Among historians of this period, peacemakers have not proved to be blessed. As Europe edged towards war, those voicing concern about the dangerous consequences of the arms race or the […]
Read More »Sir,—I enjoyed Conor Nelson’s article on Erskine Childers and the Howth gunrunning and Joe Connell’s ‘Countdown to 2016’ piece on the same topic (HI 22.3, May/June 2014). However, I feel […]
Read More »Sir,—I wish to add to Joseph E.A. Connell’s excellent column on ‘The founding of the Irish Citizen Army’ (HI 21.5, Sept./Oct. 2013, ‘Countdown to 2020’). Most histories of the ICA, […]
Read More »As a twenty-something enrolled at the Middle Temple, where he came to know as much about the law as ‘of necromancy’, and making not the slightest attempt to resist the […]
Read More »Sir,—Re your editorial, ‘Counting down to 2016’ (HI 19.1, Jan./Feb. 2011). Forget about merely jumping the gun, you have obviously opted to leap completely over the entire arsenal in your […]
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