Sir,—Lar Joye, in his item on the Lusitania (Artefacts, HI 23.3, May/ June 2015), refers to the torpedoing of the RMS Leinster in 1918 ‘with the loss of 178 lives’. This is a common error made by referring to an official 1919 publication on vessels lost at sea, which omits military deaths. Phillip Lecane, in … Read more
Readers of ‘On this day’ in the last issue (HI 23.3, May/June 2015) may have had an unsettling sense of déjà vu. It wasn’t you, it was us. Owing to a file labelling error, the listing for May/June 2014 rather than 2015 was published. Also, in the article on Irish Shipping the captions on p. … Read more
Sir,—With the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War recently, I was pleased to see Daire Brunicardi’s article (HI 23.3, May/ June 2015) about the important role of Irish Shipping in keeping neutral Ireland going during the war. It brought great pleasure to me as the proud daughter of an Irish seafarer. … Read more
A chara,—I am researching the construction of two electricity stations in west Donegal in the 1950s and would be delighted if your readers could help me. Construction of the ESB Clady hydroelectric and the Meenacung turf station began around 1953–4 and both stations were commissioned in 1958. The general contractor for the Clady scheme was … Read more
Sir,—I am doing research on the dance halls in rural Ireland during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. My research will be based on people’s memories, and I would be very pleased to hear from any readers who attended dances during this period, remember them, or have any photographs taken at dances or perhaps clothes worn … Read more