When Brian Friel died in 2015, the New York Times described him as ‘the Irish Chekhov’, and the Guardian called him ‘the father of modern Irish drama’. He had l…
Periodicals have been at the core of journalistic activity since before the foundation of the state but have remained an area long neglected within media histor…
For over a century, the Irish Sunday newspaper has influenced social mores and political developments in Ireland. In this lively and engaging book, historians a…
From the fall of Parnell to the rise and fall of the Celtic Tiger, regional newspapers have documented the story of Ireland. In this book, historians and journa…
Revised and Expanded New Edition As Irish media and society move from an insular, domestic focus in the mid-twentieth century to the global outlook of the twen…
This book focuses on Patrick Pearse the theatre man. Pearse, like many among the revolutionary generation, was deeply interested in the theatre and its possibil…
This book explores the links between Irish periodical journals of the twentieth century and journalism. From the early 1900s onwards, journals advocating an Iri…
For over a century, Independent Newspapers has been the most successful media organization in Ireland. From William Martin Murphy to Tony O’Reilly, the newspape…
Utilizing a range of previously unexplored primary sources from film trade publications to cinema records, Film exhibition and distribution in Ireland, 1909–201…
While picture-going or cinema is generally regarded as a twentieth-century activity, this book demonstrates that prior to the opening of Ireland’s first cinemas…
Founded in 1859 as the voice of southern unionism, the Irish Times is now the authoritative newspaper of choice. Forced to make its peace with an independent Ir…
The fourth volume of papers from the Irish Postgraduate Film Research Seminar reflects the diversity, quality and increasingly international nature of film rese…
