Nick Maxwell

Sir,—In browsing through the November/December issue of History Ireland, I noticed that a drawing of Edward Martyn (p. 34), illustrating Charles Lysaght’s fascinating article on the take-over of the Kildare Street Club in 1922, was wrongly attributed to Jack B. Yeats. The drawing is in fact by Jack’s father, John Butler Yeats (1839–1922). Yeats senior … Read more

Sir,—I think it is not widely known that the Military Service Pensions Collection is being continually updated. For those of your readers who, like me, searched for family records on the site (https://www.militaryarchives.ie/collections/online-collections/military-service-pensions-collection-1916-1923) when it first came out and found nothing, look again. I ignored the link recently when it was sent to me by … Read more

Sir,—On showing Fiona Fitzsimons’s article on the Irish Palatines (HI 31.4, July/August 2023, Kindred Lines) to a friend of Palatine descent, the caption of the accompanying image jumped out at me. Was it possible that there was a tented refugee camp in eighteenth-century London that had persisted for over 50 years, as the caption implied? … Read more

Sir,—The article by Padraig Yeates in the last issue (HI 31.6, Nov./Dec. 2023, Platform) is a significant addition to the record of 9 and 10 August 1971. It also casts some light on the difficulties and pressures that witnesses may face in volunteering to give evidence in court. Unfortunately, however, there are some mistakes at … Read more