The law dictated who could make a will or testament and what form the document took. The practice of writing testaments arrived in Ireland with the Anglo-Normans. Testaments allowed people to dictate instructions for their funeral, appoint executors and dispose of their ‘moveable’ property—their possessions with the exception of land or houses, which were passed … Read more
Lord chief justice of Ireland Sir Richard de La Rochelle Bishop of Meath & treasurer of Ireland Hugh of Taghmon Chancellor Sir Frenmund Le Brune (de Brun) First baron of Trim (chief justice of Ireland 1273–6) Sir Geoffrey de Geneville Knight Sir Thomas de Yppegrane Escheator Master William de Bakepiz Knights & jurors Sir John … Read more
The legislation under which the pensions were granted consisted of the Army Pensions Acts (1923–1980), which related to the wounded and to dependent family members of those killed on active service between 1 April 1916 and 30 September 1924. Applications for pensions under these acts were subject to investigation. But by far the more significant … Read more
Dublin loyalists were undoubtedly engaged in gunrunning through the city. In 1964 a Mr Stokes of Cork wrote to the Irish Times expressing his surprise that in recent coverage remembering the Howth gunrunning (to the Irish Volunteers) the Dún Laoghaire gunrunning had not been mentioned. In a detailed account, Mr Stokes told the Times that … Read more
Bill Clements (The Holliwell Press, £12.95) ISBN 9780992610401 Did the Martello towers of Ireland truly deter Napoleon and were they worth the £250,000 invested in their construction from 1804 to 1817 (equivalent to £50,000,000 today)? How were these permanent defences designed, what was their purpose after Waterloo, and how have the surviving ones—such a distinguishing … Read more