Wolfe Tone (2nd edition)

As a twenty-something enrolled at the Middle Temple, where he came to know as much about the law as ‘of necromancy’, and making not the slightest attempt to resist the […]

Domestic life in Ireland (Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C, Volume III, 2011)

The strength of the Royal Irish Academy’s special issue on Domestic life in Ireland lies in its editorial courage. Having selected the domestic subject, the editors bring together studies charting […]

The origins of the Irish constitution, 1928–1941

The first constitution of the new Irish state was innovative: it asserted the sovereignty of the people; it included a bill of rights, a guarantee of free elementary education, trial […]

Bookworm

Bookworm has always had a soft spot for local history, and some very handsome examples of the genre have appeared in recent times. First up is a truly magnificent production: […]

Fort Erie Museums (Railroad, Historical, Battlefield and Mewinzha Gallery) Ridgeway, Ontario

In the middle of the night, on 1 June 1866, nearly 1,000 Fenians crossed the Niagara River from Buffalo, New York. The vanguard, Colonel Owen Starr’s Seventeenth Regiment from Louisville, […]