Sir, —In his review of the TG4 series Rapairí (HI 18.1, Jan./Feb. 2010),John Gibney mistakenly refers to Willie Corduff instead of Micheál ÓSeighin as a contributor to the first programme in the series. Both menare well-known members of the Rossport 5. As someone who has followedthe course of their campaign over a number of … Read more
Sir, —Eugene Duggan suggests (HI 18.1, Jan./Feb. 2010, letters) that aquotation in my book Architects of the Resurrection from an address byMichael Donnellan, in which the Clann na Talmhan leader compared hispolitical mission to that of Adolf Hitler, is not authentic—based uponthe curious rationale that because Mr Duggan failed to come across thisstatement in the … Read more
Sir, —As Lar Joye pointed out (HI 18.1, Jan./Feb. 2010), the story ofIrishmen in the Confederate Army is less well known than that of thosewho served with the Union. There is another category of Irishmen whohave received little attention—those who served in regular Union armyor in volunteer regiments that had no connection to the Irish … Read more
Sir, —I was delighted to see that you featured Altirí na hAiséirighe in your September/October 2009 issue. It brought back boyhood memories of going with my pals to attend their meetings in the city centre. There was something flamboyant about that organisation that made it more attractive to us than the staid images of … Read more
I found Tom Landers’s letter (Democracy?) in the last issue (HI 17.6,Nov./Dec. 2009) silly and puzzling. What connection had Hitler with theShannon scheme, which was started before he was even heard of andcompleted nearly four years before he came to power? While Siemens hadthe contract, it was Irish-financed and built by Irishmen. My father, aUCC … Read more