RTÉ Ireland

The Royal Irish Constabulary and Colonial Policing: Lessons and Legacies

This essay explores the RIC’s colonial ‘afterlife’, with particular focus on the Palestine Mandate, to where hundreds of ...

Maggie O'Farrell flattens 19th century Ireland into a theme‑pub cliché in her new novel

Land reasserts the Gaelic language and culture in opposition to the culture of the British colonisers, but relies on ...
Irish Central

Century Ireland set to bring 100 years of history alive with photos, artefacts and social media

A new virtual newspaper which charts some of the most momentous periods in Irish history has gone live. The new project will cover between 1912 and 1923, which saw a wide range of events including ...
New York Post

Inside the search for 16th-century Irish chieftain’s bones in Spain

An archaeologist works in an excavation carried out by the Hispano-Irish Association in a ruined chapel in Valladolid, that expects to identify the remains of the Irish lord rebel "Red" Hugh O'Donnell ...
Chicago Tribune

Review: ‘Translations’ at Writers Theatre plumbs the depths of a story of 19th century Ireland

Director Braden Abraham sends his audience into total darkness at the top of his gorgeous staging of writer Brian Friel’s “Translations,” a rich and prescient Irish drama from 1980 with characters ...
The Conversation

Ireland: a century of trade relations shows why a soft border is so important

You only have to look at the levels of trade and economic development in Ireland over the past century to realise the significance of a smooth border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. The ...
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‘Land’: Maggie O’Farrell flattens 19th-century Ireland into a theme‑pub cliché in her new novel

Maggie O’Farrell’s tenth novel, Land, is a sprawling family saga. It traverses the landmarks of 19th-century Irish history, including the Great Famine – with its corollary, incarceration in the ...