Irish women suffragist ephemera

Sir,—I am issuing a public appeal for information on surviving objects and archives related to Irish women suffragists. I am a museum archaeologist and material culture historian, currently compiling a […]

Captain Jack White & Wales

Sir,—Angus Mitchell’s review of Leo Keohane’s book on Jack White (HI 23.2, March/April 2015) coincided with the start of my interest in White while preparing research to be published on […]

10 Downing Street steps 

Sir,—In disputing the attribution of a photograph of the New Zealand prime minister ‘outside 10 Downing Street’ (HI 23.6, Nov./Dec. 2015, p. 35), W. Peter Dunne claims to be familiar […]

Broken soldiers

Sir,—Michael Robinson’s ‘Broken soldiers’ (HI 24.2, March/April 2016) was a most interesting read. His observation that ‘medical officers were not initially paid for a man rejected’ on examination for recruitment […]

Irish nationalism a liability to the Irish language?

Sir,—In his review of Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh’s I mBéal an Bháis: The Great Famine and the language shift in nineteenth-century Ireland (HI 24.1, Jan./Feb. 2016), Proinsias Ó Drisceoil makes a […]