Nick Maxwell Sir,—Following Dennis Kennedy’s advice in his response to my letter (HI 24.1, Jan./Feb. 2016), I have re-read his ‘Casting a cold eye on 1916’ article in ‘a calmer state of mind’ and arrived at the conclusion that perhaps he might at least allow that the 1916 Rising was one small step for the Irish, one … Read more
Sir,—I thoroughly enjoyed Samuel Kinirons’s article (HI 24.1, Jan./Feb. 2016) wherein he traced the footsteps of Richard II in the south-east in 1394 during his campaign against Art McMurrough. I was intrigued by the unsolved mystery as to the actual location of the place called ‘Laveroc’ in near-contemporaneous records, where Art and his wife were … Read more
By Robert Ballagh In 1991 Dr Eoin McKiernan, founder of the Irish American Cultural Institute, penned an article for the official programme of the New York St Patrick’s Day Parade entitled ‘What anniversaries tell us’. He bemoaned the silence of the Irish government on the 75th anniversary of the Easter Rising and asked the question, … Read more
75TH ANNIVERSARY By Brian Barton In his book Post 381, Jimmy Doherty, former air-raid warden, describes the Belfast blitz as being the ‘most disastrous event in the history of the city’. Undoubtedly it was a traumatic and defining one, unprecedented in the history of Ireland. Major cities in Britain experienced many more air raids than … Read more
by Tony Canavan What on the face of it seems a petty quarrel could scupper state funding for a museum dedicated to Dublin life 100 years ago. Minister of State Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says that he will not provide funding for a museum at 14 Henrietta Street if it is not called the ‘Tenement Museum’. … Read more