00811cas a2200145   4500008004100000022001300041035002000054050004600074245001200120260001000132310001300142362005900155520043300214650001800647170519n                            eng u  a03321169  a(Sirsi) a203065  ahttp://www.jstor.org/subject/irishstudies  aSaothar  aJSTOR  aAnnually  aVol.   1  ,   No.  1   ,  1975  -   Vol.   36  ,  2011  aIt is only when you see a complete set of Saothar, which first appeared on May Day 1975, sitting on a library shelf that you appreciate what an achievement for the Irish Labour History Society (ILHS) the journal is. This is remarkable given the almost total absence of any academic base for the subject in 1975. It is even more remarkable when the continuing narrowness - perhaps even the narrowing - of that base is considered.  aIrish Studies