"Clery's forum was The Leader and they represented best, perhaps, what Moran tried to give voice to: an emerging, strong, confident, Catholic professional class aspiring to political independence and to a society pervaded by the Gaelic League philosophy ... Another amusing and prophetic piece." Paidraig O Snodaigh Books Ireland Summer 2003 "increases our understanding of these critical years ... His essays give us a palpable sense of the stifling restrictive proposals put forth during this time." James Joyce Literary Supplement Spring 2005 "University College Dublin Press has now published over thirty 'Classics of Irish History'. These contemporary accounts by well known personalities of historical events and attitudes have an immediacy that conventional histories do not have. Introductions by modern historians provide additional historical background and, with hindsight, objectivity." Books Ireland Nov 2007 "Scholars of nineteenth-century Irish and Irish-American politics should reacquaint themselves with these classics, part of a long running and immensely useful series from University College Dublin Press. Patrick Maume has edited and written the introductions for no less than nine of the books in this series, lending them his breadth of knowledge and keen analysis that have made him one of the most learned and intellectually generous young scholars in the field." Irish Literary Supplement Fall 2008