The Treaty settlement almost a hundred years ago led to the Irish Civil War; the outcome of the backstop talks over the next few months could be just as momentous. Continue reading
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Hurling – ballet with camáns
Hurling is coming to Australia. At stake is the beautiful Wild Geese Trophy Continue reading
From the Irish papers
Presidential Election, Booker Prize Winner from NI, Travellers, Listowel, and more…. Continue reading
Breaking codes to beat Hitler
Throughout WWII, agents were sent to Ireland from Germany with instructions to communicate with German military intelligence. Richard Hayes broke most of these ciphers. Continue reading
Ireland Today – A Visitor’s View
The Irish have gone back to how they were before the GFC, except that the country seems to have a better appreciation of what is meant by paying your way. Continue reading
Rewriting the Civil War
Keane is particularly well qualified as the teller of the story of the War of Independence and the Civil War in Ireland. He worked for many years as a reporter in areas of war, had close family who were active, and spent five years as a reporter in Belfast reporting on the Troubles there for the BBC. Continue reading
THE TRAWLER
We returned to the naomhóg and next a gib of a crane appeared and lowered several baskets of all kinds of fish into our boat and we had to tell them to stop. Continue reading
John Redmond: one of Irish history’s great losers
Meleady makes very clear that he does not accept much of the previous scholarly and political consensus concerning Redmond’s alleged personal and political shortcomings. Continue reading
The Human Side of the Signatories
The names of the contributors to ‘Signatories’ guarantee material of the highest quality. Continue reading
Banville as Ventriloquist
John Banville names this book after a character who is probably unfamiliar to many… Continue reading
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