CASTILIAN–IRISH TRADE IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES

By Gonzalo Franco-Ordovás On 16 March 1545, the Valladolid court of justice resolved a dispute between the inhabitants of the Castilian coastal village of Castro de Urdiales. The conflict had […]

ST SUNNIVA—IRELAND’S MEDIEVAL MARTYR-QUEEN

By Meredith Cutrer The 7th of September 1170 marked a momentous occasion in Bergen, Norway: the relics of the Irish martyr-queen Sunniva were transferred from the island of Selja, off […]

A LIBRARY BY ANY OTHER NAME?

By Clare Marie Moriarty Revelations about philosopher George Berkeley’s historical activities have raised questions about the wisdom of having a Trinity College library named after him. The revelations are not […]

BRIAN NELSON

Sir,—Please allow me to congratulate your contributor Ian S. Wood, ‘Brian Nelson—the rise and fall of a double agent’ (HI 31.2, March/April 2023), for managing to write a four-page article […]

DISAPPOINTED

Sir,—I was very disappointed with Joe Culley’s ‘review’ of Paul Galvin’s book Threads (HI 31.1, Jan./Feb. 2023, Bookworm). By his own admission Mr Culley abandoned the book after three of […]