Nick Maxwell Sir,—I think it is not widely known that the Military Service Pensions Collection is being continually updated. For those of your readers who, like me, searched for family records on the site (https://www.militaryarchives.ie/collections/online-collections/military-service-pensions-collection-1916-1923) when it first came out and found nothing, look again. I ignored the link recently when it was sent to me by … Read more
Sir,—On showing Fiona Fitzsimons’s article on the Irish Palatines (HI 31.4, July/August 2023, Kindred Lines) to a friend of Palatine descent, the caption of the accompanying image jumped out at me. Was it possible that there was a tented refugee camp in eighteenth-century London that had persisted for over 50 years, as the caption implied? … Read more
Sir,—The article by Padraig Yeates in the last issue (HI 31.6, Nov./Dec. 2023, Platform) is a significant addition to the record of 9 and 10 August 1971. It also casts some light on the difficulties and pressures that witnesses may face in volunteering to give evidence in court. Unfortunately, however, there are some mistakes at … Read more
BY DONAL FALLON WOLFE TONE REMEMBERED Were it not for the infectious enthusiasm of William Atkins—an American descendant of Theobald Wolfe Tone and history enthusiast—perhaps the 225th anniversary of Tone’s death would have gone largely unmarked in Belfast and Dublin, two cities with which Tone’s life is forever connected. Over three days, the ‘Wolfe Tone … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY JANUARY 15/1872 John King (33), soldier and the only survivor of the first successful crossing of the Australian continent from south to north, died. Born in Moy, Co. Tyrone, he was an assistant on the Great Northern Exploration Expedition—popularly known as the Burke and Willis expedition—that was organised by a group of … Read more