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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The tensions existing between what historians call ‘the two histories’.
Dr Regan and Mr Snide
'Ireland corporate of itself'
The palpable and enduring effect of the Reformation on Irish history should not be allowed to obscure the impact also made by the Renaissance.
In Europe, the eighteenth century was known as the Age of Enlightenment or the Age of Reason. Intellectuals firmly believed that men were perfectible and that having achieved that state an era of harmony, peace and progress would emerge. Armed with these ideas they set out to reform every aspect of society ranging from education through politics and social life to prisons.
The ballad known as McCafferty or McCaffery has long been a favourite. It was said to have been so popular that it was banned in the British army, since it appeared to the authorities to be altogether too sympathetic to Private Patrick McCaffery, who had been executed for shooting two of his superior officers.
Elected to the Senate two years ago for the National University, Professor Joe Lee of University College Cork is probably Ireland’s best known modern historian. Gráinne Henry caught up with him recently.
How far can British government be held responsible for the Famine mortality of over one million in five years? What were the ideological motivations and constraints on ministers, and the effects of these on the formation of policy, particularly in the worst years of the Famine from mid-1846 to mid-1849?
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