BOOK REVIEW by Brian Gillespie Angus Mitchell (ed.): One Bold Deed of Open Treason: The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement 1914-1916. Dublin, Merrion Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-78537-056-4 (p.b.); 978178537-057-1 (h.b.) RRP: €17.50–€45.00 This book is a terrific insight into Roger Casement’s eighteen month stay in Germany from 1914-16. Taken directly from his diaries and superbly put together by … Continue reading
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‘Michael, they have shot them!’
Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising helped to shape political forces in Australia at a crucial time in our own national history. Continue reading
Mountbellew Workhouse Project
It is inspirational! Continue reading
Excess of Love? The case of Roger Casement
Brian Gillespie talks about his new play, Convicted on a Comma: the Trial of Roger Casement And what if excess of love Bewildered them till they died? So said William Butler Yeats of the leaders of the 1916 Easter rebellion. It is particularly true of Roger Casement. In 1911 Roger Casement knelt before King George V, knighted … Continue reading
Populated by Minnows and Whales in Effusion: Joyce’s Dublin 1904
A BOOK REVIEW by Frances Devlin-Glass Vivien Igoe: The Real People of Joyce’s Ulysses, a Biographical Guide, University College Dublin Press, Dublin, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-910820-06-03 RRP: €40 This is a book that few lovers of Joyce will be able to resist, and they should be urged not to resist. We’ve known since the Linati schema was … Continue reading
Memories of a 1950s Irish leftie in St Kilda Melbourne
Memories of a 1950s Irish leftie in St Kilda, Melbourne by Dr Dennis Walker The extraordinary cultural mix of St Kilda inevitably brought together people of radically opposing ideologies. Dr Dennis Walker sheds some light on one aspect of this diversity remembered from his childhood: the Irish immigrant nationalists. My father, Patrick Joseph Walker, was born … Continue reading
The 1916 Easter Rising: New York and Beyond
This is an outstanding example of citizen journalism at its very best. Continue reading
The Darlinghurst Seven
A small number of citizens of Irish extraction decided that it was better to fight for Ireland than for the Empire Continue reading
Reflections On The Significance Of Easter Week 1916 (Part Two)
Yes – 1916 was the great break with the past! Continue reading
Remembering the Rising
It is important that in remembering and commemorating what happened that we don’t glorify or justify it. Continue reading
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