Letters from the front, 1915–16

The First World War correspondence of Michael Bourke, Garvey’s Lane, Limerick. By Tadhg Moloney During the First World War, letters allowed soldiers in training or at the front to keep […]

A ‘Catholic wind’ on Bantry Bay?

The decisive stance taken by the Catholic bishop of Cork, Francis Moylan, towards the threat of French invasion in December 1796. By Gordon Kennedy On Christmas Day 1796, while Theobald […]

What did Irish people read in the eighteenth century?

The impact of print may have been more muffled than initially supposed. By Toby Barnard Between 1550 and 1800 almost 30,000 different publications were printed in Ireland. This development, accelerating […]

‘A very sufficient scholar’

Isaac Lally played a prominent role in schooling the last generation of the learned families of Connacht and Ulster. By Ruairí Ó hAodha Of the ‘wild geese’ who departed Ireland […]