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Ireland's History Magazine

May/June issue

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Sunday 6 June 1518—the day the Renaissance came to Ireland

Hiram Morgan explains the significance of a description of people in Kinsale made by Laurent Vital during an unexpected visit to Ireland.
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Creating facts on the ground:the destruction of Clandeboye
Creating facts on the ground:the destruction of Clandeboye Tom Murphy outlines the process by which a Gaelic lordship became the heartland of British settlement in Ulster. Read More >>

The ‘oral-bishop’: the epicurean theology of Bishop Frederick Hervey, 1730–1803
The ‘oral-bishop’: the epicurean theology of Bishop Frederick Hervey, 1730–1803 Usually dismissed as a fun-loving eccentric, Willa Murphy reassesses the reputation of a Church of Ireland bishop based on a re-reading of his sermons. Read More >>

An Ascendancy and its vampires
An Ascendancy and its vampires On the occasion of the centenary of the death of Bram Stoker, D.R. O’Connor Lysaght provides an analysis of the Irish Gothic literary genre and of its best-known creations, Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Carmilla’ and Stoker’s Dracula. Read More >>

In defence of barmaids:the Gore-Booth sisters take on Winston Churchill
In defence of barmaids:the Gore-Booth sisters take on Winston Churchill Sonja Tiernan recounts how the streets of Manchester became a political battlefield between the most unlikely of opponents in April 1908. What should have been a routine by-election turned into a dramatic episode in a campaign to protect the employment of barmaids. Read More >>

84 Douglas Street, Cork
84 Douglas Street, Cork The birthplace of the writer Frank O’Connor has been restored and is now the Munster Literature Centre. Pat Ruane explains the house’s architectural significance. Read More >>

Edward Carson:Ulster unionist or Irish patriot?
Edward Carson:Ulster unionist or Irish patriot? Iain E. Johnston poses the question: in helping to create Northern Ireland as a bastion for Ulster unionists did Edward Carson abandon his southern unionist roots and his original ‘core value’—a united Ireland within the union? Read More >>

Thanks for the memory: Irish crest ware souvenirs
Thanks for the memory: Irish crest ware souvenirs John Stocks Powell explains the popularity of crest ware, the variety of miniature china pieces bearing town crests or images, which were popular souvenirs of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and can now be found dusty on delft racks or pictured on Ebay. Read More >>

In the line of fire
In the line of fire Marsh’s Library has recently opened its archives covering the period of the Irish Revolution and the creation of the Irish state. Jason McElligott reports on how the library marked—and was marked by—events. Read More >>