"Irish Periodical Culture" redefines the contribution of periodicals to the social and intellectual history of Ireland in the developmental decades following the crises of the revolutionary and civil wars. In her foreword to the book, Claire Connolly shows how Ballin analyzes the networks of writers, editors, and readers involved in the creative processes of production while he tells the stories of the rich social and cultural lives of periodicals. Paying special attention to the salient characteristics of the Review, The Miscellany, and The Little Magazine, Ballin illustrates their histories in comprehensive examples drawn from Ireland and England. This book provides distinctive insights into genre's role in periodicals through a comparison with the behaviors of periodicals in Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland and is able to elucidate the long range significance of periodicals.