Letters

Sir,—I read with interest this fine article by Eoin McLaughlin and Paul Sharp (HI 26.4, July/August 2018) and would like to advise readers that further details on this economic dimension to the Troubles in Kerry is included in my book on the military career of Thomas McEllistrim, The call to arms (Tralee, 2016). There, McEllistrim’s … Read more

Sir,—In their letter (HI 26.3, May/June 2018), Andy Bielenberg and John Borgonovo quoted from an article in the May 1922 issue of Poblacht na h-Éireann by Erskine Childers. He denounced strongly what had happened in the previous month at Dunmanway: ‘Sectarian crime is the foulest crime’. They omitted, however, another part of the article where … Read more