''Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review'' is an Irish scholarly journal established in 1912, with its first issue published in March 1912. It is published by Messenger Publications for the Jesuits of Ireland. Its current editor, appointed in 2021, is Dr Dermot Roantree, of the Irish Jesuit Communications office. He is the first lay editor of the journal. Other editors have included P. J. Connolly S.J.(from 1916 to 1950), Fergus O'Donoghue S.J. (2001-2011) and Bruce Bradley S.J.(2011-2021). Founded in 1912, it was seen as a replacement for ''The New Ireland Review'' (1894-1911), and the earlier''Lyceum'' (1887-1894). Among the founders were UCD Professors Thomas A. Finlay SJ (Professor of Philosophy and Economics, who also founded the New Ireland Review and Lyceum) and Timothy Corcoran SJ (Professor of Education), Alfred O’Rahilly who was training to be a Jesuit was instrumental in its founding and contributed many articles to it.What publications of the last century tell us of what our fathers really thought…
by J. Anthony Gaughan, The Irish Catholic, February 10, 2022.

Contributors

A number of famous people who have contributed articles to the journal include former taoisigh,

Garret FitzGerald Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 192619 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987, a ...

Seán Lemass Seán Francis Lemass (born John Francis Lemass; 15 July 1899 – 11 May 1971) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1959 to 1966. He also served as Tánaiste from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954 ...

, and economists

John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, ( ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originally trained in ...

, Peter Sutherland and

Ray Kinsella Raymond Thomas Kinsella (January 27, 1911 – April 29, 1996) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for who played 14 games in the National Hockey League with the Ottawa Senators during the 1930–31 season. The rest of his career ...

. Others include Prof. E. F. O'Doherty and poet Patrick Kavanagh.

References

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