Nick Maxwell Sir,—The news that Eamonn Ceannt’s now-iconic uilleann pipes would be presented, on loan, to the Jackie Clarke Collection Museum in Ballina, Co. Mayo, caught my attention (HI 31.4, May/June 2023, Bite-sized History, p. 11). I was well aware that my grand-uncle, James Glynn, had fought side by side with Ceannt, and indeed with Cathal Brugha … Read more
Sir,—Eugene Handley’s letter (HI 31.3, May/June 2023) makes for some confusing reading. He castigates me for never using the word ‘Protestant’ in my article ‘Brian Nelson—the rise and fall of a double agent’ in the previous issue. I admit that it did not occur to me that History Ireland’s readers would need reminding that Ulster … Read more
‘AFTER HOURS’ FUNDING SCHEME ANNOUNCED Cultural institutions will be delighted by news of more funding for the Night-Time Economy Support Scheme and the new ‘After Hours’ strand. Members of the Irish Museum Association and the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland can now apply for up to €10,000 in funding to host late-night events in their … Read more
Mid-Antrim Museum, The Braid, Ballymena, Mon.–Sat. 10am–4pm, until 30 September 2023 Mary Alice Macnaghten was born in 1867, the eldest child of the Rt Hon. Sir Francis Edward Workman-Macnaghten and Alice Mary Russell. They lived at Dundarave House, Bushmills, Co. Antrim. On 26 August 1893 Mary married William (‘Willie’) Robert Young, eldest son of the … Read more
JULY 02/1850 Sir Robert Peel (62), founder of the Conservative Party and British prime minister, died. In nationalist Ireland Peel would perhaps be best remembered as Daniel O’Connell’s nemesis, the man with the chilling smile ‘like the silver plate on a coffin’ who was forced to concede Catholic Emancipation (1829), who suppressed the Repeal movement … Read more