Editorial Staff: Joseph Connors, James T. Farrell, Lawrence O’Shaughnessy, Seán McMahon, Eóin McKiernan.

Editors’ Notes [3]. ‘ACIS Editor’s Introduction’, by Robert E. Rhodes [7]. ‘Image of Nationhood’, by Mary C. ‘Bromage [11]. ‘Types and Causes of Disputes in an Irish Community’, by John C. Messenger [27]. ‘Swift of Dublin’, by Denis Johnston [38]. ‘The Three Faces of Brian Nolan’, by Bernard Benstock [51]. ‘Crisis and Ritual in Brian Moore’s Belfast Novels’, by John Wilson Foster [66]. ‘The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland: 1898-1918’, by David W. Miller [75]. ‘The Irish Question: The British Foreign Office and the American Political Convention of 1920’, by Thomas E. Hachey [92]. Current Themes ‘Language Report: April-June, 1968’, by Nollaig Ó Gadhra [107]. ‘The Irish Art Scene’, by Anthony Butler [110]. ‘A Review of Phonograph Records of Irish Interest’, by Charles Acton [113]. Books and Authors ‘The Parish and the Universe’, by Sean McMahon [157]. Reviews [169]. Notes and Queries [181]. Our Contributors [183]. Cover [10]