2024

Girvin, B. (2024) Fragile but resilient? Democratic consolidation in the Irish Free State. Irish Political Studies, (doi: 10.1080/07907184.2024.2334493) (Early Online Publication)

Girvin, B. (2024) Owen Sheehy Skeffington and the birth of liberal Ireland. History Ireland, 32(2), pp. 45-81.

2023

Girvin, B. (2023) Putin, national self-determination and political independence in the twenty-first century. Nations and Nationalism, 29(1), pp. 39-44. (doi: 10.1111/nana.12876)

2020

Girvin, B. (2020) From civic pluralism to ethnoreligious majoritarianism: majority nationalism in India. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 26(10), pp. 27-45. (doi: 10.1080/13537113.2020.1716437)

2018

Girvin, B. (2018) An Irish solution to an Irish problem: Catholicism, contraception and change, 1922–1979. Contemporary European History, 27(1), pp. 1-22. (doi: 10.1017/S0960777317000443)

2017

Girvin, B. (2017) Electoral competition in Ireland since 1987: the politics of triumph and despair. West European Politics, 40(2), pp. 492-494. (doi: 10.1080/01402382.2016.1260871)[Book Review]

2012

Girvin, B. (2012) Review of: 'The Irish sweep: a history of the Irish hospitals sweepstake, 1930-87' by Marie Coleman. English Historical Review, CXXVII(524), pp. 231-232. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cer331)[Book Review]

2011

Girvin, B. (2011) Review of 'War and Peace: Ireland since the 1960s' by Christine Kinealy. Journal of British Studies, 50(4), pp. 1014-1016. (doi: 10.1086/661016)[Book Review]

Girvin, B. (2011) Faith in politics: religion and liberal democracy. Acta Politica, 46(2), pp. 207-211. (doi: 10.1057/ap.2011.7)

Girvin, B. (2011) Review of 'Ireland: a history' by Thomas Bartlett. English Historical Review, 126(519), pp. 397-399. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cer031)[Book Review]

Girvin, B. (2011) Celtic Tiger in collapse: explaining the weaknesses of the Irish model; Transforming Ireland: challenges, critiques, resources. Irish Political Studies, 26(3), pp. 421-423. (doi: 10.1080/07907184.2011.599538)

2010

Girvin, B. (2010) Before the Celtic tiger: change without modernisation in Ireland 1959-1989. Economic and Social Review, 41(3), pp. 349-366.

Girvin, B. (2010) Review of 'New perspectives on the Irish in Scotland' by Martin J. Mitchell. English Historical Review, 125(512), pp. 216-218. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cep353)

Girvin, B. and Murphy, G. (Eds.) (2010) Continuity, Change and Crisis in Contemporary Ireland. Routledge: London.

Girvin, B. (2010) Historical Dimension of Ireland's Road to Modernisation and Europeanisation. In: Böss, M. (ed.) The nation State in transformation: Economic Globalisation, Institutional Mediation and Political Values. Aarhus University Press: Aarhus, pp. 60-84. ISBN 9788779344921

Girvin, B. (2010) Ireland: More Referendums Anyone? In: Carbone, M. (ed.) National Politics and European Integration: From the Constitution to the Lisbon Treaty. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 126-143. ISBN 978 1 84844 346 4

2009

Girvin, B. (2009) Review of: 'Guarding neutral Ireland: the coast watching service and military intelligence, 1939-1945' by Michael Kennedy. American Historical Review, 114(5), pp. 1535-1536. (doi: 10.1086/ahr.114.5.1535)

Girvin, B. (2009) Review of 'Christian democracy and the origins of the European Union' by Wolfram Kaiser. West European Politics, 32(1), pp. 231-232.

Girvin, B. (2009) Beyond Revisionism? Some Recent Contributions to the Study of Modern Ireland. English Historical Review, CXXIV(506), pp. 94-107.

Girvin, B. (2009) The Treaty of Rome and Ireland’s Developmental Dilemma. In: Gehler, M. (ed.) From Common Market to European Union Building: 50 years of the Rome Treaties 1957-2007. Böhlau Verlag: Vienna, pp. 573-95.

2008

Girvin, B. (2008) Contraception, Moral Panic and Social Change in Ireland, 1969-79. Irish Political Studies, 23(4), pp. 555-576. (doi: 10.1080/07907180802452804)

Girvin, B. (2008) Rendering to God and Caesar: The Irish Churches and the Two States in Ireland 1949-73 by Daithi Õ Corrain (Manchester, 2006). Irish Political Studies, 23(3), pp. 441-443. (doi: 10.1080/07907180802246768)[Book Review]

Girvin, B. (2008) That Neutral Island: A Cultural History of Ireland During the Second World War, by Clair Wills. (London: Faber & Faber, 2007; pp. 502). English Historical Review, 123(502), pp. 798-800. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cen153)[Book Review]

Girvin, B. (2008) Church, State and society in Ireland since 1960. Éire-Ireland, 43(1&2), pp. 74-98.

Girvin, B. (2008) Continuity, Change and Crisis in Ireland: and Introduction and Discussion. Irish Political Studies, 23(4), pp. 457-474.

Girvin, B. (2008) Political culture, political independence and economic success in Ireland. In: McGrath, C. and O’Malley, E. (eds.) Irish Political Studies Reader: Key Contributions. Routledge: London, pp. 61-89.

