The great guns like thunder: the cannon from the City of Derry B. G. Scott, R. R. Brown, A. G. Leacock and C. J. Salter (Guildhall Hall Press, £25) ISBN 9781906271107 Readers will doubtless know that the ‘Maiden City’s’ ramparts form the most complete surviving urban bastioned enceinte in Ireland or Britain. Moreover, the … Read more
Consolidating conquest: Ireland 1603–1727 Pádraig Lenihan (Pearson Longman, Ä25.20) ISBN 9780582772175 In the last twenty years, a whole coterie of Irish medievalists, early modernists and modernists have sought to emulate and supersede J. C. Beckett’s Making of modern Ireland—with varying degrees of success. Although all these scholars have both identified and explored interlocking themes of … Read more
The HMS currently operates four museums—the Tower, Harbour, Workhouse and Foyle Valley Railway Museums. An Archive Service and a programme of learning activities allow staff to raise awareness of the collection and of the region’s history. Learning is at the heart of the HMS, with a range of activities for all ages, based on the … Read more
The Tower Museum, Derry O’Doherty’s Tower, Union Hall Place www.derrycity.gov.uk/museums, +44 (0)28 71372411 October–May, Tues.–Sat. 10am–5pm The city of Derry could be described as a monument of the Plantation of Ulster. It owes its existence and its famous never-breached walls to the Honourable the Irish Society, that association of London guilds which undertook to … Read more
KNOX, Andrew (1559–1633), Scottish cleric and Irish bishop, was born in Ranfurly, Renfrewshire, second son of John Knox. He was educated at Glasgow University, gaining his MA in 1579. As a minister in Scotland he served at Lochwinnoch and Paisley, before making his name as a commissioner charged with suppressing Catholic priests and Jesuits. On … Read more