Nick Maxwell By Fiona Fitzsimons We can trace BAME immigrants by name, place of birth or sometimes by religion. The majority who arrived in Ireland were men—in the armed services, among ships’ crews and as domestic servants, including, before the 1830s, some enslaved. Armed services British Armed Service Records noted the name, birth-place and physical description of … Read more
A forgotten heroine of the Tudor Wars. By Anne Chambers ‘Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands for their legs could not bear them, they looked like anatomies of death, they spoke like ghosts, crying out of their graves … in a short space there were … Read more
It is difficult to make the case that more than a tiny fraction of the population shared in any consequent prosperity. By Brian Kelly Among its most salutary effects, the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement following the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor has compelled a reckoning with the formative role … Read more
Sir,—Despite the lengthy criticism by Michael Quigley of Ontario of a Big Book review which I wrote about two excellent books in HI 28.4, July/August 2020, on the partition of Ireland 100 years ago, books which he does not say he has read, I am not convinced that there is any issue of substance between … Read more
Sir,—While I haven’t the slightest interest in defending the alt-right, the arguments that Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc levels against them create more general problems for our understanding of history (HI 28.1, Jan./Feb. 2020, Platform). For example, he accuses the alt-right of not understanding the difference between Irish nationalism and republicanism. He says that republicanism espouses … Read more