National Gallery of Ireland until 6 February 2022 By Marie Bourke This exhibition, which marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of this major Irish artist, focuses on Yeats’s memories, including those of his Sligo childhood that provided such a rich source of lifelong inspiration, and his oil paintings—about half of which he created in … Read more
Sir,—The centenary of the Irish revolution has generated a huge and varied literature on what is often called the ‘Irish war of independence’. A number of other terms such as the ‘Tan War’ or the ‘Irish revolution’ were also in use. My tuppence-worth was an essay questioning the appropriateness of the term ‘war of independence’ … Read more
Sir,—In reply to Stephen Brown’s letter (HI 29.5, Sept./Oct. 2021), there has indeed been a ‘trend to dismiss the Civil War and to downplay it’. However, this is a trend in which Mr Brown himself appears also somewhat complicit. In restricting his criticism to the treatment of the Civil War within the ‘decade of centenaries’ … Read more
Sir,—On behalf of the Fellowship of Messines Association I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your recent editorials and your observations and positive comments on the Truth Recovery Process (TRP) as a means of addressing the legacy of our violent past. As an organisation made up of individuals from a broad … Read more
Sir,—To date I have written four books about Oliver Cromwell: Cromwell at Drogheda (Broin Print, 1993); Cromwell: an honourable enemy (Brandon Books, 1999); Cromwell was framed (Chronos Books, 2014); and The Protector: the fall and rise of Oliver Cromwell (Top Hat Books, 2022), the latter being a fictional biography. Recently (HI 29.5, Sept./Oct. 2021, Big … Read more