Sir,—I am doing a bit of research for native New Yorker Tom Mannix, who has an engineer’s pocket-watch that he inherited from his father, who told him that it belonged to his great-grandfather. He is interested in some information on the Limerick and Waterford Railway Company and the Sligo to Claremorris and Castlebar line of … Read more
Sir,—I am an International Peace Studies student at Trinity College Dublin, researching contemporary southern unionism. My research to date suggests that unionism is not extinct but has evolved over the past century into (a) ‘cultural unionism’, those who believe that there is a social union between the peoples of the British Isles, are somewhat fond … Read more
Sir,—I am issuing a public appeal for information on surviving objects and archives related to Irish women suffragists. I am a museum archaeologist and material culture historian, currently compiling a master’s research thesis on the visual and material culture of the Irish women’s suffrage movement. The year 2018 will mark the centenary of votes for … Read more
Sir,—Angus Mitchell’s review of Leo Keohane’s book on Jack White (HI 23.2, March/April 2015) coincided with the start of my interest in White while preparing research to be published on the centenary of his sensational trial at Aberdare in May 1916. This is part of my wider study into the transnational history of Irish and … Read more
Sir,—In disputing the attribution of a photograph of the New Zealand prime minister ‘outside 10 Downing Street’ (HI 23.6, Nov./Dec. 2015, p. 35), W. Peter Dunne claims to be familiar with the building and states that ‘there are no steps, nor were there ever any’ at the building. While the picture may, as you suggest, … Read more