Seán Mac Mathúna (1876–1949)

A chara,—Seán Mac Mathúna (1876–1949) of Luogh, Doolin, Co. Clare, collected folklore during the 1930s and 1940s. Seán was also known as Johnny (Mháirtín) McMahon to his neighbours and friends. […]

Cruise family in Ireland

Sir,—In relation to my letter (HI 27.4, July/August 2019), may I offer some new evidence that Augustino de Cruce should not be regarded as the ‘progenitor’ of the Cruise family […]

100 YEARS AGO: First War of Independence raid on British soldiers (and first reprisal), Fermoy, September 1919

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr The first organised action against British military forces after the Rising took place at Fermoy on Sunday 7 September 1919. The IRA’s Cork No. 2 […]

BITE-SIZED HISTORY

BY TONY CANAVAN Alcock and Brown return to Clifden The two men who made aviation history by becoming the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic are returning to the […]

Plan S

The implications for history journals, researchers and learned societies. By Jacqueline Hill Recent decades have seen certain publishers of science journals focus chiefly on profit. Naturally, libraries and other subscribers […]