Nick Maxwell In an era of conservatism and economic depression, emphasis on the role of women in the home was not peculiar to Ireland. Moreover, Prof. Mary Daly has commented that, at a time when the majority of women were based in the home, the constitution can be viewed as ‘giving status to many members of society … Read more
While recent attention has naturally focused on the significance of the Act for the extension of the franchise to women, this was only one of its provisions. By Brian Walker The Representation of the People Act brought in a number of changes to electoral laws that had an important effect on the 1918 general election. … Read more
Harry Grattan Guinness’s journey from preaching to politics. By Catherine Guinness Henry Grattan Guinness is a charismatic figure well known to many, a leader of the evangelical revival of the mid-nineteenth century, an eschatologist and founder of a faith mission group, the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. A grandson of Arthur Guinness, he took a very … Read more
A most telling story is that of William M. Morrison of the American Southern Presbyterian Mission. Morrison and his colleague William Shepherd were witnesses to a brutal massacre in the Kasai region. Morrison sent a report to his US headquarters, but was reminded that he ‘must observe all proper deference to the powers that be … Read more
Arthur Guinness’s youngest son, John, was commissioned as an army captain with the East India Company. He married Jane Lucretia, the widow of the John D’Esterre who was fatally wounded by Daniel O’Connell in their famous 1815 pistol duel. The eldest child of Captain John Grattan Guinness and Jane Lucretia was Henry Grattan Guinness, Harry’s … Read more