Sir,—I write to register some disagreement with Daniel Downer’s article ‘Irish attitudes to slavery during the American Civil War’ (HI 21.3, May/June 2013). First, the argument is somewhat of a straw-man construction. No one has doubted that many, and probably most, Irish emigrants to the US in the Civil War era took an extreme white … Read more
Sir,—There are a number of small points that I would like to address in relation to the review of my book Dublin Fire Brigade and the Irish Revolution (HI 21.3, May/June 2013). Kevin Myers pointed out the lack of an index, an omission that is entirely mine. He also took me to task for ‘factual … Read more
Mary Harris was born in Cork in 1837 and baptised in the North Cathedral on 1 August 1837. (The baptismal font remains in use at the famous ‘North Chapel’ today.) Her parents were Ellen Cotter from Inchigeelagh and Richard Harris from Cork city. The Harris family, eventually consisting of five children, endured the Famine, which … Read more
ISBN : 9781406427035 Author : Karl Brady, Charise McKeon, James Lyttleton, Ian Lawler Subjects : Underwater archaeology, shopwrecks Publication Details : 26 October 2012 Publisher : ( Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ) Price: €25.00 As an island nation, Irish people are used to looking out to sea, following the ever-changing weather … Read more
ISBN : ISBN 978-1-905569-21-2 Author : Christiaan Corlett Subjects : Prehistory Publication Details : Published December 2008, paperback, 228 pages, 132, original black and white photographs Publisher : ( Wordwell ) Price: €25.00 Darkest Dublin is a pictorial account of Dublin’s slums in 1913 as documented by John Cooke, who presented his findings and photographs … Read more