Sir—I should like to express my interest and gratitude to David Mulhall for his piece ‘Ulysses as history’ (HI 32.3, May/June 2024). As a historian first, I have found this extremely helpful in highlighting major themes and the wider span of experience, language, nuances of decades drawn into a day’s events. As a historian involved … Read more
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