The power behind the throne?

For 40 years (1558–98) Queen Elizabeth I was served by William Cecil, later Lord Burghley, first as principal secretary, later as lord high treasurer, and throughout as an active member […]

Enforcing the English reformation in Ireland: clerical resistance and political conflict in the diocese of Dublin, 1534–1590

Enforcing the English reformation in Ireland: clerical resistance and political conflict in the diocese of Dublin, 1534–1590 James Murray (Cambridge University Press, £60, $120) ISBN 9780521770385 Lacking the requisite documentation […]

Contested island: Ireland 1460–1630

Contested island: Ireland 1460–1630 Divided kingdom: Ireland 1630–1800 S.J. Connolly (Oxford University Press, £35 each) ISBN 9780198208167 ISBN 9780199543472 The last decade has seen the publication of many surveys of […]

Atlas of the Irish rural landscape (2nd edn)

The first edition of the Atlas of the Irish rural landscape (1997) was immediately hailed as a classic. For its time it was a ground-breaking publication, featuring a previously unsurpassed […]

The new Smock Alley Theatre

Earlier in the summer the newly refurbished Smock Alley Theatre celebrated its reopening with a lively performance of Oliver Goldsmith’s She stoops to conquer, directed by Kristian Marken, the artistic […]