Immensely informative and thought-provoking, it tackles much material (archival and otherwise) that is new, difficult to access, and highly engaging. The editors and contributors have succeeded admirably in giving the classics their due place in Irish political life across a fraught century and more.
Isabelle Torrance is Professor of Classical Reception at Aarhus University, Denmark. She has published extensively on classical Greek literature, especially Greek tragedy, and its reception. From 2019-2024 she is Principal Investigator on the ERC-funded project Classical Influences and Irish Culture.
Donncha O'Rourke is a Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Edinburgh. He has published extensively on classical literature, especially Roman elegiac and didactic poetry.