Established in 1993 and now published every two months, each issue of History Ireland features  a wide variety of topics, from the earliest times to the present day, giving a sense of the distant past while offering a contemporary edge. Every article is illustrated with photographs, maps or paintings to provide a vivid impression of the topic.  

March/April 2023

Volume 31 No. 2

HISTORY IN THE NEWS:

 

          The National Symphony Orchestra at 75

       Richard Pine

 

          The ‘Red library’ of Henrietta Street

       Fergus Whelan 

 

          ON THIS DAY

       Aodhán Crealey

 

BITE-SIZED HISTORY

       Donal Fallon 

 

LETTERS

       West Cork History Festival

          RIC and RCMP

          Prince Andrew’s ‘Great Game’

          The Great Pacificator and Brian O’Higgins Senior

          Democracy vs oligarchy

 

PLATFORM:

          John Charles McQuaid reassessed?

       Mary Kenny  

 

GEMS OF ARCHITECTURE:

          Iveagh Trust Public Baths, Dublin 

       Damian Murphy

 

KINDRED LINES: 

          Irish Traditional Music Archive

       Fiona Fitzsimons

 

ARTEFACTS:

          Anglo Irish Bank sign

       Lar Joye 

 

LOCAL ARCHIVES:

          The significance of the sanitary officer

       Joanne Rothwell

 

100 YEARS AGO:

          Austin Stack is arrested

       Joseph E.A. Connell Jr

 

  REVIEWS

 

 

FILM WATCH:

          The Wonder

       Maud Ellmann

 

SEEN ON TV:

          Ar Lorg na Fírinne—Game of Truth

       Sylvie Kleinman

 

MUSEUM EYE:

          Clery’s: The Archives

       Donal Fallon 

 

Bookworm

          Joe Culley

 

The Big Book

 

          Duffy, Montague, Mulligan and O’Neill, Dublin Castle: from fortress to palace. Vol. 1. Vikings to Victorians: a history of Dublin Castle to 1850

          By John Gibney

 

Book Reviews

 

          Ayiotis, The Military Archives: a history

          By Marie Coleman

 

          O’Connor, Rotten Prod: the unlikely career of Dongaree Baird

          By Jim Smith

 

          Ali, Winston Churchill: his times, his crimes

          By Kevin Kiely

 

          Ó Fathartaigh, Developing rural Ireland: a history of the Irish agricultural advisory services

          By Trevor Storey

 

  FEATURES

 

 

PRINT:

          From Elizabeth to Elizabeth

       Dermot McGuinne

 

RELIGION:

          Comprehending contemplation—the Poor Clare Order in Ireland

       Bronagh Ann McShane

 

FIRE-FIGHTING:

          ‘Queen’s College Cork is in flames!’

       Pat Poland

 

SPORT:

          ‘The wrestling rage’—the world championship tournament in Dublin, 1907 Ronan Mulhaire

 

CIVIL WAR I:

          ‘I am confident that if we stand united victory is certain’—Liam Lynch’s strategies in the final months of the Civil War

       Gerard Shannon

 

CIVIL WAR II:

          Thomas Keating—a Civil War killing

       David Prendergast

 

HOUSING:

          73 Eccles Street—recreating a Dublin tenement 1915–20

       Ken Boyle

 

COLLUSION:

          Brian Nelson—the rise and fall of a double agent

       Ian S. Wood