By Damian Murphy The neo-Palladian Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon, was built c. 1730 for John French (d. 1734) or his son Arthur (d. 1761), its design attributable to Richard Castle (d. […]
Read More →By John Marshall What did William Marshal ever do for us? Described by renowned historian A.J. Otway-Ruthven as ‘perhaps the ablest and most remarkable of all the Norman leaders’, Marshal […]
Read More →By Aileen Bowe The relationship between Ireland and the UK could best be described as ‘complicated’. Reams and reams have been written about various historical events involving both countries, sometimes […]
Read More →By Kevin Whelan Seamus Deane was born in 1940 in the Bogside in Derry, on the border between north and south. For centuries the Bogside had been a festering […]
Read More →Sir,—The Teaching Council of Ireland currently requires that Irish history comprise a quarter of history modules taken in the university study of history in second and third year by aspirant […]
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