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

‘Muted Heritage: Gaelic in an American City’, by Dennis Clark [3]. ‘Notes on Civil War Irish Seamen’, by John DeCourcy Ireland [8]. ‘Eva Gore-Booth on Behalf of Roger Casement: An Unpublished Appeal’, by Michael Begnal [11]. ‘The Obscurity of George Fitzmaurice’, by John P. Conbere [17]. ‘Pages from an Irishman’s Diary: This Period Then’, by Pádraig Ó Maidín [27]. ‘The King, the Constitution, and Ulster: Interparty Negotiations of 1913 and 1914’, by John D. Fair [35]. ‘Wordsworth in Ireland, 1829: A Survey of His Tour’, by Herbert V. Fackler [53]. ‘The Approach to an Irish Poor Law, 1828-33’, by Thomas G. Conway [65]. ‘Ferguson and the Idea of an Irish National Literature’, by Robert O’Driscoll [82]. ‘The Fortunes of Words’ [96]. Current Themes ‘Sound Idiocy’, by Desmond Rushe [97]. ‘The Irish Art Scene’, by Anthony Butler [100]. ‘Interview with Seán Ó Riada [106]. ‘Language Report: Fourth Quarter, 1970’, by Nollaig Ó Gadhra [115]. Books and Authors ‘Town and Country’, by Seán McMahon [120]. Reviews [132]. Cover [7]. Notes and Queries [43]