St Gallen is a small city in the north-east of Switzerland with a 1,400-year-old history. Its surprisingly close link with Ireland, which has continued to the present day, dates back […]
Read More →Sir,—I must mention one mistake in your otherwise excellent presentation of my article, ‘Labour in waiting: the after-effects of the Dublin Lockout’, in the last issue (HI 21.4, July/August 1913). […]
Read More →Sir,—I have read with great interest Roger Stalley’s suggestion (HI 21.3, May/June 2013, ‘Iona, the Vikings and the making of the Book of Kells’) that the practice of exorcism may […]
Read More →Sir,—Gerard P. Montague rightly asserts (HI, May/June 2013, letters) that historical facts should form the basis for current discussion. Still, the facts must be correct. The ‘pro-life’ position of the […]
Read More →Sir,—As a practising historian I took Ruán O’Donnell’s advice in his opinion piece on the Boston College tapes (HI 21.3, May/June 2013) to ‘reflect on the integrity’ of our profession, […]
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