MATTHEW STOUT Wordwell Books €35 ISBN 9781999790905 Reviewed by Pat Wallace So much progress has been made on so many levels by so many specialists over the past half-century that there is now an ocean of data available on Ireland’s first historical millennium. Material culture is only part of this ocean and its specialities range … Read more
O’Connell Street, Dublin By Sarah Buckley The General Post Office (GPO) in O’Connell Street, Dublin, one of Ireland’s most symbolic buildings, has witnessed two centuries of Irish history. The foundation stone of the neo-Classical building was laid by Lord Charles Whitworth (1752–1825), lord lieutenant of Ireland, on 12 August 1814 and the building opened for … Read more
The Ormond–St Leger feud. By Alan Bryson By spring 1544 the lord deputy of Ireland, Sir Anthony St Leger, faced growing criticism of his policies, especially among supporters of the most powerful Irish nobleman, James Butler, ninth earl of Ormond. He still had the backing of King Henry VIII, however, and, in comparison with the … Read more
By Dennis Kennedy In this crowded decade of centenaries, are there any plans for an Independence Day? I mean a celebration of 100 years of a self-governing Irish state—the real thing, not the mythical Republic of 1916. How about 16 January, the day in 1922 when His Majesty’s lord lieutenant formally handed over Dublin Castle … Read more
Sir,—I am sorry to have to correct you, but you were inaccurate in your report of the result of the by-election in Waterford on 22 March 1918 (HI 26.3, March/April 2018, ‘On this day’). In fact, Captain W. Redmond defeated Dr V. White (Sinn Féin), not the other way around.—Yours etc., JODIE COOKE 6th Class … Read more