Item category 2: Irish Collection

This is an illustrated collection of articles by award-winning journalist Dick Ahlstrom, science editor of the ‘Irish Times’, on the men and women who are transforming Irish science. It serves as an anthology of Irish science, accessibly highlighting progress in astronomy, physical sciences, comp...

Donald Akenson's book was at the forefront of a radically new approach to the study of Irish educational history. Instead of investigating the evolution of the schools as an isolated process, he explores the complex interrelations of Irish education, institutions and society.