Bookworm

The Ulster Historical Foundation published eight new titles in 2011 on a very wide range of subjects—everything from George Sigerson (George Sigerson: poet, patriot, scientist and scholar by Ken McGilloway, […]

Neutrality then and now

In his review of T. Ryle Dwyer’s Behind the Green Curtain (HI 18.2,March/April 2010), Eoin Dillon states that the book ‘allows present-dayneutrality to be presented as contingent, a pragmatic response […]

G2. In defence of Ireland: Irish military intelligence 1918–1945

G2. In defence of Ireland: Irish military intelligence 1918–1945 Maurice Walsh (Collins Press, €16.99) ISBN 9781848890282   The secret world of the intelligence services is getting ever-increasing attention in a […]

Becoming American under fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era

Becoming American under fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era Christian G. Samito (Cornell University Press, $39.95) ISBN 9780801448461   Just as […]

Travellers’ accounts as source-materials for Irish historians

Travellers’ accounts as source-materials for Irish historians Maynooth Research Guides for Irish Local History C. J. Woods (Four Courts Press, €24.95) ISBN 9781846821325   Here’s Ireland! Be it rambles in […]