Ballymena

Sir,—I thoroughly enjoyed Philip Orr’s article on Ballymena during the Home Rule crisis (HI 20.6, Nov./Dec. 2012). I have lived in the town for 40 years and taught history here […]

Museum Eye

Kilmainham Gaol Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 +353 (0)1 4535984
/4532037
(fax), kilmainhamgaol@opw.ie April–Sept.: daily 9.30am–6pm (last admission one hour before closing) Oct.–March: Mon.–Sat. 9.30am–5.30pm; Sun. 10am–6pm Adult €5.30; senior/group €3.70; child/student […]

‘No worse and no better’: Irish women and backstreet abortions

Addressing the jury in the course of George J.’s trial for using an instrument with intent to procure the miscarriage of his girlfriend Carrie D. in June 1945, Mr Justice […]

Che in Limerick

Sir, —I read with interest Jim Fitzpatrick’s recollections of meeting Che Guevara in Kilkee in 1962 in your July/August 2008 issue. He mentioned that, according to folklore, another visit to […]

John Neale

Sir, —I’m trying to find more information on an individual called JohnNeale. He was a ‘young socialist cockney member of the Irish CitizenArmy’ who acted as a lookout on top […]