Votes for Youth
In this article from 1912, Arthur E. Clery rallies for the extension of the vote to the youth population. A supporter of female suffrage and for the abolition of corporal punishment, he notes in his… Read the Article »Votes for Youth
Politics & society
Direct Provision in a Time of Pandemic
It is 5 years since Ireland first experienced mass lockdown as a result of COVID-19. It is also 25 years – to the month – of the introduction of the Direct Provision system within the… Read the Article »Direct Provision in a Time of Pandemic
Garret FitzGerald on the Irish Electoral System
In this lengthy article published in the Spring of 1959, future-Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald outlines the government debates regarding the Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958, which sought to change Ireland’s electoral system from Proportional… Read the Article »Garret FitzGerald on the Irish Electoral System
Tom Garvin: Republicanism and Irish Democracy
In remembrance of Professor Tom Garvin MRIA we present the second of two of his past Studies articles, ‘Republicanism and Democracy in Ireland’. First published in the summer of 2013 – in the context of… Read the Article »Tom Garvin: Republicanism and Irish Democracy
Tom Garvin on National Identity in Ireland
In remembrance of Professor Tom Garvin MRIA – political scientist, UCD Professor, and frequent contributor to Studies – who sadly passed away last month, we are publishing extracts from two of his past articles; the… Read the Article »Tom Garvin on National Identity in Ireland
Travellers and the Irish State
In this 2015 article, Bryan Fanning details the origins of modern government approaches to ‘dealing with’ the Travelling community, and how the community has been represented across different eras of the Irish state. The extract… Read the Article »Travellers and the Irish State
The Rise of the Far Right
In the light of the results of the recent U.S. election, it seems appropriate to publish an extract from a recent edition of Studies, Spring 2024. The extract below is taken from “The Rise of… Read the Article »The Rise of the Far Right
Two Months in Soviet Russia
‘Two Months in Soviet Russia’ was penned in 1928 by Irish author and academic Violet Conolly, and published across two volumes of Studies in December 1928 and March 1929. A follow-up penned by Conolly nearly… Read the Article »Two Months in Soviet Russia
Virginia Crawford on the rise of Italian Fascism
Written one year after Mussolini’s March on Rome, and published four months after the Corfu Incident, Virginia M. Crawford’s ‘The Rise of Fascism and What It Stands For’ is a contemporary analysis of the political… Read the Article »Virginia Crawford on the rise of Italian Fascism
Pearse and the ‘noble lie’ of nationalism – John Coakley
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