..., through examination of three case studies – of Cú Chulainn, the Hound of Ulster; the Red Hand; and St Patrick – that medievalism is at the very centre, both chronologically and conceptually, of the historicising reflexes of Irish politics. Catholicism Game of Thrones Ireland nation nationalism...

... important issue in Irish politics, and one that was contentious enough, particularly in the years preceding the outbreak of the Great War (1914–18), to pose a viable threat to the survival of the British state. ²⁵ A successful campaign by elite reformers to introduce ‘uniform’ time across...