De Valera’s return to the Oireachtas was in the context of the ceremonies to mark the golden jubilee of the first meeting of Dáil Éireann, which had sat for the first time on 21 January 1919. Following consultations with the government and the council of state, it was agreed that President de Valera would address … Read more
Errol got all the fame, but his father, Theodore Flynn, a respected academic, deserves recognition too. So think Tony and Vicki Harrison, Australian writers who have penned a biography of Prof. Flynn, father of the Hollywood legend, who taught at Queen’s University, Belfast, in the 1930s and ’40s. Flynn senior was born in Australia but … Read more
James Hughes’s article in this issue on the counterinsurgency theory and practice of General Sir Frank Kitson (pp 44–8) is indeed timely, particularly in the wake of the ‘Panorama’ documentary Britain’s secret terror force (BBC1, 21 Nov. 2013). The documentary dealt with the actions of an undercover British Army unit known as the Military Reaction … Read more
January 8 Wed 8pm Malahide Historical Society, Presbyterian Church Hall, Dublin Road. Belcamp House and the Markievicz connection, Pat Quigley. 9 Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Mount Merrion Community Centre. The little ships in Ireland’s history, Pat Sweeney. Adm. €4. 10 Fri 8pm Military History Society of Ireland, Griffith College, South Circular Road. Italian … Read more
My guardian told me a story about one of his adventures in the boarding house of the school that he used to study. This story is around the 1970s in Galway. He explained me that in this boarding house at lunch time, the cookers always put potatoes in each table of the canteen, the potatoes … Read more