O’CONNELL SCHOOL ALUMNI AND THE REVOLUTIONARY DECADE

A chara,—The erudite, normally precise Joe Connell, in the course of his article on the execution of four anti-Treaty IRA leaders (HI 31.1, Jan./Feb. 2023, 100 Years Ago), states that […]

RIC, RCMP AND TPS

Sir,—Gerry McAlister (HI 31.2, March/April 2023, Letters), regarding the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and the RIC, states that: ‘The role of the RIC acting on behalf of the colonial […]

THE KEATINGS AND OTHER DEISE REPUBLICANS

Sir,—Míle buíochas to David Prendergast for his excellent summation (HI 31.2, March/April 2023) of the events surrounding the arguably unnecessary April 1923 death of Volunteer Tom Keating. Along with other […]

NIALL MEEHAN’S REVIEW OF ROTTEN PROD

Owing to a software gremlin, Niall Meehan’s review of Emmet O’Connor’s Rotten Prod: the unlikely career of Dongaree Baird (UCD Press) in the March/April 2023 issue of History Ireland was […]

LEST WE FORGET

Sir,—The very striking cover image of Robert Ballagh’s painting, Lest we forget, and the accompanying article ‘John Charles McQuaid reassessed?’ by Mary Kenny (HI 31.2, March/April 2023) together make a […]