Sir, —I read with interest D. R. O’Connor Lysaght’s letter in the lastissue on the different strands of Irish nationalist thought dealt within the previous (March/April 2007) issue. I think he misinterpreted thetheme of my short piece on John O’Leary, however, which was concernedsolely with analysing why Yeats came to associate O’Leary with apoetical idea … Read more
Sir, —As a Confederate re-enactor, you can imagine how interested I wasto read the May/June issue’s article on Irish nationalist/southernsecessionist John Mitchel. Having experienced severe difficulty infinding reliable, detailed information on his service to theConfederate states, I was pleasantly surprised. James Quinn is to becongratulated, as his article is extremely insightful and a credit toyour … Read more
Sir, —Your last issue (HI 15.3, May/June 2007), which included a numberof articles on Ireland and slavery, was, as usual, excellent. I wouldlike, however, to offer a corrective to a frequently made mistake inyour editorial. The opening sentence stated that ‘This year marks thebicentenary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, of whichIreland … Read more
Sir, —With reference to Gordon Gillespie’s article ‘Sunningdale and the 1974 Ulster Workers’ Council strike’ (HI 15.3, May/June 2007), we in Justice for the Forgotten were extremely disappointed that an incorrect date was given for the bombing of Dublin and Monaghan, an error that was replicated in your editorial. The no-warning car bombings in Dublin … Read more
Seventeenth-century Ireland—making Ireland modern New Gill History of Ireland, 3 Raymond Gillespie (Gill and Macmillan, €18.99/£14.99) ISBN 0717139468 The Open University once offered a course entitled ‘Conflict and Stability in the Development of Modern Europe’. Students were required to focus their attention on the long years of peace in Europe as much as on those … Read more