Peace dividend

Peace dividend Antrim and Randalstown Historical Societies and Rathfeigh Historical Society (County Meath) have recently enjoyed reciprocal visits. Accord­ing to a spokesperson for Rathfeigh Historical Society these outings, in addition to being very enjoyable, helped contribute to the establishment of good relations with their northern counterparts particularly in light of the present political climate.

Military History Society

The Autumn lecture programme of the Military History Society of Ireland: Thursday 12 October, The defence of Dublin in the Middle Ages. Speaker James Lydon. Thursday, 9 November, Northern Ireland in the Second World War. Speaker Mr. Ian Henderson. Friday, 24 November, Letters from Fontenoy. Speaker Dr Micheline Kerney Walsh. Lectures take place at 8pm … Read more

The Byrne-Perry Summer School

by Brian Cleary When Ivan Yates rose to formally open the Byrne-Perry Summer School in Gorey at the end of June, the packed all was in exuberant mood. They had come from all over Ireland to hear what the scholars had to say to a modern audience about 1798. They were not disappointed. Gorey was … Read more

Peace dividend

Peace dividend Antrim and Randalstown Historical Societies and Rathfeigh Historical Society (County Meath) have recently enjoyed reciprocal visits. Accord­ing to a spokesperson for Rathfeigh Historical Society these outings, in addition to being very enjoyable, helped contribute to the establishment of good relations with their northern counterparts particularly in light of the present political climate.

Alphabetical disorder

Alphabetical disorder In the article ‘Clann na Talmhan: Ireland’s last farmers’ party’ (HI Summer 1995) the order of the names of the co-authors, Peter Moser and Tony Varley, was inadvertently reversed.