Galileo and Peter Lombard

In 1979, in one of the first public addresses of his pontificate, Pope John Paul II called for a new study of the long-contested ‘Galileo affair’ that would permit ‘a […]

After the Flight: the Plantation of Ulster

When the principal Ulster lords, together with almost 100 of their followers, fled the province in September 1607 they left behind a situation of some confusion. Among their own followers […]

“Anocht is Uaigneach Éire”

Is mó dán a ghin an tarlaing a dtugtar ‘Imeacht na nIarlaí’ coitianta air. Bainean dhá cheann de na dánta sin leis an imeacht féin agus leis an long a […]

From the Editor…

Ireland and slavery This year marks the bicentenary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire of which Ireland was then part. Hence the particular emphasis on slavery in […]

Seán South

Sir, —I refer to Kevin Haddick Flynn’s article on Seán South (HI 15.1,Jan./Feb. 2007). The claim in the final paragraph that there were‘4,000 full-time RUC men’ is inaccurate. The RUC […]