Sir,—Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc’s letter in response to Nigel Jones’s review of my book, The great cover-up (HI 27.1, March/April 2019), is a rather sad attempt at shooting the messenger. […]
Read More →Sir,—In his otherwise extremely interesting article on H.T. Barrie MP (HI 27.2, March/April 2019), Aaron Callan states: ‘Barrie, however, went to the [1917 Irish] Convention to safeguard the Ulster Unionist […]
Read More →Sir,—Kilmainham Gaol Museum and Down County Museum are looking for descendants and relatives of Peter Byrne, a Dublin man who was one of 2,000 prisoners interned in Ballykinlar Camp, Co. […]
Read More →BY TONY CANAVAN Did Vikings bring leprosy to Ireland? In years past, little was known about how leprosy came to medieval Ireland, but thanks to research done by Queen’s University, […]
Read More →BY AODHÁN CREALEY MAY 11/1917 Belfast-born Dr David Walker (80), surgeon, naturalist and photographer on Captain F.L. McClintock’s expedition to the Arctic (1857–9) which discovered the remains of […]
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