Practicality and principle.(Revival: The Abbey Theatre, Sinn Fein, The Gaelic League and the Co-operative Movement)(Book Review) From: Irish Literary Supplement | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: O'Leary, Philip | COPYRIGHT 2004 Irish Studies Program. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

P. J. MATHEWS Revival: The Abbey Theatre, Sinn Fein, The Gaelic League and the Co-operative Movement Cork University Press in association with Field Day; The University of Notre Dame Press, 2003, 19.95 [euro], $30.00

STUDENTS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY Irish history have long had to cope with an embarrassment of revivals--language, literary, crafts, national, and more. In this fine addition to the Field Day Monographs, P. J. Mathews brings these various cultural, economic, and...