Category: Journalism

• The Irish Border

  

  In this weekend’s Guardian, I review Diarmaid Ferriter’s timely new history of the Irish border.

  February 2, 2019

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• FT Essay: Ireland on Brexit

  

  In this weekend’s Financial Times, I go ‘Beyond the Backstop’ and explore Irish perspectives on Brexit.

  January 26, 2019

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• Ireland’s Islands

  In this weekend’s Irish Times I have reviewed Diarmaid Ferriter’s new history of Ireland’s off-shore islands, On the Edge.

  October 13, 2018

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• Thomas Cromwell

  I have reviewed Diarmaid MacCulloch’s new biography of Thomas Cromwell in this weekend’s Irish Times.

  October 6, 2018

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• Op-ed: The Historical Nonsense of Brexit

  In today’s Irish Times, I survey the bad history offered by leading Brexiteers, and argue that such myths are leading Britain to a historic catastrophe.

  September 17, 2018

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• Franco: Anatomy of a Dictator

  In this weekend’s Guardian I’ve reviewed Enrique Moradiellos’ new biography of the Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco.

  August 3, 2018

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• The Great Flu Pandemic in Ireland

  In this weekend’s Irish Times, I reviewed Ida Milne’s new history of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Ireland, Stacking the Coffins.

  June 30, 2018

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• The UK’s Victorious Century

  In this weekend’s Financial Times, I reviewed David Cannadine’s new history of the UK from 1800-1906.

  December 23, 2017

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• The IRA’s 1920s campaign in the UK

  

  In this weekend’s Irish Times, I have reviewed Gerard Noonan’s history of IRA activity in Britain during the War of Independence.

  December 23, 2017

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• ‘Governing Paddy has never been a hopeful or a pleasant task’

  

  My review of K. Theodore Hoppen’s new Governing Hibernia: British Politicians & Ireland, 1800-1922 for The Irish Times, 12 November 2016.

  November 12, 2016

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