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Niamh Reilly, Established Professor of Political Science and Sociology, pictured with President Michael D. Higgins and Sabina Higgins at a Christmas reception at Áras an Uachtaráin on Thursday, December 14th. The event acknowledged recent contributions to Irish history, literature and culture, including the republication of the new, annotated edition of The Material for Victory: The Memoirs of Andrew J. Kettle, published by the Open Press at the University of Galway. In addition to a new introduction and extended family biography by Niamh, who is a great-great-granddaughter of Andrew Kettle, the book contains comprehensive footnotes researched and written by Niamh and her colleague, Dr. Jane O'Brien. Niamh attended the special event at Áras an Uachtaráin with members of the Kettles Heritage Society in Swords, Co. Dublin, where Andrew J. Kettle, a cofounder and leader of the Irish National Land League, was born and raised. At the event, President Michael D. Higgins, who wrote the Foreword to the new edition of the memoirs, warmly welcomed the publication, noting, in particular, its value as a study in the bond of friendship through difficult times between Kettle and Parnell. To download the book, visit: https://openpress.universityofgalway.ie/materialforvictory/