Cope (Boydell Press, £50) ISBN 9781843834687 The outbreak of the 1641 rebellion posed two related problems for the English administration in Ireland. First and foremost, the lords justices and […]
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Read More →According to the foreword by Kevin Myers to The Wexford war dead: a history of the casualties of the World Wars (Nonsuch Publishing, 336pp, Ä20, ISBN 9781845889647), compiled by Tom […]
Read More →Outrageous fortune: capital and culture in modern Ireland Joe Cleary (Field Day Publications, e42) ISBN 9780946755356 Books that are assembled by drawing together a set of essays previously published […]
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