BY AODHÁN CREALEY SEPTEMBER 21/1832 Sir Walter Scott (61), historical novelist, playwright, poet and antiquary, died from cholera. When Scott made his first and only visit to Ireland, a month-long stay in the summer of 1825, he was an internationally acclaimed poet and author of a hugely popular series of novels with a Scottish historical … Read more
By TONY CANAVAN A novel idea for partition One of the most unusual centenaries recently was that of the suggestion from Lord Rothermere, the newspaper magnate, on how to solve the Irish problem. In 1917 he published an article in Sunday Pictorial, identifying the Irish problem as being about two counties. He said that the … Read more
6 February 2017 was the 90th anniversary of the death of Sam Maguire, whose name was bestowed on the cup that has been awarded every year since 1928 to the winners of the All-Ireland Gaelic football championship. But who was he? By Junette Stronge Sam Maguire was born near Dunmanway, Co. Cork, into a Church … Read more
New on-line catalogue from the National Archives, Ireland. By Martin Fagan, Nigel Johnston and Vera Moynes ‘Captain Rock Do hereby warn the Genetery of Youghall, It is not Gould nor Silver we want, But Liberty And have your arms Redy for us for we do intend to pay you a Vised in a Short time … Read more
Readers of this magazine are no doubt familiar with the controversy stirred up by Peter Hart’s The IRA and its enemies (1998), and in particular by his thesis of the underlying sectarianism of the IRA’s campaign in Cork during the War of Independence. The difficult questions posed by Hart were entirely justified, but in the … Read more