Nick Maxwell Sir,—David Fitzpatrick believes there was republican sectarian intent during the War of Independence (HI Jan./Feb. 2014, letters). My summary of Fitzpatrick’s position is: ‘[V]iolence and threats against West Cork Protestants during the War of Independence have been “exaggerated”. However “certain [unnamed] republican activists, at certain [unidentified] times, made a concerted attempt to drive Protestants and … Read more
1981 Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey announced the establishment of Aosdána (‘poet of the tribe’) to publicly honour distinguished achievement in the arts and to provide members with an annuity to free them from non-creative employment. 1940 The Katyn massacre of c. 22,000 Polish military officers and intelligentsia was initiated by the NKVD—the Soviet secret police—with the approval … Read more
Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. The untold story of Richard Hayes, codebreaker, Mark McMenamin. Adm. €4/€2.
Wed 8pm Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, Crawford Gallery. Iconography: past and future histories and how the Irish have avoided it, Colum Hourihane. Wed 8pm Rathmichael Historical Society, Rathmichael NS, Stonebridge Road. Wolfe Tone, Matilda and family, Larry Breen. Adm. €5.
Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, has announced a programme to mark the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf, despite being told to ‘shush’ by a security guard at Trinity College, Dublin, where the launch took place. The events to mark the battle will truly be on a national scale, with his … Read more