Bookworm

Michael Foley, The bloodied field: Croke Park, Sunday 21 November 1920 (O’Brien Press, €16.99 pb, 296pp, ISBN 9781847173188). John O’Callaghan, Con Colbert (O’Brien Press, €12.99 pb, 256pp, ISBN 9781847173348). Róisín […]

Newry and Mourne Museum: Local impacts of the First World War

This exhibition is a good example of bringing a global event down to the local level. The objects on display are not a random selection; groups are related to each […]

PALS— The Irish at Gallipoli

ANU Productions National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, 2 Feb.–30 April In early 1915, D Company of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers was stationed and trained in […]

A family of memories

by Thomas Kilroy, directed by Patrick Mason RTÉ Radio 1’s Drama on One 1 March 2015 Thomas Kilroy is regarded as one of Ireland’s most important living writers and, along […]

The incredible life of William Coman

William Coman was born in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, in 1900. He lied about his age and enlisted in the British Army during the First World War. He was wounded during […]