THE DEAD OF THE IRISH REVOLUTION

EUNAN O’HALPIN and DAITHÍ Ó CORRÁIN Yale University Press €55 ISBN 9780300123821 Reviewed by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc The authors of this book deserve a great deal of praise for […]

BOOKWORM

By Joe Culley @TheRealCulls A crowded drawing-room. A signet ring raps against a wine goblet. ‘Gentlemen,’ the host announces, ‘may I introduce you to our new neighbour from No. 9.’ […]

WATERFORD TREASURS: a virtual tour

waterfordtreasures.com By Tony Canavan As we are once again in lockdown, Museum Eye has resorted to the internet in order to visit a museum. Most museums have adapted to changed […]

The Hunger: the story of the Irish famine

RTÉ1, 30 November & 7 December 2020 Tyrone Productions, directed by Ruán Magan By Donal Fallon The Atlas of the Great Irish Famine pre-dated the Atlas of the Irish Revolution […]

Post-independence perspectives on ‘Irishness’ and identity

  By Raymond M. Keogh   “For historians, the objective definition unburdens them of the impossible task of trying to reify Irish identity from the ever-changing narrative of its people […]