Nick Maxwell Sir,—It is good that Padraig Yeates (Letters, HI 27.3, May/June 2019) ‘would largely concur’ with my analysis and with Martin Mansergh’s observation (Platform, HI 27.2, March/April 2019). However, two points in his letter deserve further consideration. Firstly, there is Dr Yeates’s suggestion that a campaign of civil disobedience in Ireland might have achieved the country’s … Read more
Sir,—As Mr Handley has now published two letters accusing me of deliberately slandering the late Brian O’Higgins and of doing so from political motives, and is now dragging the good name of the Dictionary of Irish Biography into the matter, I feel obliged to respond. In the second of these letters, Handley says, ‘Not having … Read more
Haworth, Yorkshire bronte.org.uk By Tony Canavan In the townland of Emdale, Co. Down, are the ruins of a little cottage that has a bronze plaque with the inscription: ‘Patrick Brontë, father of Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne, was born here on 17th March 1777’. From such humble Irish beginnings sprang three of the most famous … Read more
RTÉ1, 11 April 2019 Presented by Michael McDowell By Mary Kenny It is a cliché—because it is true—that until recent times the Catholic Church in Ireland wielded great power and excessive social control, and this situation is blamed for many, if not all, of our woes. This was the main theme of the documentary presented … Read more
By Lar Joye The British government trained many of their opponents without realising it. After the 1916 Rising, it conveniently imprisoned many of the rebels together at Frongoch camp in Wales, where they exchanged ideas and planned strategy for the struggle to come. After the Rising, many leaders found themselves in jail again under the … Read more