‘The Hue and Cry of Heresy’ John Toland, Isaac Newton & the Social Context of Scientists

John Toland (1670-1722) was probably born near Clonmany in Inishowen, County Donegal, into a Catholic Irish-speaking environment. As a child he courted infamy by arguing about theology with the local […]

The Adventures of Milo Sweteman; Archbishop of Armagh 1361-1380

It was Milo Sweteman’s fate to follow in the footsteps of men more memorable than himself. He came from English settler stock in Kilkenny and was probably still a child […]

The Ordnance Survey Memoirs; a Source for Emigration in the 1830s

In Ireland as a prelude to a nationwide valuation of land and buildings, the so-called Griffith’s Valuation, the Ordnance Survey was directed to map the whole country at a scale […]

Trinity College Schools’ Competition in History

If the Trinity College Schools’ Competition may be taken as any kind of barometer, the future of history seems distinctly bright! First held in 1992 for the college’s quatercentenary year, […]

Double take?

Sir,—I recently bought the Winter issue of HI. I found it bothenlightening and entertaining. I particularly liked the article byChristine Kinealy about revisionism and the Great Irish Famine. Idiscovered what […]