Contents
‘Ireland and the Franco-Prussian War’, by Dónal Ó Luanaigh [3] ‘"Wild Irishmen" and the Alien and Sedition Acts’, by Rex Syndergaard [14] ‘Landlords and Land Tenure in Ireland, 1790-1830’, by Gale E. Christianson [25] ‘Catholicism and Democratic Political Development in Ireland’, by David E. Schmitt [59] ‘An Unexplored Question: Celtic Church Influence on Old French Hagiography’, by Paul R. Lonigan. [73] ‘Aubrey deVere's The Sons of Usnach (1884): A Heroic Narrative Poem in Six Cantos’, by Herbert V. Fackler [80] ‘"To Hunger Fiercely after Truth": Daimonic Man and Yeats’s Insatiable Appetite’, by Brian John [90] ‘Zoo Stories: The Novels of Janet McNeill’, by John Wilson Foster [104] Appréciation ‘The Ruined Temples of Sean O'Faolain’, by L. V. Harrod [115] Current Themes ‘Theatre: Possibilities and Problems’, by Desmond Rushe [120] ‘Sovereignty: Flats and Sharps’, by Charles Acton [122] ‘Language Policy - First Quarter, 1974’, by Nollaig Ó Gadhra [133] Books and Authors ‘The New Irish Writers’, by Seán McMahon [136] Book Reviews [144] Notes and Queries ‘New Stamp’ [160]