A Star Called Henry, Roddy Doyle (Jonathan Cape, £16.99) ISBN 0224060198

Academic historians tend to be sceptical and at times begrudging about historical novels, suspiciously dissecting the text for sloppy research methods and pouncing on convenient writer’s licence, but also secretly […]

Cromwell: An Honourable Enemy, Tom Reilly. (Brandon Press, £17.99) ISBN 0863222501

Tom Reilly is a local historian and has published several local history books on Cromwell and Drogheda. This book he claims is a long overdue evaluation of Cromwell’s campaign in […]

The Irish Border: History, Politics, Culture, Malcolm Anderson and Eberhard Bort (eds.). (Liverpool University Press, £15) IBSN 0853239517

This book represents Anderson and Bort’s fourth collaboration in four years. Having jointly edited two volumes on the eastern frontier of the European Union, they published The Frontiers of Europe […]

The Arts and Crafts Movements in Dublin and Edinburgh 1885-1925, Nicola Gordon Bowe & Elizabeth Cumming. (Irish Academic Press, £29.50) ISBN 0716525798

From the moment I turned the first page of this book I was riveted. This is a splendid study of the subject, one which will undoubtedly be regarded as a […]

Pathways to Ulster’s Past: Sources and Resources for Local Studies Peter Collins (Institute of Irish Studies, Queen’s, £6.50) ISBN 0853896933

If you are exploring the labyrinthine pathways to Ulster’s past, you are likely to welcome the appearance of this guide by Peter Collins. It is a great boon to have […]