Sir,—Your last editorial (HI 26.4, July/August 2018) provides an interesting summary of the evolution of Irish society and its relationship with Catholicism. From a position of being overly deferential towards […]
Read More →Sir,—In your last issue (HI 26.5, July/August 2018), your feature on ‘The curse of St Laurence O’Toole’ by Dr Jesse Harrington omitted an important factor with wide implications. The sister […]
Read More →Sir,—We are Joe Duffy and Freya McClements, two journalists and authors who are writing a book that remembers the children—aged sixteen and under—who were killed during the period known as […]
Read More →Sir,—When the lord lieutenant handed over Dublin Castle on 16 January 1922 he was acting in accordance with the terms of the Treaty, as ratified by Dáil Éireann. As Donal […]
Read More →Sir,—No doubt Padraig Yeates (HI 26.4, July/August 2018, Letters) did not mean to imply that the Catholic Church inspired the anti-conscription strike. However, he stimulates belief that he did mean […]
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