Sir,—Oliver Doyle’s interesting ‘Artefacts’ contribution in the last issue (HI 31.4, July/August 2023, p. 35) revealed just how significant the Croagh Patrick pilgrimage has been, and is to this day, adding the significant aspect of transport and how the railway company acknowledged its service, and no doubt profits, by the presentation of a chalice and … Read more
BY DONAL FALLON A MUSEUM FOR HARRY CLARKE Good news for Dublin’s Parnell Square: Dublin City Council is proposing a museum to stained-glass artist Harry Clarke. Just around the corner from the site of his studio on North Frederick Street, the museum would be located in the same building as the Chapter One restaurant. Clarke’s … Read more
BY JOHN GIBNEY SEPTEMBER 19/1880 The nationalist leader and MP Charles Stewart Parnell gave a speech in Ennis, Co. Clare, that ultimately led to the addition of a new word to the English language. Parnell asked his listeners: ‘What are you to do to a tenant who bids for a farm from which another tenant … Read more
By Michael Davies On 27 February 2023, the day the Windsor Framework was agreed between the UK and the EU with the encouragement of US President Joe Biden, 200 high school students from eight European countries met in Maynooth University to debate Irish history. They did so in a spirit of openness and mutual respect, … Read more
By Brian Smyth A plaque was unveiled on 3 April 2023 in Creeslough, Co. Donegal, to commemorate the pioneering computer programmer Kay McNulty. It was unveiled by her granddaughter, Naomi Most, who travelled from the United States for the event. Naomi remembered her grandmother as a determined, dynamic and brilliant woman who thought in a … Read more