Empire and imperial frameworks, policies, practices, and cultures have shaped the history of the world for the last two millennia. It is nation-states that are the blip on the historical horizon. This book re-examines empire as a process – and…
In July 2019 Boris Johnson asked why Leo Varadkar isn’t “called Murphy like all the rest of them”. This ethnocentricity has a long history in an Ireland that for centuries was a laboratory for empire, where racist ideologies were formulated…
The discovery of his remains could shed light on a tumultuous chapter of Irish history. Red Hugh O’Donnell (Ó Domhnaill) featured alongside Hugh O’Neill, earl of Tyrone, in Brian Friel’s play, Making History, first performed in 1988 by the Field…
Celebrating the Legacy of the 1641 Depositions On the 22 October, the Trinity Long Room Hub hosted a special research showcase to mark a new impact study on the 1641 Depositions Project 10 years after its launch in Trinity College…