The recent release of Leaving Cert results reminded me of my own exam experience—a two-week marathon of fact-regurgitation and writing. That was nearly 40 years ago but, if current Leaving […]
Read More →July 3–6 Thur–Sun Robert Boyle Summer School, Lismore, Co. Waterford. Speakers: Eoin Gill, Jim Malone, Lawrence Principe, John Hedley Brooke, Terry Eagleton, Lorainne Hanlon, Luke O’Neill. www.robertboyle.ie. ao’donoghue@waterfordcouncil.ie, +353 (0) […]
Read More →About 150,000 Irishmen volunteered for the British Army during the First World War, in addition to the c. 50,000 Irishmen already serving at the outbreak. Joining the army was seen […]
Read More →JASON R. MYERS Academica Press $82.95 ISBN 9781936320264 Reviewed by Tomás Irish There has been an explosion of interest in Ireland’s experience of the Great War in recent years. As […]
Read More →Charles Messenger Pen and Sword Books £25 ISBN 9781848848970 Reviewed by Timothy Bowman On 1 July 1916, F.P. Crozier, then a lieutenant colonel, led his men of the 9th Royal […]
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