Dr John G. Tohill of Magherafelt spotted an arithmetical error in ‘Facts and fallacies of the Belfast pogrom’ (HI 28.5, Sept./Oct. 2020, top of the third column, p. 31), which the author, Kieran Glennon, would like to acknowledge. The number of Catholic civilians killed should have read 251 (and not 254). And, in the same … Read more
Sir,—Kieran Glennon’s article ‘Facts and fallacies of the Belfast pogrom’ (HI 28.5, Sept./Oct. 2020) was fair and balanced. His title was, of course, hinged to the unpublished Fr Hassan (‘G.B. Kenna’) pamphlet Facts and figures of the Belfast pogrom 1920–1922. Hassan’s failing was one-sidedness, not unlike that of his pamphlet’s contemporary, the Irish Bulletin. As … Read more