TWO VERY DIFFERENT IRISHMEN WHO GOVERNED MAURITIUS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Ireland has an extraordinary connection with the small multi-ethnic island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. There are Mauritians […]
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Read More →At eleven sharp on the morning of 12 March 1798, a force of thirteen sergeants and a servant, under the command of Justice of the Peace William Swan, descended on […]
Read More →ir,—I am endeavouring to make a study, possibly a book, on Irish heraldic souvenirs often known as Goss ware. Readers may recall that I wrote an article on the topic […]
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