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Thomas MacDonagh's second play Metempsychosis (1912)First printed in The Irish Review, the play is a satire of theosophy and occultism. It was first performed on 18,19, 20 April 1912 by the Theatre of Ireland, a company formed in 1906 from a number…

Frontispiece of the March 1913 Irish Review with plate by George Russell (AE) entitled “The Plough and the Earth Spirit.” In the Review under the nom de plume AE, Russell contributed poetry and paintings inspired by his mystic beliefs. He used his…

Frontispiece of the January 1912 Irish Review with a plate by Nathaniel Hone entitled “The Wave.” Nathaniel Hone II (1831-1917) was connected with other important painters and art dealers on the Irish scene such as John B. Yeats, Sarah Purser and…

Frontispiece of the February 1914 Irish Review with plate by Sarah Purser entitled “A Kinsale Fisherwoman.”

Plate for the July 1913 issue of the Irish Review by Harry Clarke. The plate “The Silver Apples of the Moon, the Golden Apples of the Sun” illustrates W.B. Yeats’s poem “The Song of Wandering Aengus.”

Roger Casement’s article, ‘Ireland, Germany and the next War,’ was published in the Irish Review in July 1913 and presents possible scenarios for Ireland in the context of the Home Rule bill and of the growing European tensions. In the Review…

Advertising page of the Irish Review showcasing, among others, ads for MacDonagh's book of poetry Songs of Myself and for the Modernist magazine Open Window.

Cover of the final issue of the Irish Review spanning three months (September to November 1914). The subheading defines the Review as 'A Monthly Magazine of Irish Politics, Literature and Art'.

Cover of the first issue of the Irish Review, March 1911. The subheading defines the Review as 'A Monthly Magazine of Irish Literature, Arts and Science'.

Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington's article about the Women's Movement in Ireland appeared in the Irish Review in July 1912, on the eve of her imprisonment following a demonstration of the Irish Women’s Franchise League in June 1912. As Maria Luddy documents,…