1995 marks the 250th anniversary of the ‘45 which also coincides with the quincentenary of the foundation of the University of Aberdeen. Organised in conjunction with the Thomas Reid institute, the college provided the ideal location for a week-long conference in August on Jacobitism and the Scottish Enlightenment. This unique gathering brought together many of … Read more
A plaque commemorating the founding of the United Irishmen was unveiled in Belfast’s Clifton Street cemetery on Saturday 7 October by Douglas Gageby, former editor of the Irish Times and Patron of History Ireland, who said that the United Irishmen ‘were above all good people, brave people, people with aspirations for harmony among the people … Read more
John Molony, at present Research Professor at the Australian Catholic University, was the Keith Cameron Professor of Australian History at University College Dublin from 1990 to 1993. He returned to Dublin for a brief visit recently to launch his latest book, a biography of Thomas Davis, A soul came into Ireland (Geography Publications). Brendan Smith … Read more
Susan Hood Strokestown Park House, one of Ireland’s finest Palladian mansions, and the last in County Roscommon to remain intact, has been the focus of much public attention as the site of Ireland’s first Famine Museum, which occupies its adjoining stable wing. The museum was opened by President Robinson in May 1994 (see … Read more
Thomas O’Loughlin One of the most carefully fostered aspects of the image of the Catholic priest is that he is without a wife. Indeed, this image has been built up by the church administration as an essential part of its own esprit de corps. In recent centuries, certainly since clerical problems in mid-eighteenth-century … Read more