Redefining the enemy: paganism or commercial thuggery?

Harry Grattan Guinness’s journey from preaching to politics. By Catherine Guinness Henry Grattan Guinness is a charismatic figure well known to many, a leader of the evangelical revival of the […]

‘Every delicacy of the season’—conspicuous consumption during the Great Hunger

Regattas and horse-racing, flower shows and fashion, balls and banquets where the tables groaned under the weight of the sumptuous repast are the unlikely topics of this article related to […]

‘Republicans seeking asylum’

An ambitious scheme to build a ‘New Geneva’ on the Waterford coast in 1782 attracted a number of Swiss exiles, but ultimately floundered. By Isadore Ryan The story starts during […]

‘Warfare of the dirtiest, filthiest kind’

The United Irish League of America (UILA), Clan na Gael and The Cloven Foot By Tony King Established in New York on 4 December 1901, the United Irish League of […]

‘Champion of the Slaves’—Howe Peter Browne, 2nd marquess of Sligo (1788–1845)

As racism rears its head in the 21st century, an account of the efforts of one Irishman in the fight against slavery in the nineteenth century is timely. By Anne […]