Sir,—I recently bought the Winter issue of HI. I found it bothenlightening and entertaining. I particularly liked the article byChristine Kinealy about revisionism and the Great Irish Famine. Idiscovered what I believe to be an error in the Connemara Railwayarticle. If you will carefully examine both photographs of the stationsat Clifden (p.38) and Recess (p39), … Read more
Sir,—Would any reader direct me to any sources which might holdinformation about Bishop Alexis Stafford, listed as a member of theJacobite Parliament in 1689 for the town and borough of Bannow, CountyWexford? He is said to have fought and died at the battle of Aughrim in1691. I shall be happy to acknowledge all information.—Yours etc., … Read more
Sir,—In his review in the last issue of HI (Spring 1996) of Colony andFrontier in Medieval Ireland Adrian Empey quotes what purports to be asentence from my paper published therein: ‘For some reason or other,never satisfactorily explained, de Courcy’s army passed through Louthwithout so much as lopping off a head’ and adds: ‘I think one … Read more
Sir,—The Irish Committee of Historical Sciences, the body which represents the interests of History as an academic discipline wishes to express the alarm of all university teachers of History in Ireland at the prospect that pupils in Irish secondary schools may no longer be required to study History up to Junior Certificate level. Our concern … Read more
At the start of every academic year the university lecturer is faced with the task of recommending certain books to the new, eager crop of students taking his or her subject. Of equal importance, and frequently undertaken with even more enthusiasm, is the task of warning students off certain other books regarded as flawed, tainted, … Read more