By Laura Fitzachary ‘It must, however, be remembered, when considering their good fortune, that in the day in which they lived beauty was all powerful’ —Francis Gerard, Some celebrated Irish […]
Read More →By Richard Harrington In late 1641, as the dispute between Crown and Parliament in England veered towards civil war, Ireland was torn apart by one of the most chaotic rebellions […]
Read More →By Frank McDonald It was Trevor White, director of the wonderful Little Museum of Dublin, who suggested a year ago that I might write an ‘essay’ for an exhibition it […]
Read More →Declan Keenan’s ‘An inauguration of a MacWilliam Íochtair at Rausakeera, Co. Mayo, during the Nine Years War’ (HI 29.6, Nov./Dec. 2021) included the line (p. 23, top of first column) […]
Read More →Sir,—In his excellent article on Delia Murphy (HI 29.6, Nov./Dec. 2021) Aidan O’Hara stated that Seán Ó Siocháin was a ‘former President of the GAA’. This is incorrect, as Ó […]
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