Weapons of the Royal Irish Constabulary (1822–1922)

By Lar Joye The first police forces in Ireland were created under the Peace Preservation Act of 1814 by Sir Robert Peel (who for three years was MP for Cashel, […]

Spinning the legacy of the French Revolution

Narrow cynicism and rehashed stereotypes. By Sylvie Kleinman Encore. Another deprecating—worse, factually incorrect—spin on the French Revolution in an RTÉ TV documentary, part one of Daniel O’Connell—forgotten king of Ireland, […]

Hitler: only the world was enough

BRENDAN SIMMS Allen Lane £30 ISBN 9781846142475 Reviewed by Geoffrey Roberts If you are going to challenge a cherished historical consensus you need cogent arguments and compelling evidence. Brendan Simms’s […]

BITE-SIZED HISTORY

BY TONY CANAVAN Oireachtas 1919–2019 goes on-line The Oireachtas Library and Research Service recently launched an on-line ‘Bibliography of Parliament 1919–2019’. The bibliography aims to be an authoritative but not […]

Neither Suvla nor Sedd-ul-Bahr—when Harp and Crescent intertwined

The animosity of both the Irish and the Turkish national movements towards their common foe found expression in their public pronouncements. By Merve Dogan Kader and Seán Patrick Smyth It […]