Richard Kyle Fox and his National Police Gazette

The Irishman who sold sex, sport and sensationalism in late nineteenth-century America. By Liam Barry-Hayes Richard Kyle Fox was born on the Albertbridge Road, Belfast, on 12 August 1846. His […]

FORGOTTEN REVOLUTION: THE LIMERICK SOVIET 1919

LIAM CAHILL Orla Kelly Publishing €15 ISBN 9781912328413 Reviewed by: D.R. O’Connor Lysaght D.R. O’Connor Lysaght’s The story of the Limerick Soviet appeared recently in its fifth edition. The Limerick […]

Shining a light on early town governance in New Ross

Enhancing user access to the town’s oldest municipal minutes.   By Gráinne Doran and Linda Doran   Wexford County Archive is the official repository for the archives and records of […]

The partition of Ireland 1918–1925

ROBERT LYNCH Cambridge University Press €24 ISBN 9780521189583 Reviewed by: Martin Mansergh Martin Mansergh is a former politician and NI adviser. There is a growing literature on the border and […]

Crusade in Spain

EOIN O’DUFFY Reconquista Press €15 ISBN 9781912853076 The Salamanca diaries: Father McCabe and the Spanish Civil War TIM FANNING Irish Academic Press €19.95 ISBN 9781785372773 Reviewed by: John Dorney Irishmen […]