. JOURNAL OF THE COUNTY DONEGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY IBOOIK l~IEVlllEVNS Ill IRl1SH HISTORJOAL STUDIES Vol. vi., Nos. 23, 24 (Hodges Figgis, Dublin). Price 5/6 per INum.ber. Annual Subscription, 10/-, post free. ,..-,irrs. excellent Journal is .L the joint <Organ of the Irish Historical Society and the Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies. Its editorial and management committee aJ:e dr'awn from hoth sides of the Border and the history faculties of all the' Irish Universities are well represented in each body. The Journal can, therefor,e, be regarded ,ag the filter through which a pure strain of Irish history flows in, we hope, an ever-increasing stiieam. With the close of the year 1'949 the Journal reached its sixth volume and each Society has a long list of very fine historical Bulletins to its credit. While some of the· articles .are localised or sp.ecialised, all are the products of up-to-date authorities on each su:bijec.t. w·e congratulate· the editors on the care with which Irish historical writings are riecorded and thus ~escued from oblivion in the pages of ephemeral and varied publications which, so far, have been the main outlet for the p:mductions of Irish historians. This section of Ill the Journal makes it a work of r1eference which merits a place in every Irish Hibrary__,public or private. We als'O cong~atulate the Journal on its scholarly reviewers -reviewers such as Marcus Mac E'nery, who display that meticulous care and wide knowledge· which would have charmed Father Paul himself and make Mac Enery's review a very satisfactory supplement to Father Paul's Irish Men of Learning. We ·Commend the Journal of Irish Historical Studies to our members .and our l'ieaders; and, in return, we respectfully suggest that the major Irish Historical Societies should take a more active interest in the struggling local historical societies. By doing so ,they will lay the foundation stone of a Clearing House tor co-ordinating identical interests and activities. This unification would strengthen 'the rpoweT of the·major 1bodies with cohsequeIJ.t benefits to all Historical Societies-large and small. J.C.T.M.D. TWIXT FOYLE AND SJWJ1LLY~ By Harry P. Swan: (lHodge.s, Fi1gigli.s & Co. PIP. 247. Witih mrup· and 15'7 ilLu.stration.s.. Price, 10/6.) We :are 'beg:inmng to realise that Inishowen has iflounid a veritalble Boswell in Harry P. Siwan. No detail of .the 11tf.e or lore of his beloved barony. however ins1gn1rficant, ·escapes his eaig1e ·editorilal eye. The s:aJg:a oif our 1island-1pen:ins1Ula is now comrpleite: his Ieisurel~ and del!ightfu1 "Ro1mruntic Inishoiwen.'' ha.is been sUJpplemented by the scholar21~ sh~p 1and technical detai1 of a hand.some companion vo.1rnme. 'Twixt Foyle and SWilly has unearthed a weal1th o:f iillformation, unS1us1pected, one i:ma.gines, even by thie 'rortuniate inhahit:anrt;s of that s'tor1i-ed .land. One wisihes that ev·ery corner oo I•r:eTand had siUtch an anthoL01gist: it would redrrnce the vro~k o:f our I.T.A. scrilbe.s
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