Nick Maxwell The Cork Fatality Register for the War of Independence. By Andy Bielenberg This multi-year research project has recently been made available on the website theirishrevolution.ie. It has been researched and written by Jim Donnelly and myself; it is run jointly by UCC and the Irish Examiner. The site attempts to document all fatalities in County … Read more
Sir,—The May/June issue (HI 25.3) was of particular interest to Leitrim enthusiasts with Brendan Scott’s article on ‘The making of the Book of Fenagh’. In addition, Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, in his comprehensive article ‘Spies and informers beware!’, chose as one of his examples the case of the Methodist farmer William Latimer, who was shot … Read more
1917 Edgar Degas (83), French painter regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, over half of whose works depict dancers, died. 1972 NIHE Limerick was officially opened by Taoiseach Jack Lynch.
BY AODHÁN CREALEY SEPTEMBER 21/1832 Sir Walter Scott (61), historical novelist, playwright, poet and antiquary, died from cholera. When Scott made his first and only visit to Ireland, a month-long stay in the summer of 1825, he was an internationally acclaimed poet and author of a hugely popular series of novels with a Scottish historical … Read more
By TONY CANAVAN A novel idea for partition One of the most unusual centenaries recently was that of the suggestion from Lord Rothermere, the newspaper magnate, on how to solve the Irish problem. In 1917 he published an article in Sunday Pictorial, identifying the Irish problem as being about two counties. He said that the … Read more