Nick Maxwell Sir,—Your May/June 2020 issue kindly included a review by Owen McGee of my book The enigma of Arthur Griffith: ‘Father of Us All’ (Merrion Press). On the night that the book was launched, an enthusiastic historical researcher came armed with press cuttings to demonstrate during drinks that the caption on one of the photographs in … Read more
BY TONY CANAVAN Centenary of an unusual kidnapping One hundred years ago the IRA captured Brig. Gen. Cuthbert Lucas while he and two other British army officers were fishing on the River Blackwater in County Cork. Letters between Lucas and his wife (addressed ‘c/o the IRA’), along with Lucas’s secret captivity diary, have now … Read more
A project designed to ensure that the history of the site is not forgotten. Grangegorman Histories is a public history project with the aim of uncovering, cataloguing and commemorating the eventful history of the Grangegorman area, situated between Phibsborough and Stoneybatter on Dublin’s north side. In 1773 the Dublin House of Industry was built in … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY SEPTEMBER 14/1982 Princess Grace of Monaco (52) died, a day after suffering a stroke and crashing her car. Princess Grace, of course, was the former actress Grace Kelly, daughter of John B. Kelly Jr of Philadelphia, the affluent owner of a brickwork contracting company, and granddaughter of John Peter Kelly from Drimurla, … Read more
By James Kelly Anniversaries naturally lend themselves to reflection. It is appropriate, therefore, as Four Courts Press celebrates its 50th anniversary this year that its formative contribution to academic publication in Ireland generally, and to historical publication specifically, does not pass unnoticed. Founded in 1970 by Michael Adams, whose death in 2009 deprived Ireland of … Read more