Nick Maxwell January 5 1922Sir Ernest Shackleton, polar explorer, died suddenly in South Georgia as he prepared to lead a fourth expedition to the Antarctic. 7 1922Dáil Éireann approved the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64 votes to 57. 16 1922Michael Collins, as chairman of the Provisional Government of Southern Ireland, formally accepted the transfer of power from the … Read more
Coole Park through the eyes of Me and Nu: granddaughters of Lady Gregory Coole Park, Gort, Co. Galway April–September 10am–5pm (6pm in July and August); nature reserve open year-round. by Marie Bourke It is always a pleasure to visit Galway to view a new exhibition, in this instance at Coole Park, home to Lady Gregory … Read more
Across 1 Pearse or Harrington? (7) 5 On his deathbed, he asked his aide-de-camp, General Daniel F. O’Leary, to burn his archive of writings (7) 9 Chinese society or gang involved in organised crime (5) 10 Unsuccessful CIA-inspired invasion floundered here in 1961 (3, 2, 4) 11This day is also known as International Workers’ Day … Read more
In spite of severe ongoing cutbacks, not to mention a philistine and counterproductive proposal to amalgamate it with the National Library to save money, the National Archives scored another triumph recently with the launch of its on-line Treaty exhibition (http://treaty.nationalarchives.ie/), which includes not only the signed 1921 Treaty document itself (now available to the public … Read more
Sir,—I am glad to be in the position to let Niall Meehan and Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc (letters, HI, Nov./Dec. 2011) know that any errors—mostly minor transcriptional and/or typographical—that they found in the first edition of The Year of Disappearances have been corrected as part of the process of bringing out a second edition. Any other issues raised … Read more