The Gaelic Athletic Association 1884–2009

The Gaelic Athletic Association 1884–2009 Mike Cronin, Paul Rouse and William Murphy (eds) (Irish Academic Press, E29.95) ISBN 9780716530282   This collection of fourteen articles spanning the history of Gaelic […]

Bookworm

Notwithstanding the depressive effect of the phrase ‘back to school’ (should it be banned from shop windows?), it’s that time of year again. Leaving Cert, A-level and undergrad history students […]

Museum Eye: A Dubliner’s collection of Asian art: the Albert Bender exhibition

National Museum, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7 www.museum.ie Tues.–Sat. 10am–5pm, Sun. 2pm–5pm by Tony Canavan Among the many good reasons for visiting the National Museum, Collins Barracks, another has been added […]

Film Eye: 50 Dead Men Walking

Directed by Kari Skogland by John Gibney   50 Dead Men Walking is a cinematic depiction of the career of the IRA informer Martin McGartland. The actual details of McGartland’s […]

From the files of the DIB…‘The exterminator’

BINGHAM, George Charles (1800–88), 3rd earl of Lucan, soldier and landlord, was born on 16 April 1800 in London, eldest son of Richard Bingham, 2nd earl of Lucan, and his […]