‘Never make predictions . . . especially about the future’ By the time you read this, elections to the Northern Ireland assembly will have taken place and a power-sharing executive may (or may not) have been formed. My hunch is that it will, but in saying so I am conscious of the ghost of the … Read more
Sir, —In reprising Ciarán Brady’s ‘platform’ piece in the Nov./Dec. 2006issue (‘Taming ‘the new monster’) I note that the web address for oursite is incorrectly cited as ‘www.his.ie’. It should of course be‘www.hist.ie’. —Yours etc., PAT CALLAN History In-Service Team
Sir, —In the Jan./Feb. 2007 issue Patrick Maume, in his letter regardingnationalist attitudes to golf, noted: ‘Arthur Clery, who wrote for D.P. Moran’s Leader under the pen-name “Chanel”, devoted considerablecasuistic energy to arguing that tennis and even rugby might betolerated by Gaels . . .’. Not quite so here in Galway City, it seems,because in … Read more
Sir, —In the Jan./Feb. 2007 issue, on page 12, I noticed some remarks onSt Francis of Assisi that are not quite accurate. It is often said thathis baptismal name was Giovanni, which is correct, and his family nameBernardone. In fact he was Giovanni di Pietro (John, son of Peter), andhis paternal grandfather was Bernardoni. Francis … Read more
Sir, —With reference to the article in the Jan./Feb. 2007 issue, ‘Seán South of Garryowen’, I noticed a number of inaccuracies. RUC Sergeant Kenneth Cordner was armed with a Bren light machine-gun,which he received on the day of the raid, not a Sten gun as stated. The article also stated that all twelve volunteers refused … Read more