Nick Maxwell Ewan Morris recounts the heated debate provoked by the introduction of Percy Metcalfe’s coinage designs in 1928. The introduction of the euro has finally seen the disappearance of Percy Metcalfe’s animal designs from the coinage of the Republic of Ireland, almost 75 years after they first appeared on the Free State’s coins. Although decimalisation had … Read more
Colin Adams Recent newspaper reports about the discovery of a possible Roman fort at Drumanagh near Dublin necessarily prompt a re-evaluation of the evidence for a Roman invasion of Ireland. A number of areas are worth exploring in this regard: not only the … Read more
MÓH: What stimulated your interest in history? PJ: One was an inspirational history teacher, Mr ‘Dan’ Dare of Dame Alice Owen’s school in Islington. The other was my family, amongst whom politics was the staple topic of conversation. My family was very divided, some on the left and some on the right. I also had … Read more
On 27 November 1865 a special trial began at Green Street courthouse in Dublin. The Special Commission of Oyer and Terminer allowed the court to examine the cases of several prisoners associated with the Irish People newspaper and the Fenian Brotherhood. The most serious charge was treason-felony. The Treason-Felony Act had been passed in 1848 … Read more
Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Patrickk’s College, Maynooth from 1947 to 1975 and of Modern History from 1975 to 1988, Monsignor Patrick J. Corish is author of various books on the Irish Catholic experience, most recently Maynooth College: 1795-1995 (Gill and MacMillan) published last year. Dáire Keogh talked to him recently. DK: Tell us … Read more