Nick Maxwell How many divisions has the pope? As Eamon O’Flaherty observes in his review of Irish media reaction to the death of Pope John Paul II (TV Eye, pp 52–3), ‘remarkable claims have been made about John Paul II’s influence on world history, the most notable being that he was the main architect of the downfall … Read more
Cambridge University History Faculty, in association with HistoryIreland, is holding a one day symposium on The Irish Famine andMigration at Queens’ College, Cambridge on Sunday 31 March 1996. Thesymposium forms part of a series of world-wide events to commemoratethe 150th anniversary of the Great Irish Famine. Speakers will includeBrendan Bradshaw, Jim Donnelly, John Belchem, Robert … Read more
Sir, —This photograph has defied identities and definition despitepublication in County Wexford newspapers and submission to the NationalLibrary. Its importance is evident by the formality in pose, thepresence of two bishops in silk hats, George Noble, Count Plunkett, andone other identified, active, influential but unobtrusivenationalist—the gentleman in the back row at the extreme right. He … Read more
Papers are invited for a conference on Ideology and Ireland in theNineteenth Century to be held at UCG between 28 June and 30 June1996.Those wishing to contribute to the conference should send anabstract of not more than 300 words, before 1 March 1996 to Tadgh Foleyor Sean Ryder, Dept. of English, UCG, tel: (091) 524411, … Read more
Sir, —You are to be congratulated on publishing Ron Hill’s article ‘Thecollapse of the Soviet Union’ (HI 13.2, March/April 2005). Not only wasit an informative introduction for the general reader, but also itraises a number of questions. Hill ends his piece with the summary:‘[The Soviet Union] had lost its way sometime in the 1970s, and … Read more