From the files of the DIB…‘The exterminator’

BINGHAM, George Charles (1800–88), 3rd earl of Lucan, soldier and landlord, was born on 16 April 1800 in London, eldest son of Richard Bingham, 2nd earl of Lucan, and his […]

From the editor

Ireland’s fascist real McCoy We in Ireland have always prided ourselves on the robustness and durability of our democratic institutions. Of all the European states that gained independence in the […]

The Great Famine general election of 1847

The ultimate responsibility for failure to cope effectively with the disaster of the Famine lay with the Westminster parliament, but we should remember that Ireland in 1847 returned 105 MPs […]

King Billy’s sexuality

In his article ‘Billy’s Boys’ in the last issue, it is a pity thatBrian Lacy does not answer the question posed in the introduction, thatis, whether William III was in […]

Ethnic cleansing and Tomás Rua Ó Suilleabháin

Sir,—In an earlier letter (HI 20.5, Sept./Oct. 2012) I suggested that the last lines of Tomás Rua Ó Suilleabháin’s praise-poem ‘Sé Domhnall Binn Ó Conaill caoin’ amounted to an unambiguous […]