Sir,—With reference to the excellent article by Leanne Blaney, ‘Motors wanted!’ (HI 26.6, Nov./Dec. 2018), on the use of the motor car in canvassing during the 1918 general election, in a February 1908 cartoon that was part of Sinn Féin’s North Leitrim by-election campaign on behalf of its candidate Charles Dolan, the former Irish Parliamentary … Read more
BY TONY CANAVAN New life for Belfast courthouse A new landmark hotel for Belfast is set to open in the Crumlin Road Courthouse. This historic building has remained derelict for years, with a number of plans published on what to do with it. After all those false starts, however, it seems that developer Lawrence Kenwright … Read more
In recent years the commemoration of those who participated in the First World War has become less contentious. By William Murphy In an initiative that attracted considerable attention, each day for eleven days, concluding on 11 November 2018, the Gaelic Athletic Association both tweeted and published on its website a short profile of a player … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY JANUARY 01/1892 Ellis Island, the US government’s busiest immigrant inspection station for over 60 years, officially opened. One can only speculate as to how Annie Moore (17) from Cobh, Co. Cork, came to be the first person processed. Newly arrived with her two brothers as steerage passengers on board the SS Nevada … Read more
By Helen Litton The Daly family of Limerick is noted in Irish history for having produced the Fenian John Daly, his nephew Edward, commandant of the Four Courts during the Easter Rising, and his niece Kathleen, who married Tom Clarke and went into politics after the execution of her husband and brother. However, two other … Read more