Nick Maxwell The 150th anniversary of the founding of Alexandra College, Dublin’s well-known school for girls, is being celebrated this year, and to mark the occasion the College, along with Lilliput Press, has released Pioneering Alexandrans, detailed biographical entries charting the lives and accomplishments of 77 Alexandrans, edited by Ronan Fanning. Whilst the book naturally pays tribute … Read more
JANUARY 01/1909 Claimants to the state pension under the terms of the Old Age Pensions Act (1908) received their first payments at post offices throughout the country. Charged with awarding pensions to men and women aged 70 or over, the Local Government Board (1872) had to contend with the fact that the statutory registration of … Read more
The extraordinary developments of the year just ended—Trump’s election, Brexit—have given rise to a new sound-bite, the ‘post-truth society’, where there is no responsibility or accountability for statements made (e.g. that the UK can exit the EU and still maintain access to the single market but without free movement of people), where facts count for … Read more
Sir,—Your readers may be able to assist in my search for information. I am a published deaf author of two historical books: Deaf heritage in Canada: a distinctive, diverse, and enduring culture (1996) and Samuel Thomas Greene: a legend in the nine-teenth century deaf community (2005). During the course of my research I became interested … Read more
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr The Rising had hardly been the work of a massive conspiracy, but the British acted as if it were. British security forces arrested 3,430 Irish men and 79 women, of whom 1,841 were sent to Britain and interned there. These were substantial figures in relation to the scale of the … Read more