Nick Maxwell By Brian McGee Councillor Liam de Róiste (William Roche) TD (1882–1959) was a key nationalist and republican leader in Cork who was also active in cultural circles. He played a minor part in national politics, for example as a leas ceann comhairle of Dáil Éireann for part of the Anglo-Irish Treaty debates in 1922. His … Read more
By Lar Joye J.P. Duggan in his history of the Irish Army observed that in the 1930s sport was one of the cheaper means of keeping interest alive in the forces. In January 1933 the assistant chief of staff, General MacNeill, requested that an investigation be undertaken on how physical training was taught in the … Read more
By Fiona Fitzsimons Founded in 1731 as a philanthropic organisation and members’ club, the Dublin Society was established to stimulate economic activity in Ireland. In 1738 it introduced a grant scheme funded by its own members. The first premiums were awarded in 1740 and continued annually. In 1761 the Irish parliament granted the Society £12,000 … Read more
MONAGHAN, CO. MONAGHAN By Damian Murphy Monaghan town occupies a fertile tract in the north of the county and, encircled by small hills, takes its name from Muineachán, meaning ‘a place full of moneys or drums’. The development of the county town and the improvement of its economy were actively pursued in the late eighteenth … Read more
Anthony Coughlan responds to Conor McCabe’s article, ‘Greaves, Connolly and the British Army’ (Platform, HI 33.3, May/June ’25). Conor McCabe’s criticism of Desmond Greaves’s account of James Connolly’s British Army service as a teenager is much ado about nothing much. In doing research in the 1950s for The life and times of James Connolly, Greaves … Read more