July 5
Wed 1pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Margaret Clarke (1884–1961)—an independent spirit, Niamh McNally.
Nick Maxwell
July 3–6
Thur–Sun Robert Boyle Summer School, Lismore, Co. Waterford. Speakers: Eoin Gill, Jim Malone, Lawrence Principe, John Hedley Brooke, Terry Eagleton, Lorainne Hanlon, Luke O’Neill. www.robertboyle.ie, ao’donoghue@waterfordcouncil.ie, +353 (0)5854975.
What’s in our July/August issue?
The new issue of History Ireland is out on 1 July and, given the looming centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, we’ve dedicated the July/August issue to the theme of ‘Ireland and World War One’. It is a subject that has blossomed in recent years after much neglect. Perhaps 210,000 Irishmen enlisted … Read more
Inspector Mallon and the Phoenix Park Murders
Inspector Mallon and the Phoenix Park Murders Sir,—The likely involvement of Inspector Mallon in the flight of the Land Leaguer Patrick Egan following the Phoenix Park Murders, as mentioned in Felix Larkin’s article on Lord Frederick Cavendish (HI 22.3, May/June), was indeed typical of the so-called great detective. Police files from before and after the … Read more
Roger Casement
Roger Casement Sir,—Martin Mansergh, in his review (May–June 2014) of Angus Mitchell’s biography 16 Lives—Roger Casement, makes great play of the only reported denial by Casement of the Black Diaries: ‘A US attorney visiting Casement in Pentonville with Gavan Duffy made him aware of what was going on and recorded Casement’s indignant disbelief of the … Read more