Arthur Griffith and anti-Semitism

Sir,—D.R. O’Connor Lysaght writes (HI 24.4, July/August 2016) that my ‘interesting article’ on Arthur Griffith and Jews ‘is marred by an implicit assumption that because its subject supported Zionism he […]

Bite-sized History

BY TONY CANAVAN Time lost With all the attention on the centenaries of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme, some other centenaries of Irish interest have been […]

Hugh II de Lacy and the Albigensian Crusade

Sir,—Paul Duffy’s interesting article on Hugh II de Lacy and the Albigensian Crusade (HI 24.5, Sept./Oct.) makes no mention of the central fact of that event which, like the ‘crusades’ […]

Casement’s Black Diaries

Sir,—A coda, if I may, to my article ‘Roger Casement and the History Question’ (HI 24.4, July/August 2016) that responds to the letters in the following issue. When working as […]

DMP Arrest Books now available on-line

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON LIFE IN DUBLIN DURING A TIME OF WAR AND REVOLUTION The Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) Arrest or Prisoners’ Books for 1905–7 and 1911–18 are amongst the most […]