The following papers dealing with education in Ireland are presented: "The Fortunes of Education as a Subject of Study and of Research in Ireland" (John Coolahan); "The Irish Charter Schools: The Grand Design in Principle and Practice" (Kenneth Milne); "Quaker Education in 18th and 19th Century Ireland" (Cyril G. Brannigan); "Images of Women in Nineteenth Century Schoolbooks" (Lorcan Walsh); "An Assessment of Rev. Professor Timothy J. Corcoran's Major Works in the Field of Irish Educational Historiography" (James G. Deegan); "St. Dominic's--The Rise and Fall of a Training College 1907-1924" (Finbarr O'Driscoll); "One Approach to Moral Education for Secondary Schools in the United States" (Gerald M. Reagan); "Language Manipulation: Doublespeak in Education" (Richard Pratte); "Some Curricular Aspects of Social and Civic Education in Ireland, 1966-1984" (Mairtin Fahy); "What Use Is Day Release?" (J. R. McCarthy); "Compensation for Deficiencies in the Second-Level System" (Tom Baum and Linda McLoughlin); "Summer Recreation Provision in America and Northern Ireland - A Comparative Overview" (Paul G. J. Anthony); "Rethinking the Nature of Educational Studies" (Padraig Hogan); "The First Blast of the Trumpet against the Monstrous Regiment of the Disciplines (Theorising about Theory of Education)" (Michael McKeown); "Some Philosophical Issues Relating to the Identification of Education with the Development of Reason" (Peter J. Gargan); "Predicting Success in First University Examinations in Home Economics Colleges of Education" (Eamonn O'Baiollain); "Imagination: That One Talent That Lies Buried" (Seamus V. O'Suilleabhain); and "School Choice and School Catchment: Post-Primary Education in Galway City" (Seamus Grimes). (RM)