Owing to a software gremlin, Niall Meehan’s review of Emmet O’Connor’s Rotten Prod: the unlikely career of Dongaree Baird (UCD Press) in the March/April 2023 issue of History Ireland was incorrectly attributed to Jim Smyth, a layout ‘ghost’ from the previous issue. Apologies to all concerned.—Ed.
Sir,—The very striking cover image of Robert Ballagh’s painting, Lest we forget, and the accompanying article ‘John Charles McQuaid reassessed?’ by Mary Kenny (HI 31.2, March/April 2023) together make a valuable and interesting contribution to the debate on this titan of twentieth-century Ireland. However, there is no reference to the McQuaid painting being based on … Read more