The Oxford Companion to Irish History, S.J. Connolly (ed.). (Oxford University Press, £25) ISBN 0-19-211695-9

The presentation of Irish culture as a commodity has developed into a remarkable world-wide phenomenon in recent years. The success of Irish writers, musicians and dancers on the global stage […]

John Toland’s Christianity not Mysterious: text, associated works and critical essays, Philip McGuinness, Alan Harrison and Richard Kearney (eds.), (Lilliput Press, £25 hb, £11.99 pb) ISBN 187467597X, 1874675953

‘If you would know more of him’, the philosopher John Toland wrote of himself, ‘search his writings.’ This recommendation, as sincere as it probably was, has been of little use […]

The Majestic World

This exhibition was opened by Síle de Valera, Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, on Thursday 25 June 1998 and will continue until April 1999. The most remarkable […]

Anne Devlin: the heroine as laundress?

Anne Devlin’s gravestone in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, tells us that she was ‘the faithful servant’ of Robert Emmet, but that otherwise she lived ‘in obscurity and poverty’, dying in September […]

Irish History Students’ Association

Nineteen ninety-nine brings with it the rejuvenation of the IrishHistory Students’ Association. The IHSA has been bringing historystudents together from all parts of Ireland since the 1950s, primarilythrough its annual […]