Connemara after the FamineIn the aftermath of the Great Famine of 1845 52, the Martin Estate in the West of Ireland, 200,000 acres of bog and mountain, was put up for sale. Its mortgagees, the London Law Life Insurance Society, evicted many of the tenants, and in February 1853 sent Thomas Colville Scott to conduct a survey of their property. This is his journal, recently discovered at an auction house in England. Thomas Colville Scott records many an extraordinary encounter

the centenary of Bloomsday

friends and personalities blend with reflections on education

to say nothing of those who simply care about Ireland’s future

mirroring his own desires and uncertainties

He has been on the editorial board of all major Joyce journals

The Guardian

the underlying results of structural and policy decisions made in Brussels or Dublin and their impact on the ground

Dr Akihiro Takei (Osaka Gakuin University)

They range in time and place from France

such as arresting stone carvings and plaster work

The clouds gather as a local conglomerate tries to tempt Johnsey into giving up his family's land

or to browse at his own pace