Book Review: Edmund Spenser: A Life; Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene: A Reading Guide and The Faerie Queene in five volumes. Edmund Spenser: A Life by Andrew Hadfield (Oxford University Press, 2012) When I thought…
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THE 1911 RAILWAY STRIKE – PUBLIC TALK, EAST WALL, 14 SEPTEMBER 2012
The Fucking Titanic
A selection of testimony from non-survivors I held my son’s head under the water until he drowned, so that he wouldn’t die alone out there. Also, the screaming is not something you would want a…
A Few Words about the 2012 Summer Edition of The Stinging Fly
In the editorial of the 2012 summer edition of the Irish literary magazine The Stinging Fly guest editor Dave Lordan reminds us of writing’s inglorious history – its bureaucratic origins in the formation of empire…
Recording of Talk on 1960s Republicanism by Brian Hanley and Matt Treacy 26-06-12
A recording of the talk: New Perspectives on Republicanism in the 1960s. With Brian Hanley (Historian, author of The IRA, 1926-1936, The IRA – a Documentary History, and (co-author) The Lost Revolution) and Matt Treacy…
Speech by Clare Daly T.D. at the Dublin launch of Kevin Higgins’ Mentioning the War
Speech by Clare Daly, Socialist Party & United Left Alliance T.D., on Wednesday June 6th, 2012 at Dublin launch of Mentioning the War: Essays & Reviews (1999-2011) by Kevin Higgins. ‘I have to say I…
Does Ireland’s ‘if…’ generation say more about the parents? On those Celtic Tiger Cub end-of-year antics
Cluck, cluck, cluck. It’s the sound of many chickens coming home to roost. Or, would the meow of a cat be more appropriate? I ask because in recent weeks my attention has been drawn to…
Lecture series on history of radical social movements in Ireland sponsored by Occupy University, Dublin Community TV & the Ireland Institute
5 Wednesdays in May 2012, a series of public lectures on radical social movements in Ireland, is being given at 6:30 pm in Ireland Institute 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2 each Wednesday in May. The series is…
Making Money in Dublin 1500-2000: Open Access Symposium, 25 May 2012
Making Money in Dublin 1500-2000: Commerce in the city of Dublin over five centuries 09.30 – 16.30h Friday 25 May 2012 The Banking Hall, Foster Place, Dublin 2 Open Access Symposium Admission free The Dublin…
Young Historians’ panel at the Cuirt International Festival of Literature in Galway
Young Historians’ panel at the Cuirt International Festival of Literature in Galway Friday 27th April – The Mechanics Institute – 6:30pm In the special setting of the Mechanics Institute, Middle Street, Galway, three Young Historians…
A Labour History of Ireland by Emmet O’Connor – Book Launch by Conor McCabe tonight, 21st of Feb, @UCD
Premier Dúcheist Frank Ryan: Lighthouse Cinema Sat 18th @ 6pm
Just to highlight the premier of Desmond Bell’s film Dúcheist Frank Ryan, which is described as “a sympathetic but searching exploration of the life of Frank Ryan (1902- 1944) Irish radical, International Brigade volunteer in…
Time to Legislate for Life-Saving Abortion
Today marks the date in 1992 when the parents of a pregnant 14-year-old took their daughter to England for an abortion. She had been raped by a friend of the family. That same day in…
Ireland’s Legacy: The Rise of the ‘Rentier’ as the new form of Capitalist Exploitation
Book Review: Sins of the Father: Tracing the Decisions that Shaped the Irish Economy By Conor McCabe (The History Press Ireland, 2011) A constant theme of Irish society is the national commentariat’s habit of assuming…
Sins of the Father
Dublin Opinion
- In God’s Country May 12, 2013Working on the last few pages of a chapter for a book edited by Colin Coulter and Angela Nagle. I’ve just been rigid with anger over the last couple of weeks - more than usual - and I think the process of writing this chapter is the reason why. This little paragraph sums it up […]Conor McCabe
- Fishy Talks Galway, 13 May 2013 May 12, 2013Speaking tomorrow in Galway before Donal O’Kelly’s performance of Bat the Father, Rabbit the Son. The title of the talk is: All the Devils are Here - A Short History of the Irish Entrepreneur. All welcome. […]Conor McCabe
- The Indo: Think I Know The Choice I’d Make.. May 9, 2013[…]Conor McCabe
- Alan Ahearne, Johnny Boy May 6, 2013Alan Ahearne, Central Bank of Ireland & NUIG, writing in 2006 that Ireland’s property bubble was caused by condoms. […]Conor McCabe
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