Bridge over the River Tolka to be named after one of the ‘Forgotten Ten’. By Seán Ryan The recent decision by Dublin City Council to name the bridge over the Tolka in the north Dublin suburb of Drumcondra after Frank Flood is to be welcomed. Flood was executed by the British authorities for his part … Read more
In his review of Fintan O’Toole’s Judging Shaw (Big Book, pp 60–1) Peter Gahan observes that ‘Shaw’s sceptical, questioning mode of thinking has become so much part of the intellectual air we breathe, the culture we imbue, as to have rendered him practically invisible: a victim of his own success as slayer of the idols … Read more
The United Irish League of America (UILA), Clan na Gael and The Cloven Foot By Tony King Established in New York on 4 December 1901, the United Irish League of America (UILA) was the reunited Irish Parliamentary Party’s (IPP) auxiliary organisation in the United States. Tasked with financing the constitutional movement at home, promoting the … Read more
(including Covenanters & Seceders) By Fiona Fitzsimons Historically, Irish dissent was dominated by Presbyterianism. Even before the Confederate Wars of the 1640s Presbyterianism had set down deep roots in Ireland. For the remainder of the century the authorities tolerated Presbyterian dissent. The 1662 ‘Act to Incourage Protestant Strangers… to inhabit … in the Kingdom of … Read more
Revered as a saint in India, more effort has gone into honouring her memory than understanding her. By Malachi O’Doherty Margaret Noble, or Sister Nivedita, was a far more complex and interesting person, judging by her letters, than most research on her suggests. She is widely regarded as a saintly woman. She had followed the … Read more