Nick Maxwell ‘When Mrs Yelverton emerged from the Four Courts, a great demonstration of popular enthusiasm took place. She was cheered by fifty thousand people frantic with joy, who had waited outside the gates to hear the result . . . at the Gresham Hotel . . . in response to a universal call she came to … Read more
Sir,—I am researching the life of Conor O’Brien the writer, architect,patriot and round-the-world yachtsman. His full name was Edward ConorMarshall O’Brien and he lived from 1880-1952. He was a grandson ofWilliam Smith O’Brien and a half-brother of Dermod O’Brien, the artistand former President of the RHA. He married Katharine Clausen theartist daughter of Sir George … Read more
Sir,—I was very pleased to read the article by Owen McGee on FrederickJames Allan in your Spring issue, 2002 (HI 10.1). I hope that abiography is planned, as it is well deserved. My main interest in FredAllan has rested in his long-time relationship with Major JohnMacBride. The latter has been the recipient of a bad … Read more
Sir,—In his informative contribution, ‘Bulmer Hobson, “the mostdangerous man in Ireland”’ (HI 10.1, Spring 2002), Des Gunning mentionsthe peculiar fact that Hobson ‘has failed to attract the attention of aserious biographer’. So diverse was Hobson’s influence that publishedtwentieth-century Irish history is seriously undermined by thisomission. He certainly doesn’t fit into any of the stereotypes associatedwith … Read more