903162962 The nature of the education service in museums, arts and heritage venues (1999) ISBN 0903162997 The museum […]

Nationalist attitudes to tennis

Sir, —In the Jan./Feb. 2007 issue Patrick Maume, in his letter regardingnationalist attitudes to golf, noted: ‘Arthur Clery, who wrote for D.P. Moran’s Leader under the pen-name “Chanel”, devoted considerablecasuistic […]

Rebel City: Larkin, Connolly and the Dublin labour movement

Rebel City: Larkin, Connolly and the Dublin labour movement John Newsinger (Merlin Press, £14.95) ISBN 085036518X   Early twentieth-century Ireland witnessed massive labour unrest. John Newsinger’s book is a sympathetic […]

The history of cricket in County Kilkenny—the forgotten game

The history of cricket in County Kilkenny—the forgotten game Michael O’Dwyer (O’Dwyer Books, ‘Garvaghey’, College Gardens, Kilkenny, e35 + e7 p&p) Michael O’Dwyer’s book is correctly subtitled ‘the forgotten game’. […]