Poetry and Politics: reaction & continuity in Irish poetry, 1558-1625, Marc Caball. (Cork University Press, £16.95) ISBN 1859181627

In her acclaimed introduction to the poems of Tadhg Dall Ó hUiginn, published in 1922, Eleanor Knott describes his attitude to the contemporary political scene in the following terms: He […]

J.C. Beckett Prize in Irish History

The J.C. Beckett Prize in Irish History will be awarded each year topostgraduate students working in the field of medieval and modern Irishhistory. The first award will be made in […]

Irish Legal History Society Tenth Anniversary

Queen’s University, Belfast, was an apt venue for the Irish Legal History Society’s 1998 AGM and conference. The Society is a cross-border organisation founded ten years ago to encourage the […]

Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age

The first Viking raid on Ireland is recorded in the Annals of Ulster for the year AD 795. The 1200th anniversary of this event in 1995 was marked by an […]

They came, they saw, they conquered

Limerick was treated to a rare sight when Vikings from their settlement on the banks of the Shannon at the University of Limerick campus raided Cruises Street and sacked Bewley’s […]