Sir,—It is indeed true that the Israeli state’s labelling of all its critics as ‘anti-Semitic’ is shameless and designed to muzzle opposition to its brutal war in Gaza (HI 33.2, March/April 2025, editorial), but two things can be true at the same time. Defending Ireland’s position on Palestine should not mean having to whitewash anti-Semitism … Read more
Sir,—Understanding that HI can only list a selection of titles in the ‘further reading’ appended to feature articles, we nonetheless encourage some expansion for curious readers of Isadore Ryan’s article on the Irish in the Franco-Prussian War (HI 33.2, March/April 2025). Having, at the request of Janick Julienne, attempted to locate, so far unsuccessfully, an … Read more
In the light of observations made by Nicola Bartley, granddaughter of Robert Butler, which the author, Jack Traynor, would like to take on board, a revised version of his article ‘The general and his drivers—Eoin O’Duffy’s chauffeurs’ has been uploaded to our website https://historyireland.com/the-general-and-his-drivers-eoin-oduffys-chauffeurs. —Ed.
Sir,—I listened back with great interest to your Hedge School, ‘Soloheadbeg—impact and legacy’, recorded at Ballykisteen Hotel, Limerick Junction, Co. Tipperary, on Saturday 19 January 2019 (https://www.historyireland.com/podcast/soloheadbeg-impact-legacy/). In response to a question to the panel from the floor on the role of women in the War of Independence, I was surprised that no mention was … Read more
Sir,—I wish to respond to Owen McGee’s review of my The Irish Republican Brotherhood 1914–1924 (Big Book, HI 33.1, Jan./Feb. 2025). Your reviewer consistently misreports and misrepresents my analysis and arguments. Nowhere, for example, do I claim ‘special insights’. Nor do I contradict myself or rely on interviews to the exclusion of documented evidence. My … Read more