Goss ware for Longford, Roscommon and Leitrim

ir,—I am endeavouring to make a study, possibly a book, on Irish heraldic souvenirs often known as Goss ware. Readers may recall that I wrote an article on the topic […]

Easter Rising and the Somme

ir,—Having read Mr McAlister’s reply (Letters, HI 23.4, July/Aug. 2015) with interest, I notice that he has not addressed the issues which I raised. Nowhere in my letter (HI 23.3, […]

Armenian genocide?

ir,—As a close student of the Near East, I would endorse Pat Walsh’s corrective (letters, HI 23.3, May/June 2015) on the use of the word ‘genocide’ with regard to the […]

‘Imaginative and enthusiastic’?

Sir,—I am delighted that Fionnula Smyth (Letters, HI 23.4, July/Aug. 2015) was pleased with my article on wartime Irish shipping in the preceding issue. She takes exception to my ‘imaginative […]

‘Sparsely attended ecumenical services’?

Sir,—As a former president of the Maritime Institute of Ireland and organiser of the memorial services in Dublin for more than three decades, I must take issue with Daire Brunicardi […]