Irish History Brief for March 2026

Books

• Abortion in Ireland: The Language of the Campaign for Reproductive Rights

  by Simon Statham, and Dr Helen Ringrow.
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• Afterlives of the Troubles: Life stories, culture and conflict transformation in Northern Ireland

  by Graham Dawson.
  Link
  

• Among Communists

  by Sinead Morrissey.
  Link
  

• Art, Nature, and the Body in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland

  by Heather Pulliam.
  Link
  

• Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation

  by Tom Hulme.
  Link
  

• Casement

  by Angus Mitchell.
  Link
  

• Healthcare in Northern Ireland, 1921–73: Politics, policies and management

  by Donnacha Seán Lucey.
  Link
  

• Hugo O'Conor: A Shadow of Ireland in New Spain

  by Mark Santiago.
  Link
  

• Ireland and Hungary, 1840-1905: Transnational Politics and Literature

  by Michael McAteer.
  Link
  

• Irish Political Thought and the Union: Visions of Representative Government, 1798–1879

  by Colin W. Reid.
  Link
  

• James Joyce: A Political Life

  by Frank Callanan, and Robert Spoo.
  Link
  

• Seán Lemass: The Lost Memoir: The autobiography of Ireland's most admired taoiseach

  by Ronan McGreevy.
  

• Stiff Little Fingers' Inflammable Material

  by Kevin Dunn.
  Link
  

• The Irish Volunteers, 1913-19: A History

  by Daithi O. Corrain.
  Link
  

• The Nine Years War 1593-1603 Part 2: The turning point at Kinsale 1598-1603

  by James O'Neill.
  Link
  

• The Shortest History of Ireland

  by James Hawes.
  Link
  

Articles

• Excavatory Art: A transnational reading of cultural activism in creative responses to Ireland’s architecture of containment

  by Emma Crowley in Interventions. Link

• "No Parentage in Love": The Queer Victorian Roots of Modern Irish Nationalism

  by Simon Joyce in CUSP: Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Cultures. Link

• Youth Defence, young people and anti-abortion activism in Ireland, c.1992–97

  by Laura Kelly in The History of the Family. Link

• Beyond Access: Negotiating Gatekeeper Usage in West Belfast, Northern Ireland

  by Sarah Mason in The Oral History Review. Link

• Tracking A Plant Killer: Historical and Scientific Reflections on the Irish Famine Pathogen and Its Control

  by Jean Beagle Ristaino in Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Link

• Pan-Celticism and Racial Thought at the Fin de Siècle

  by Ian Stewart in Journal of the History of Ideas. Link

Reviews

• James Ross. Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Duke of Ireland (1362-1392) The Rise and Fall of a Royal

  reviewed by Elizabeth Biggs in Journal of British Studies. Link
  

• Irish nuns and education in the Anglophone world. A transnational history.

  reviewed by Brian Casey in The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. Link
  

• The Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism, Volume IV Building Identity, 1830–1913

  reviewed by Mark D. Chapman in Victorian Studies. Link
  

• The Sash on the Mersey, The Orange Order in Liverpool 1819–1982

  reviewed by S. J. Connolly in Northern History. Link
  

• Supernatural bodies, stigmata in modern Britain and Ireland

  reviewed by Hailey Haffey in Irish Studies Review. Link
  

• Catholics and the law in Restoration Ireland

  reviewed by Frances Nolan in British Catholic History. Link
  

• Visitors to the Country House in Ireland and Britain

  reviewed by Jon Stobart in Northern History. Link
  

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