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

Contents
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]