Sir,—Seán Beattie (‘The lasting legacy of the last viceroy’, HI 29.5, Sept./Oct. 2021) is not quite correct in saying that Viscount Fitzalan of Derwent was ‘the leading Catholic aristocrat in […]
Read More →Sir,—I would like to take issue with Declan Keenan’s article, ‘An inauguration of a MacWilliam Íochtair at Rausakeera, Co. Mayo, during the Nine Years War’ (HI 29.6, Nov./Dec. 2021), in […]
Read More →BY TONY CANAVAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND WAKES UP Representatives from the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) appeared before TDs and Senators at the Oireachtas Tourism and Culture Committee last […]
Read More →BY AODHÁN CREALEY JANUARY 20/1894 Robert Halpin (57), master mariner, died. Going to sea at the age of ten, Halpin served his apprenticeship on a coal boat, and afterwards joined […]
Read More →By Marie Bourke ‘A maestra of genres and renowned woman artist of the Renaissance’ is how the curator, Dr Aoife Brady, describes Lavinia Fontana. ‘The Visit of the Queen of […]
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