‘Never reformed because never deformed’ By Yvonne McDermott During the medieval period Ireland played host to many religious orders, following a range of monastic rules and forms of life, […]
Read More →Does photo colourisation bring us closer to the past? By Emily Mark-Fitzgerald In 1988 Ted Turner announced that he intended to colourise Citizen Kane. A critical and popular outcry soon […]
Read More →Sir,—Compliments to Seán Bernard Newman on his excellent article on the Ulster Special Constabulary. He is correct that the weapons toted by the half-squad of B Specials (HI 29.2, March/April […]
Read More →Sir,—I’m doing some research on Martin Haverty, born in Rahoon, Co. Galway, in 1809. He was half-brother to Joseph P., the artist. He wrote a very detailed history of Ireland, […]
Read More →Sir,—I would like to congratulate History Ireland on its recent Hedge School podcast, ‘“Spies and informers beware!”—intelligence and counterintelligence in the War of Independence’ (https://www.historyireland.com/hedge-schools/, scroll down). The panel, chaired […]
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