Nick Maxwell Sir,—In Brian Hanley’s interesting article ‘Dirty war and its practitioners’ (HI 31.5, Sept./Oct. 2023, Platform) he expresses surprise that under the shared interest of post-Civil War Old IRA gatherings some anti-Treatyites could mix with their erstwhile National Army opponents, ‘whom they knew to have tortured and killed their comrades’. In this regard Brian referenced the … Read more
TOM DUNN AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN Former president Mary McAleese has unveiled a statue to United Irishman Tom Dunn in Rostrevor, Co. Down. The work of artist Rory Harron, the statue came about thanks to a cross-community project exploring Dunn and his importance. The statue invites the visitor to sit beside Dunn, a local … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY NOVEMBER 27/1812 John Dunlap (c. 65), County Tyrone-born printer and property developer, died. Best remembered for printing the first copy of the American Declaration of Independence—written in the hand of County Derry-born Charles Thomson—Dunlap’s success was down to family connections, hard work and good luck. Emigrating to Philadelphia at the age of … Read more
By Felix M. Larkin History Ireland has celebrated 30 years of almost continuous publication with an exhibition of its front covers in the Lexicon Library and Cultural Centre in Dún Laoghaire. The exhibition was launched by the cathaoirleach of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council, Councillor Denis O’Callaghan, on 4 October 2023. There have been 160 issues … Read more
By Michael Brabazon One of the half-forgotten national historical monuments, saved from ruination twice in the twentieth century, standing proudly on Thomas Street in the Liberties of Dublin is the Georgian church of St Catherine of Alexandria. Unfortunately, as well as the structure of the church itself, its history has been neglected, a situation about … Read more