Nick Maxwell Sir,—I take exception to the gratuitously insulting cartoon by ‘doll’ on page nine of the autumn 1996 issue of History Ireland. The cartoon depicts a figure pushing over a pedestal on which is inscribed ‘Na Bráithre Críostaí Irish Christian Brothers, 1820-’. The figure is saying ‘Corporal punishment was bad enough, but Gaelic corporal punishment…’Now, as … Read more
Sir,—The caption—’Women continued to play an active role in the War of Independence’—under the photograph on page 41 of the last issue (Autumn 1996) is misleading on two counts. In the first place, it does not depict a War of Independence flying column but a Civil War one—the Third Battalion flying column (‘Plunkett’s Own’), No. … Read more
RTÉ One, 8 June Directed by Desmond Bell for Asylum Pictures & Poolbeg Productions by Eamon O’Flaherty The United States was becoming the greatest industrial power in the world on the eve of the First World War. Much of its phenomenal growth was due to the fact that waves of immigration from Europe and … Read more
BELL, Laura Eliza Jane Seymour (1829?–1894), was the daughter of Robert Bell of Bellbrook, near Glenavy, Co. Antrim, a bailiff for the Hertford estate. In later life she claimed to be a granddaughter of Francis Seymour, 3rd marquess of Hertford, and also that her mother had been rescued from a Spanish convent. She worked in … Read more
The National Photographic Archive’s exhibition Notice to Quit, a unique record of tenant evictions during the Plan of Campaign,1886–90, opened recently at the National Museum of Ireland—Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, and will run until the end of October 2004. The tactics of the Plan of Campaign were outlined in the United … Read more