Sir,—Would any reader direct me to any sources which might hold information about Bishop Alexis Stafford, listed as a member of the Jacobite Parliament in 1689 for the town and borough of Bannow, County Wexford? He is said to have fought and died at the battle of Aughrim in 1691. I shall be happy to … Read more
Sir,—In his review in the last issue of HI (Spring 1996) of Colony and Frontier in Medieval Ireland Adrian Empey quotes what purports to be a sentence from my paper published therein: ‘For some reason or other, never satisfactorily explained, de Courcy’s army passed through Louth without so much as lopping off a head’ and … 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
Reviewed by Seán Duffy 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 … Read more
Reviewed by Charles J. O’Sullivan Both these books were commissioned and, like the newspapers they serve to commemorate, they are different in orientation. The one dedicated to The Irish News is a collection of twenty-six articles by academics, journalists and writers to honour its centenary in 1991, to pay tribute to the skill, courage … Read more