Sir, —I read with interest about those who engineered or took part inthe Easter Rising of 1916 (HI 14.2, March/April 2006) but I would liketo know about the thousands of ordinary people who were affected indifferent ways by the fighting on their doorsteps, the bombing andburning and the loss of livelihood. My great-grandparents had a … Read more
Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus that is spread through person-to-person or faecal–oral contact. The effects of the disease range from mild to severe, from a minor transient illness to extensive long-term paralysis and even death. The virus invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of … Read more
Sir, —While in full agreement with Tim Carey’s platform (HI 14.1, Jan./Feb. 2006) that Mountjoy jail must not be demolished, I wish to correct the statement that: ‘The first four republicans to be executed during the Civil War were shot there by firing squad on 8 December 1922’. That invidious distinction belongs to four young … Read more
In his account of St Enda’s, of which he was a pupil and where he came to know Pearse intimately, Desmond Ryan said simply: ‘It is hardly within my province to deal with the story of St Ita’s College. That is a work for other hands’, and recorded little more of its existence than the … Read more
The rocky road to modernity Rocky Road to Dublin (1968) Directed by Peter Lennon by Luke Gibbons Film classics often seem ahead of their time, rather than of it. John Ford’s The Searchers (1956) was one of the first to suggest that the true savage on the frontier was the white man, but had to … Read more