Nick Maxwell Sir,—I am currently writing a history of Irish music hall (c.1880-1910) and would be interested to hear from anyone with family connections and/or those who have music hall memorabilia such as flyers, illustrations, posters, photographs, programmes, newspaper/magazine advertisements and reviews. I’m also interested in biographical details on Irish performers as well as information on the … Read more
Sir,—Above is a copy of a copy of a photograph that appeared in an unknown magazine entitled ‘1896 Athlone Connaught Rangers’. I acquired it from the National Army Museum, London. My great grandfather Sergeant James O’Rourke is in the picture. He served with the 1st-2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers from 1873-1899. He was born in 1853 … Read more
Sir,—I have recently done a course of reading on women and Irish nationalism. In two separate accounts—Kathleen Clarke’s autobiography, Revolutionary Woman (1991), and R.M. Fox’s Rebel Irishwomen (1935)—it is said that the clause in the 1916 Proclamation concerning the equality of women was opposed by one of the seven signatories. The source for Fox is … Read more
Hiram Morgan lectures in history at University College Cork; Éamonn Ó Ciaradha lectures in history at the Keough Institute of Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame; Roy Johnston is an applied-scientific consultant: Johnny Connolly is a Dublin criminologist; Fearghal McGarry is a Government of Ireland Research Fellow at NUI, Maynooth.
The Easter Rising Michael Foy and Brian Barton (Sutton Publishing, £14.99) ISBN 0750926163 Considering its importance in modern Irish history, remarkably few scholarly books have been written on the Easter Rising. Michael Foy and Brian Barton’s welcome book, The Easter Rising, is the first in over a generation and meets a long overdue demand by … Read more