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Nick Maxwell

Galway City Museum Spanish Arch, Galway

When I last visited Galway City’s museum it was in an ancient single-storey building beside the Spanish Arch. It was run by an amateur committee and, like most such museums, had a dusty, dark atmosphere with lots of objects out on display, some in cases, many not. The information was typed on slips of cardboard … Read more

Categories 20th-century / Contemporary History, Issue 2(March/April 2011), Reviews, Volume 19

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Categories Crossword- March/April 2010, Issue 2 (March/April 2010), Uncategorized, Volume 18

Red hand of ulster

Sir,     —In the article ‘At O’Neill’s right hand: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire and the Red Hand of Ulster’ by Benjamin Hazard (HI 18.1, Jan./Feb. 2010), there is a sidebar discussing one of the traditional explanations for the Red Hand of Ulster, namely the story about a chieftain who, when his rival was leading in … Read more

Categories 20th-century / Contemporary History, Issue 2 (March/April 2010), Letters, Letters, Volume 18

IRA—I ran away

A chara,     —In the July/August 2009 issue of History Ireland and again inthe January/February 2010 book review section, there are references tothe ‘IRA—I ran away’ graffiti that may or may not have appeared on thewalls of Belfast post-August ’69, but something similar definitelyappeared in Kenmare in 1920. General John Joe Rice in his … Read more

Categories 20th-century / Contemporary History, Issue 2 (March/April 2010), Letters, Volume 18

Micheál Ó Seighin, not Willie Corduff

Sir,   —In his review of the TG4 series Rapairí (HI 18.1, Jan./Feb. 2010),John Gibney mistakenly refers to Willie Corduff instead of Micheál ÓSeighin as a contributor to the first programme in the series. Both menare well-known members of the Rossport 5. As someone who has followedthe course of their campaign over a number of … Read more

Categories 20th-century / Contemporary History, Issue 2 (March/April 2010), Letters, Letters, Volume 18
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