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Continue reading →: The detail of the Google Books Settlement!
Eoin Purcell For detailed and thoughtful analysis on the deal, its clauses and implications, read Peter Brantley’s posts over at his Shimenewa blog where he deals with several of the issues very well. Trying to ignore work this weekend, Eoin
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Continue reading →: A few online links for the Irish in World War One
Eoin Purcell What a few days surfing the web for links produced A lot more about the Irish during world war one. The BBC have a nice site: In all, about 210,000 Irishmen served in the British forces during World War One. Since there was no conscription, about 140,000 of…
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Continue reading →: Our War: Ireland & WWI
Eoin Purcell Cross Posted @ Uncovered History National Myths There are some really sacred cows in Ireland. One of them is that national feeling was firmly behind the radical position demanding a separate government and state. In fact I’d go so far as to suggest the whole strain of moderate…
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Continue reading →: Our War: Ireland & WWI
Eoin Purcell National Myths There are some really sacred cows in Ireland. One of them is that national feeling was firmly behind the radical position demanding a separate government and state. In fact I’d go so far as to suggest the whole strain of moderate nationalism (the strain that was…
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Continue reading →: Doubleday Layoffs
Eoin Purcell It’s been a bad year for Doubleday and so they are sacking people! Sometimes you think publishing is immune to economic problems, but if you are in New York publishing, this story must be feeling very close about now: The cuts come on the heels of a painful…
