Tag Irish history
by Elke Close | The end of a relationship is never easy. We’ve all been there. No matter what the circumstances are, it is always difficult to say goodbye to a part of your life that you shared with that one… Continue Reading →
By Maurice Casey | In a recent interview about his narrative history of the October Revolution, China Mieville described the transformative effect of visiting St. Petersburg for research. Walking streets hitherto only encountered in literary description, Mieville gained a unique sense… Continue Reading →
By Maurice Casey | A couple of months ago, I was enjoying post-seminar drinks in the Oxford Kings Arms. Nearby were a couple with a golden retriever, whose name I learned was Dougie. At one point, Dougie was seated at the… Continue Reading →
Roseanna Doughty | A few weeks ago, one of my undergraduate students asked ‘what is race?’. This triggered perhaps the most useful discussion I have had all semester. We spend the rest of the tutorial arguing about definitions of race, the… Continue Reading →
By Richard Parfitt | Every year, on the 12th July (‘the Twelfth’), members of the Orange Order march to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. At this battle, near Drogheda on the Irish east coast, the Protestant… Continue Reading →
By Maeve Casserly | ‘Was is it for this that men like Connolly died?’ asked an outraged @adriancummins of the planned Luas tram strike in Dublin over the Easter weekend.[1] Ordinarily, strike action would have only caused mild murmurs of… Continue Reading →
By Maurice Casey | In a recent review of Michael Seidleman’s cultural history of the Spanish Civil War, Rob Stradling chastised Seidleman’s ‘insatiable appetite for archival anecdotes.’ Navigating the strange world of Irish-Soviet connections, I frequently come across weird archival finds that… Continue Reading →
Roseanna Doughty | When I first started the PhD I attended a meet and greet session. Introducing myself to my future colleagues- my name is… I am from… I work on… – I was immediately informed that I was a… Continue Reading →
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