Medieval Irish political and economic divisions

The three primary dynamics of medieval society were the control of the production of wealth, the raising of armies for war, and the administration of justice for the achievement of […]

Ireland’s time-space revolution: improvements to pre-Famine travel

From about 1730 Ireland experienced a series of communications developments that pro-foundly altered the opportunities to move around the island. Road, canal and, later, rail initiatives meant that by about […]

Celluloid Menace, art or the essential habit of the age?

‘Depression or no depression, the cinema grows more popular everyday in Ireland—already there are more than 30 cinemas in Dublin with more to come. In face of these facts, it […]

Brotherhood among Irishmen? The Battle of Wijtschate-Messines Ridge, June 1917

Wijtschate-Messines Ridge was a battle that some believed presented an opportunity for reconciliation between the two political traditions in Ireland—British unionism and Irish nationalism. If Irishmen could fight and die […]

From the Editor…

The kaleidoscope of history The Flight of the Earls is one of those iconic episodes that represents a seismic shift in Irish history, nothing less than the eclipse of the […]