Nick Maxwell By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr The 1923 general election was held on Monday 27 August and was the first since the adoption of the Irish Free State constitution on 6 December 1922. It was contested under the Electoral Act (1923), which increased the number of seats in the Dáil from 128 to 153. Lax electoral … Read more
By Karel Kiely Local authority archives consist of the records of local government, including those of the various bodies which existed prior to the establishment of the present county councils in 1899. Other material, however, may be acquired or deposited, including estate, business and private papers. One such collection relating to the families of Shackleton, … Read more
A response to Ian S. Wood’s ‘Brian Nelson—the rise and fall of a double agent’ (HI 31.2, March/April 2023). By Margaret Urwin If Ian S. Wood wished to portray the extent of collusion as a figment of Irish republican imaginations he chose the wrong example. Brian Nelson’s story illustrates Britain’s secret war in Northern Ireland, … Read more
By James Quinn When in 1950 and 1952 the Yugoslav FA offered to bring its highly rated football team to Dublin, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) showed an uncharacteristic reluctance to accept. Normally the FAI took up such invitations with alacrity. International matches were its main source of income and prestige and were hard … Read more
By Brian Hopkins and Peter McClintock On the cusp of 1940, Ireland was suffering from economic hardship, especially evident in the tenements of the urban poor in Dublin and Cork. Moreover, living in overcrowded conditions, the poor were confronted by a return of such spectres of the 1840s as typhus and malnutrition. Having engaged in … Read more