In this 1983 essay, ‘Patrick Pearse and the “Noble Lie” of Irish Nationalism’, John Coakley provides an overview of critical conceptions of the ‘nation’ as a lens through which to assess Pearse’s political philosophy and… Read the Article »Pearse and the ‘noble lie’ of nationalism – John Coakley
Born in 1870 in Dublin, Lambert McKenna was a Jesuit and Catholic social thinker. Beyond his work on the Irish language and bardic poetry, his scholarly interests also focused on labour issues and contemporary current… Read the Article »‘The Housing Problem in Dublin’ – Lambert McKenna
The summer 1972 issue of Studies published a lengthy and highly controversial article attacking Padraig Pearse as a destructive ideologue who had perverted the Christian message, especially in relation to sacrifice and redemption, to make… Read the Article »Francis Shaw and ‘The Canon of Irish History’
In March of 1959, French author and philosopher Gabriel Marcel gave a paper to the Pax Romana Society of University College, Dublin where he explored what humanity could – and should – expect both of… Read the Article »Gabriel Marcel on ‘What Can One Expect of Philosophy?’
George Russell, also known by his pen name AE, was a significant contributor to the nationalist cultural revival and at the centre of the artists and thinkers behind the nationalist movement. This piece from Studies… Read the Article »AE on lessons of revolution
In 1933, Irish diplomat Daniel Binchy wrote a scathing report on Adolf Hitler, the newly elected Chancellor of Germany, in Studies. The extract below shows how Binchy not only disapproved of Hitler’s racial theory, but… Read the Article »Daniel Binchy on Adolf Hitler
In 1962, Garret FitzGerald wrote a lengthy article in Studies on ‘Political Implications of Irish Membership of the EEC’, a coherent argument proposing Ireland’s entry to the union. At the time he was an astute… Read the Article »Garret FitzGerald and the European Project
In 1896, Patrick Pearse joined Douglas Hyde’s Gaelic League, which had as its principal aim ‘the necessity for de-Anglicising Ireland’ – the title of an address Hyde delivered in 1892. Pearse believed passionately that the… Read the Article »The superiority of Irish literature
On 10 September 1923, the Irish Free State – not even one full year in existence – joined the League of Nations. On that day, a delegation led by William T Cosgrave, president of the… Read the Article »Ireland joins the league of nations
Renowned Irish academic Maurice Harmon, for many years professor of Anglo-Irish literature at UCD, was a frequent contributor to Studies about contemporary Irish poetry and died last October. The below extract is from an article… Read the Article »Thomas Kinsella as a nature poet