Sir,—On reading an account of Robert Monteith, commander of Casement’s Irish Brigade in Germany during the First World War, a detail caught my eye. As a consequence of his political activities and loyalties, the account written by his daughter tells how ‘. . . he was dismissed from his post at the Ordnance Depot. He … Read more
Sir,—The article ‘When Dublin responded to blitzed Belfast’s Mayday’ (HI 19.3, May/June 2011) coincided with a commemoration of the event held in Drogheda on 15 May. The mayor of Drogheda, Alderman Paul Bell, hosted his counterparts from Dublin and Belfast at a tree-planting ceremony and the unveiling of a plaque at the fire station in … Read more
Sir,—Eamon O’Flaherty’s review of Dion Boucicault’s Arrah-na-Pogue (HI 19.2, March/April 2011) notes that Boucicault made a huge impact on the theatre in mid-nineteenth-century New York and London. It should also be noted that Boucicault was in turn affected by a seminal event in American history, to which he thereby became an interesting footnote. The playbill … Read more
Sir,—In his article ‘The talented Mr MacCarthy Mór’ (HI 19.3, May/June 2011) Seán J. Murphy quite rightly points out that the 1999 edition of my Erin’s blood royal carried a foreword by the man who was then recognised by the chief herald of Ireland, and therefore by the Irish state, as ‘the MacCarthy Mór’. This … Read more
Sir,—In his letter in the last issue (HI 19.3, May/June 2011) James Fitzgerald is quite correct to state that Martin Corry was merely the captain of the Knockraha company of the IRA. As such, he was a minor figure in the conflict in Cork. He is also correct to state that the company had a … Read more