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 […]

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 […]