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As the countdown to the centenary of the 1916 Rising continues, the presses carry on rolling with 1916-related publications,producing both new and revised editions. In the latter category is The…

…have heralded the diplomatic countdown to Armageddon, but well in advance of that moment some had predicted that conflict was unavoidable. These networks of intellectuals and activists included well-known Irish…

Howth guns

Sir,—I enjoyed Conor Nelson’s article on Erskine Childers and the Howth gunrunning and Joe Connell’s ‘Countdown to 2016’ piece on the same topic (HI 22.3, May/June 2014). However, I feel…

George Bernard Shaw and the Irish Citizen Army

…policemen’. (London School of Economics) Sir,—I wish to add to Joseph E.A. Connell’s excellent column on ‘The founding of the Irish Citizen Army’ (HI 21.5, Sept./Oct. 2013, ‘Countdown to 2020’)….

Wolfe Tone (2nd edition)

…this leaves the ground open for others to take up that challenge in the countdown to the centenary. My studies of Tone have explored his career as an officer in…