The Story of Irish Dance, Helen Brennan. (Brandon Books, £15.99) ISBN 0863222447

The study of the history of Irish dance is hampered by the scarcity of pre-twentieth century accounts of it. Although the country was dance-mad, to judge by the few accounts […]

Sir John Norreys and the Elizabethan Military World, John S. Nolan. (University of Exeter Press, £40) ISBN 0859895483

This study of Sir John Norreys is a refreshing departure from the many derivative biographies of better known Elizabethan figures such as Sir Francis Drake or Sir Walter Raleigh. It […]

The Long Gestation: Irish Nationalist Life, 1891–1918, Patrick Maume. (Gill and Macmillan, £19.99) ISBN 0717127443 The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916–1923, Michael Laffan. (Cambridge University Press, £40) ISBN 0521650739

It has become commonplace for historians of Ireland to describe the events of 1912–1923 as a ‘revolution’, typically without attempting to define that term. These three complementary studies of Ireland […]

James Kelly wins this year’s Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship

By unanimous vote of its prize jury, the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies’ Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship for 2000 has been awarded to Dr James Kelly, Head of the History […]

The Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa History and Culture Bursary

The bursary—in memory of Cathal Óg Mac Maghnusa (l439-98), cleric,political leader and, above all, compiler of the Annals of Ulster—isintended to promote further study and research into the cultural andintellectual […]