Nick Maxwell 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
John Lee (né Fiott) (1783–1866) was the son of London merchant John Fiott and Harriet Lee of Totteridge Park, Hertfordshire. In 1815, the death of his maternal uncle and guardian William Lee Antonie brought a favourable bequest and a stipulation that he take his mother’s surname. Thereafter Lee divided his time between attending to his … Read more
Annamoe, Co. Wicklow By Mary Davies Glendalough House, Co. Wicklow, has been involved with events connected with both sides in the struggle for Irish freedom. The house, originally Drummin, was built by the Hugo family before 1760. In 1798 it belonged to Thomas Hugo, a former high sheriff of Wicklow, a magistrate and firm government … Read more
WHY WE NEED TO CONFRONT THE ‘IRISH SLAVE MYTH’ AND HOW TERMINOLOGY IS NOT SIMPLY SEMANTICS By Liam Hogan, Laura McAtackney and Matthew C. Reilly When John Grenham asked the question ‘Were there Irish slaves in Barbados?’ in an Irish Times article on 7 September 2015 he answered in the affirmative. He claimed that there … Read more