A study of the role of food in the cultural life of Ireland, its austerity and changes over time. Continue reading
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Who Do I Think I Am? A Memoir.
His greatest strength is indubitably his capacity to create a page turning narrative out of both the mundane and exotic. Continue reading
The Least Likely County to Breed Revolutionaries?
Kilkenny in Times of Revolution 1900 – 1923 is replete with anecdote and observation. Continue reading
Fall of the House of Wilde
Oscar was the son of two immense personalities…. Continue reading
An Irish Hard Border revisited
In many places, the border lines made little sense and did not reflect local economic and social geographies 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
Much More than a Sports Book
Philly McMahon: football is only one part of who he is. Continue reading
Waterford in Fiction
… he tells a great story and knows how to keep his readers interested. Continue reading
Electrifying Modernity in the Free State
O’Brien’s new book demonstrates how an industrial project to harness electricity from the Shannon became an opportunity to market it as an epochal monument of modernism in the new Free State. Continue reading
