BY FELIX M. LARKIN Martyn Turner, the Irish Times cartoonist since the 1970s, recently announced in the ‘Irishman’s Diary’ column in that newspaper that he had become an Irish citizen. Congratulations to him on that, but let’s hope it doesn’t diminish the acuity with which he comments in his cartoons on our follies and foibles. … Read more
BY JAMES O’NEILL On 22 May 2020, archaeologists in Valladolid, Spain, reported the discovery of bones at an excavation to find the last resting place of Red Hugh O’Donnell, lord of Tirconnell. The news provoked significant interest from both the national and social media, with much tweeting and comment on the possible rediscovery of one … Read more
Welcome to the second issue of the COVID-19 lockdown—although by now restrictions are, thankfully, beginning to be lifted. While it has been ‘business as usual’ for the History Ireland production team, readers will notice certain small changes. We have revamped the front cover, a precursor to a more general redesign in future editions. The magazine … Read more
‘Louis Werner is touring here, Mr Bloom said. O yes, we’ll have all topnobbers. J.C. Doyle and John MacCormack I hope and. The best, in fact.’ (James Joyce, Ulysses) By Eugene Dunphy From boyhood into manhood, James Joyce was immersed in music. At the Martello Terrace family home in Bray, he often witnessed his father … Read more
A New Zealand perspective on the Easter Rising. By Rory Sweetman Jack Garland was an orderly with the New Zealand Medical Corps attached to the hospital ship Marama during the First World War. The 21-year-old corporal spent the first few months of 1916 evacuating wounded Allied troops from around the Mediterranean, including many survivors of … Read more