Sir,—I thoroughly enjoyed Samuel Kinirons’s article (HI 24.1, Jan./Feb. 2016) wherein he traced the footsteps of Richard II in the south-east in 1394 during his campaign against Art McMurrough. I […]
Read More →By Robert Ballagh In 1991 Dr Eoin McKiernan, founder of the Irish American Cultural Institute, penned an article for the official programme of the New York St Patrick’s Day Parade […]
Read More →75TH ANNIVERSARY By Brian Barton In his book Post 381, Jimmy Doherty, former air-raid warden, describes the Belfast blitz as being the ‘most disastrous event in the history of the […]
Read More →by Tony Canavan What on the face of it seems a petty quarrel could scupper state funding for a museum dedicated to Dublin life 100 years ago. Minister of State […]
Read More →By Shay Kinsella On Easter Monday night 1916, Mrs Eleonore Connor walked the floors of her home on Montgomery Street, Carlow, anxiously awaiting the return of her husband. Prevailed upon […]
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