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Peter Hart and his enemies...

Peter Hart and his enemies...



Following last issue’s unprecedented response in our letters pages to his interview in the previous issue (March/April 2005), Peter Hart responds to his critics.
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The irish ‘Greyhound’ Pig: an extinct indigenous breed of pig
The irish ‘Greyhound’ Pig: an extinct indigenous breed of pig

When this photograph (above) of an Irish Greyhound pig sow was taken in Rosmuc, Co. Galway, c. 1900 this intriguingly named animal was on the brink of extinction. In fact, it was widely believed that the Irish Greyhound pig was already extinct before 1900. Oisín Fitzgerald investigates.

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The (show?) trial of Robert Emmet
The (show?) trial of Robert Emmet

In all received versions of Emmet’s rebellion his trial features almost solely as the occasion for his celebrated speech from the dock: the trial itself has been little studied. Adrian Hardiman redresses that lacuna.

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Andrew Reed (1837–1914): a very civil policeman
Andrew Reed (1837–1914): a very civil policeman

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St Ultan’s: a women’s hospital for infants
St Ultan’s: a women’s hospital for infants

St Ultan’s Hospital for Infants (Teach Ultáin) was the only hospital in Ireland set up and run entirely by women. Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh outlines the circumstances of its foundation and analyses its role in the 1920s and ’30s.

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The Tithe War; reports by Church of Ireland clergymen to Dublin Castle
The Tithe War; reports by Church of Ireland clergymen to Dublin Castle

While engaged in genealogical research in the National Archives, Stephen McCormac came across lists of tithe defaulters for the year 1831. Covering 232 parishes and comprising over 29,000 names (including occupation, place of abode, property on which the tithes were due, the amount and arrears), these lists are an invaluable source for both historians of the Tithe War and genealogists.

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The View from Pittsburgh
The View from Pittsburgh

What has theatricality to do with radical politics in late eighteenth-century east Ulster; modernisation with Presbyterianism; or linen manufacture with sectarian conflict in County Armagh? These are the sorts of questions that David Miller’s books and many essays seek to answer (and just as importantly, perhaps, to frame). Always innovative, never less than interesting, throughout his career Miller has been notable among Irish historians for his creative application to history of concepts drawn from the social sciences. Jim Smyth spoke with him recently.

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