MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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The citizen army that broke the mould of history
Daithi Mac an Mhaistir’s book on the ICA is essential reading for anyone interested in Ireland’s freedom struggle, says MICK CARTY
MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
The Irish Citizen Army: The World’s First Working-Class Army by Daithi Mac an Mhaistir (Connolly Books, €8)
APPEARING a year after the 1916 Easter Rising centenary celebrations, one would have been forgiven for thinking that this book had been delayed or that it had arrived late.
But, a couple of pages in, the importance and timeliness of the publication becomes evident. Short-term benefits have been sacrificed to do justice both to historiography and the working-class movement.
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