Articles

Girvin, B. (2024) Fragile but resilient? Democratic consolidation in the Irish Free State. Irish Political Studies, (doi: 10.1080/07907184.2024.2334493) (Early Online Publication)

Girvin, B. (2024) Owen Sheehy Skeffington and the birth of liberal Ireland. History Ireland, 32(2), pp. 45-81.

Girvin, B. (2023) Putin, national self-determination and political independence in the twenty-first century. Nations and Nationalism, 29(1), pp. 39-44. (doi: 10.1111/nana.12876)

Girvin, B. (2020) From civic pluralism to ethnoreligious majoritarianism: majority nationalism in India. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 26(10), pp. 27-45. (doi: 10.1080/13537113.2020.1716437)

Girvin, B. (2018) An Irish solution to an Irish problem: Catholicism, contraception and change, 1922–1979. Contemporary European History, 27(1), pp. 1-22. (doi: 10.1017/S0960777317000443)

Girvin, B. (2011) Faith in politics: religion and liberal democracy. Acta Politica, 46(2), pp. 207-211. (doi: 10.1057/ap.2011.7)

Girvin, B. (2011) Celtic Tiger in collapse: explaining the weaknesses of the Irish model; Transforming Ireland: challenges, critiques, resources. Irish Political Studies, 26(3), pp. 421-423. (doi: 10.1080/07907184.2011.599538)

Girvin, B. (2010) Before the Celtic tiger: change without modernisation in Ireland 1959-1989. Economic and Social Review, 41(3), pp. 349-366.

Girvin, B. (2010) Review of 'New perspectives on the Irish in Scotland' by Martin J. Mitchell. English Historical Review, 125(512), pp. 216-218. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cep353)

Girvin, B. (2009) Review of: 'Guarding neutral Ireland: the coast watching service and military intelligence, 1939-1945' by Michael Kennedy. American Historical Review, 114(5), pp. 1535-1536. (doi: 10.1086/ahr.114.5.1535)

Girvin, B. (2009) Review of 'Christian democracy and the origins of the European Union' by Wolfram Kaiser. West European Politics, 32(1), pp. 231-232.

Girvin, B. (2009) Beyond Revisionism? Some Recent Contributions to the Study of Modern Ireland. English Historical Review, CXXIV(506), pp. 94-107.

Girvin, B. (2008) Contraception, Moral Panic and Social Change in Ireland, 1969-79. Irish Political Studies, 23(4), pp. 555-576. (doi: 10.1080/07907180802452804)

Girvin, B. (2008) Church, State and society in Ireland since 1960. Éire-Ireland, 43(1&2), pp. 74-98.

Girvin, B. (2008) Continuity, Change and Crisis in Ireland: and Introduction and Discussion. Irish Political Studies, 23(4), pp. 457-474.

Book Sections

Girvin, B. (2010) Historical Dimension of Ireland's Road to Modernisation and Europeanisation. In: Böss, M. (ed.) The nation State in transformation: Economic Globalisation, Institutional Mediation and Political Values. Aarhus University Press: Aarhus, pp. 60-84. ISBN 9788779344921

Girvin, B. (2010) Ireland: More Referendums Anyone? In: Carbone, M. (ed.) National Politics and European Integration: From the Constitution to the Lisbon Treaty. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 126-143. ISBN 978 1 84844 346 4

Girvin, B. (2009) The Treaty of Rome and Ireland’s Developmental Dilemma. In: Gehler, M. (ed.) From Common Market to European Union Building: 50 years of the Rome Treaties 1957-2007. Böhlau Verlag: Vienna, pp. 573-95.

Girvin, B. (2008) Political culture, political independence and economic success in Ireland. In: McGrath, C. and O’Malley, E. (eds.) Irish Political Studies Reader: Key Contributions. Routledge: London, pp. 61-89.

Book Reviews

Girvin, B. (2017) Electoral competition in Ireland since 1987: the politics of triumph and despair. West European Politics, 40(2), pp. 492-494. (doi: 10.1080/01402382.2016.1260871)[Book Review]

Girvin, B. (2012) Review of: 'The Irish sweep: a history of the Irish hospitals sweepstake, 1930-87' by Marie Coleman. English Historical Review, CXXVII(524), pp. 231-232. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cer331)[Book Review]

Girvin, B. (2011) Review of 'War and Peace: Ireland since the 1960s' by Christine Kinealy. Journal of British Studies, 50(4), pp. 1014-1016. (doi: 10.1086/661016)[Book Review]

Girvin, B. (2011) Review of 'Ireland: a history' by Thomas Bartlett. English Historical Review, 126(519), pp. 397-399. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cer031)[Book Review]

Girvin, B. (2008) Rendering to God and Caesar: The Irish Churches and the Two States in Ireland 1949-73 by Daithi Õ Corrain (Manchester, 2006). Irish Political Studies, 23(3), pp. 441-443. (doi: 10.1080/07907180802246768)[Book Review]

Girvin, B. (2008) That Neutral Island: A Cultural History of Ireland During the Second World War, by Clair Wills. (London: Faber & Faber, 2007; pp. 502). English Historical Review, 123(502), pp. 798-800. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cen153)[Book Review]

Edited Books

Girvin, B. and Murphy, G. (Eds.) (2010) Continuity, Change and Crisis in Contemporary Ireland. Routledge: London.