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Eavan Boland on women poets in Ireland

Boland’s critique of Irish poetry challenged the tradition of portraying women as passive symbols of Ireland rather than as subjects in their own right.

Gabriel Marcel on ‘What Can One Expect of Philosophy?’

For Marcel, philosophy begins in ordinary human experiences of love, death and birth, when we seek deeper answers to life’s mysteries.

‘The Housing Problem in Dublin’ – Lambert McKenna

McKenna’s 1919 critique of Dublin’s housing crisis sounds remarkably familiar: inadequate homes, high costs, congestion and poor public transport.

Francis Shaw and ‘The Canon of Irish History’

Francis Shaw’s “The Canon of Irish History: A Challenge” was published posthumously in Studies in Summer 1972. Written in 1966, it challenged the traditional nationalist interpretation of 1916.

Virginia Crawford on the rise of Italian Fascism

Virginia M. Crawford’s 1923 article examined Mussolini’s consolidation of power, Fascist economic policy, relations with the Catholic Church, trade unions and agriculture, while questioning the regime’s long-term future.

Two Months in Soviet Russia

Violet Conolly’s Two Months in Soviet Russia, published in Studies in 1928–29, offered a first-hand account of Soviet life, covering travel, religion, shopping, education, culture, science and economic policy.

The Rise of the Far Right

Peadar Kirby’s 2024 article examines the rise of the far right by linking it to distrust, economic deprivation, cultural insecurity and the decline of traditional political loyalties. It argues that neoliberalism has deepened public disempowerment.

Travellers and the Irish State

Bryan Fanning’s 2015 article traces how Irish State policy sought to assimilate Travellers, particularly after the 1963 Commission on Itinerancy, and examines the persistence of prejudice and exclusion in modern Ireland.

Eavan Boland on women poets in Ireland

Gabriel Marcel on ‘What Can One Expect of Philosophy?’

‘The Housing Problem in Dublin’ – Lambert McKenna

Francis Shaw and ‘The Canon of Irish History’

Virginia Crawford on the rise of Italian Fascism

Two Months in Soviet Russia

The Rise of the Far Right

Travellers and the Irish State

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