Nick Maxwell Sir, —I greatly enjoyed Helena Kelleher Kahn’s piece on ‘The Yelverton Affair’ of 1861 (HI 13.1, Jan./Feb. 2005). A cause célèbre can be like a time capsule, accurately preserving incidentally forgotten aspects of history, society and sensibility. Ms Kahn is certainly right in saying that the Yelvertons had an ambiguous reputation. The founder of the … Read more
Local heritage groups and history projects could soon benefit from a£16 million grant from the Peace and Reconciliation Fund. The money isto go to promoting business and culture in Northern Ireland and the sixsouthern border counties. It is estimated that at least one third ofthe monies will go towards cross-border cultural ventures and thiswould probably … Read more
Sir, —If Sir Henry Wilson (Henry Hughes Wilson, to give him his full name) is best remembered for the circumstances of his death, why then were we not told about his assassins—Reginald Dunn (known as ‘Reggie’ Dunn among the earliest group of Irish students at St Mary’s College, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham) and Joseph O’Sullivan—both ex-British … Read more
This year marks the golden jubilee for the County Donegal HistoricalSociety (Cumann Seanchais Dhún Na nGall). Founded in 1960 by the lateChris McDonagh from Ballymote, County Roscommon, the society is now oneof the largest in the country with over 870 members. The societypublishes the Donegal Annual and throughout the year organisesfunctions, meetings, outings and lectures. … Read more
Ireland and the Palestine question 1948–2004 Rory Miller (Irish Academic Press) €45 hardback ISBN 07165 28142 €25 paperback ISBN 07165 33499Rory Miller begins his story not in 1948 but in 1937, when Eamonn de Valera told the League of Nations that the Palestine question should not be solved by partition, ‘the cruelest wrong that could … Read more