Nick Maxwell WO 35: army in Ireland, administrative and Easter Rising By Fiona Fitzsimons These are the records of the British Army in Ireland (1775 to 1923). In 1922 the British military authorities gathered these records from Dublin Castle, the Royal Military Infirmary, the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, and from army barracks across Ireland to send to England. … Read more
‘THOUSANDS OF MEN WERE PASSED FIT WITHOUT ANY MEDICAL EXAMINATION WORTH THE NAME’ By Michael Robinson In spite of the huge increase of research on—and popular interest in—the First World War in recent years, a continuing omission has been those Irishmen who were able to enlist in the British Army, and experience active service, who … Read more
THE PHENOMENON OF ANTI-PAPAL PUBLIC ORATION IN BRITAIN By Daniel Downer Popular among the conservative middle and working classes alike as a form of intellectual education or mere entertainment, the phenomenon of anti-papal public oration in Britain grew from the 1840s onwards, coinciding with mass public concern at the revival of the Catholic Church in … Read more
Protestant lecturers such as Alessandro Gavazzi and ‘Baron’ De Camin became minor celebrities and regularly featured in the British press, touring throughout the country. Despite the focus on Rome and papal hierarchy professed by the majority of lecturers, and the apparent concern for the ‘misled’ and ‘abused’ Roman Catholic, public organisation and championing of such … Read more
WEATHER AND DANGER WERE KEY TO LEE’S EXPERIENCE By Angela Byrne At midday on Monday 3 November 1806, John Lee (né Fiott, 1783–1866) left the inn at Dingle on foot for Ventry. It had rained all morning but cleared at noon. Lee had been walking almost every day since 31 July 1806, when he left … Read more