Jane Ohlmeyer
Ronan McDonald reviews ‘Making Empire: Ireland, imperialism, and the early modern world’ by Jane Ohlmeyer
Ronan McDonald
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Here is a joke that used to do the rounds during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. A plane was about to land in Belfast. During its descent, the pilot’s voice came over the announcement system: ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, we are now approaching Belfast International Airport. Welcome to Ulster. Please set your watches back four hundred years.’
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March 2024, no. 462