Nick Maxwell Dr John G. Tohill of Magherafelt spotted an arithmetical error in ‘Facts and fallacies of the Belfast pogrom’ (HI 28.5, Sept./Oct. 2020, top of the third column, p. 31), which the author, Kieran Glennon, would like to acknowledge. The number of Catholic civilians killed should have read 251 (and not 254). And, in the same … Read more
Sir,—Kieran Glennon’s article ‘Facts and fallacies of the Belfast pogrom’ (HI 28.5, Sept./Oct. 2020) was fair and balanced. His title was, of course, hinged to the unpublished Fr Hassan (‘G.B. Kenna’) pamphlet Facts and figures of the Belfast pogrom 1920–1922. Hassan’s failing was one-sidedness, not unlike that of his pamphlet’s contemporary, the Irish Bulletin. As … Read more
BY TONY CANAVAN Drought and lockdown lucky for archaeologist Marion Dowd, an archaeologist and local resident, was marking the easing of Covid-19 restrictions with a picnic on the shore of Lough Glencar (on the Sligo–Leitrim boundary) in June with her son Fiachra (12) and another family member when she spotted hundreds of pieces of chert, … Read more
born 27 April 1929, died 5 October 2020 BY THOMAS O’LOUGHLIN When I was told of Margaret’s death on the morning of 6 October— she had died just before midnight the previous evening—I suddenly realised that we had been friends for nearly 40 years. In the 1970s she had been one of my teachers in … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY NOVEMBER 07/1831 The Ralahine Agricultural and Manufacturing Co-operative Association was launched by John Scott Vandeleur on his 618-acre estate near Bunratty, Co. Clare. Inspired by Robert Owen (1771–1858), the pioneer of the co-operative movement, Vandeleur hoped to discourage his tenants from joining agrarian secret societies, to encourage them to raise common capital—so … Read more