Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising: A Centenary Record edited by Bridget McAuliffe, Mary McAuliffe, Owen O’Shea (Irish Historical Publications, €25 pb / €35 hb)
Revolutionary times in the Kingdom of Kerry
Category: Reviews
The World of Books
James Joyce’s talented cousin
An inspirational tale of faith and recovery
Aubrey Malone
Miracles fromHeaven (PG)
Europe and the centenaries of the Great Tragedies of 1916
Peter Costello
With our recent concentration on the local events in Ireland in 1916 most Irish people have overlooked the centenary of some of the events in the Great War itself. The recent commemorations of both the Battle of Jutland and the Battle of Verdun, both to be counted with the first day of the Somme (a…
Remembering Europe’s path towards peace
For pro-European Catholics the last few weeks will have been dispiriting ones, with the ‘Leave’ side in Britain’s ‘Brexit’ referendum looking to be gaining in momentum, with just days until the June 23 poll. Peculiarly, it seems that online British Catholics of a more ‘traditional’ mould to the majority are themselves leaning heavily towards voting…
Mum’s the word in multi-layered modern comedy
Mother’s Day (12A)
Another example of contempt for impartiality
Brendan O’Regan
Abortion reigns as the main topic of media controversy with Ray D’Arcy playing a central figure in last week’s viewing, writes Brendan O’Regan
Lasting insights on the turn of the Christian year
Mary Kenny
Fasting and Feasting: Radio Reflections on Christmas and Easter by Aidan Mathews (Veritas, €12.99)
Language and its effect on meaning and belief
Passwords to Paradise: How Languages Have Re-invented World Religions by Nicholas Ostler (Bloomsbury, £20.00)
Meeting ourselves as we really are
The Republic photographed by Seamus Murphy (Allen Lane, €32.00)