A man described as ‘one of the greatest advocates of the [nineteenth] century’ has become merely a footnote in history. By Rob Christie Abraham Brewster was born at Ballinulta, Co. […]

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The marquis de Boisseleau and the ‘Battle of the Breach’ at the first siege of Limerick, 1690. By Pádraig Lenihan History recalls Patrick Sarsfield as the hero who saved Limerick […]

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Ireland’s record as regards the slave-trade is far from unblemished. By Laurence Fenton While calls for the removal of a plaque honouring the Galway-born Confederate army officer Dick Dowling from […]

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Over the course of the editorial process, a small error found its way into Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh’s Platform piece, ‘Revisionists? They haven’t gone away, you know’ (HI 28.4, July/Aug. 2020). […]

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A chara,—Would any of your readers be able to help with biographical information about the life and work of the Irishwoman, Maurin Mitchell, who wrote Storm over Spain (1937), which […]

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