A souvenir of ‘Sinn Féin’s revolution’

Sir,—As the ‘big one’ approaches in 2016, it is worth looking back on how the description ‘Sinn Féin’s revolution’, used in ‘Class dismissed’ by Brian Hanley and in ‘Helena Molony: […]

Larne, Howth and the First World War

Sir,—I welcome the call, from the historians at the 16 May History Ireland ‘Hedge School’, for critical analysis of the ‘decade of centenaries’ events from 1912–22. I have been reflecting […]

Ernest Kavanagh’s ‘Dublin Labour War’

Sir,—Ernest Kavanagh’s cartoon ‘Dublin Labour War’, which appeared on p. 34 of your recent special issue on the 1913 Lockout (HI 21.4, July/August 2013), did not actually appear in the […]

Auxiliary ‘cadets’

Sir,—Reading Las Fallon’s reference (HI 21.4, July/August 2013, letters) to ‘Auxiliary police’ killed in the Kilmichael ambush, the ‘man on the Clapham omnibus’ might well think he was referring to […]

James Byrne—‘a martyr to the sacred cause of liberty’

Sir,—I recently purchased the special issue of History Ireland, which featured some very interesting articles on the 1913 Lockout. I thought your readers might be interested in the story of […]