Editorial Staff: Lawrence O’Shaughnessy, Seán McMahon, Eóin McKiernan.

‘The Road to Béal Na mBláth’, by Robert T. Reilly [3]. ‘The Irish Civil War and the Drafting of the Free State Constitution’, by D. H. Akenson and J. F. Fallin [10]. ‘The North Review’, by Martin Wallace [27]. ‘Jeanne Robert Foster’, by Richard Londreville [38]. ‘Joyce’s Use of Yeats and of Irish History: A Reading of "A Mother"’, by Ben L. Collins [45]. ‘The Kindred Vistas of W. B. and Jack B. Yeats’, by Marilyn Caddis Rose [67]. ‘The Fortunes of Words [80].

Appréciation: ‘William Carleton: An Introduction’, by Eileen Ibarra [81]. ‘Peig Sayers’, by Seán Ó Súilleabháin [86]. Current Themes ‘The Irish Art Scene’, by Anthony Butler [92]. ‘The Schools and Music: Reflections on Promise’, by Charles Acton [98]. ‘Language Report: Fourth Quarter, 1969’, by Nollaig Ó Gadhra [110]. Book and Authors Seán McMahon, ‘Francis MacManus’s Novels of Modern Ireland’ [116]. Book Reviews [131]