Boredom

Apart from increasing military wages, there was little that the Irish government could do to address the main problem facing Irish servicemen: boredom. After the initial surge of recruitment in […]

‘The Moderns’ reassessed

Large-scale exhibitions of Irish art are as rare as written art histories of the period so the IMMA is to be commended for tackling the area head on. By their […]

Commemoration and conciliation during the royal visit

‘The people are not only enchanted with the queen and the gracious kindness of her manner, and the confidence she has shown in them, but they are pleased with themselves […]

On This day

July 11    1921 A truce in the Anglo-Irish war came into effect. 12    1911 King George V concluded a five-day visit to Ireland. During his stay he went to the […]

Dispensing with the airbrush

In his thoughtful reflection on the recent visit of Queen Elizabeth II (pp 10–11) Edward Madigan observes that ‘there was also a popular understanding of the Irish Revolution and the […]