Nick Maxwell Sir,—I was disappointed, but not surprised, to learn that after years of neglect the Kilmichael site has been vandalised through public funds. Padraig Óg Ó Ruairc (HI 22.6, Nov./Dec. 2014, Platform) rightly points out that this is a potential fate for other sites relating to the period 1916–23. He is, however, incorrect in citing the … Read more
Recent public critiques of the Irish revolutionary tradition have been recurring rather than new, and have always been bound up with questions of how Irish history ‘ought’ to be remembered. Works such as John Regan’s recent Myth and the Irish state (2014) have shed new light on Ireland’s ‘history wars’ since the outbreak of the … Read more
Digitised history sites like Trinity’s 1641 Depositions and Letters of 1916 have made it easier for historians to access primary sources from the comfort of their own homes. They are not unique. In the past few years two major digital history portals have emerged—the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and Europeana. The latter, which … Read more
A revolver belonging to Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Féin, has come to light and is now in the hands of County Cavan Museum, Ballyjamesduff. When discovered by the sister in charge in St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin, where Griffith died on 12 August 1922, the revolver was handed to the Garda sergeant on duty outside … Read more
‘Something has gone wrong since our friend came into External Affairs . . . From the first day this man’s appalling insincerity struck me as a very positive evil for the country. The worst feature of the situation is that he seems to have fooled quite a lot of people.’ Ireland’s ambassador to the Holy … Read more