Sir,—The two articles in the May/June 2024 issue dealing with aspects of the Irish in Britain and the Troubles are valuable. One dealt with the Birmingham and London Irish centres, the other with the work of Desmond Greaves and the Connolly Association. However, it is important to record that, even taken together, this is only … Read more
A chara,—In his article ‘The Law of the Innocents—Cáin Adomnáin—today’ (HI 32.4, July/Aug. 2024, Platform), James W. Houlihan, while commenting on the Israel–Gaza war, makes a reference to Israel’s alleged ‘dismissal of the two-state solution’. Firstly, the war was started by Hamas when it chose to invade Israel and slaughter some 1,200 people and take … Read more
Sir,—I am an Irish American. My great-grandfather, Samuel Munce, was born in Ireland in 1858 and came to live in the States in 1888. I am also a new subscriber to History Ireland. As a lover of history, I was very excited to sit down this morning and begin to read my very first issue. … Read more
BY DONAL FALLON NO FLUNKEYISM HERE! In 1900 Queen Victoria arrived in Dublin to considerable fanfare, as the Second Boer War rumbled on. Donal P. McCracken, a leading authority on Ireland and the conflict, notes that ‘signs of disloyalty were dwarfed by the great ceremony and large crowds surrounding the queen’, as the authorities moved … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY SEPTEMBER 23/1878 Bernard ‘Barney’ Hughes (70), baker and philanthropist, died. Starting out as a humble apprentice, Hughes opened his first bakery in 1840, and three decades later, with a portfolio that included flour mills, ships to import grain and a string of shops, was Belfast’s leading baker, with the biggest baking and … Read more