Nick Maxwell
Wolfhound ’99
Wolfhound ’99 On Sunday 3 October 1999 the Wildgeese Wargames Club is hosting Wolfhound ’99, a day long event at the National Museum, Collins Barracks, that will commemorate the Irish military tradition in a way that will engage the public imagination. Based on the twin themes of The Evolution of Warfare in Ireland and The … Read more
Back Lane Parliament meets again
Delegates from almost every county in Ireland attended a re-enactment of the Catholic Convention in Tailors’ Hall, Back Lane, Dublin, on 5 December 1998. The original Convention, dubbed the ‘Back Lane Parliament’ by its detractors, met in the same place on 3-6 December 1792, to organise the Catholics of the country and to … Read more
WHEN IRISH HISTORY, AND NEWS, BECAME BEST-SELLING FICTION
By Mark Holan American author Leon Uris released his eighth novel, Trinity, shortly before St Patrick’s Day 1976. The title referred to its three groups of conflicting characters: poor Irish Catholics, Protestant Anglo-Irish gentry and fiery Presbyterian Scots, according to Uris biographer Ira B. Nadel. The 751-page doorstop spanned successive generations of these groups in … Read more
HOW THE ARCHIVES OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT IN EXILE ENDED UP IN AN IRISH MONASTERY
By Garry Ahern In 1949 the Benedictine priory at Glenstal, Co. Limerick, was drawn, albeit discreetly, into the politics of post-war Europe. This arose from the movement to Ireland of archives held by the Polish government in exile (PGIE) in London. Following the German invasion of Poland in 1939, the government went into exile in … Read more