Andrew Hadfield There is a certain sensitivity within the upper echelons of the British establishment when it comes to writing about Ireland. Liz Curtis points out in Ireland: The Propaganda War (1984) that during recent … Read more
Colin Adams Recent newspaper reports about the discovery of a possible Roman fort at Drumanagh near Dublin necessarily prompt a re-evaluation of the evidence for a Roman invasion of Ireland. A number of areas are worth exploring in this regard: not only the … Read more
Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St Patrickk’s College, Maynooth from 1947 to 1975 and of Modern History from 1975 to 1988, Monsignor Patrick J. Corish is author of various books on the Irish Catholic experience, most recently Maynooth College: 1795-1995 (Gill and MacMillan) published last year. Dáire Keogh talked to him recently. DK: Tell us … Read more
Tim Robinson In August of 1849, in London, a huge property was put up for auction: the former Martin Estate in Connemara. According to the prospectus: It is impossible for the mind of man to conceive anything necessary but capital, and a judicious application of it, for rendering this vast Property fertile beyond a … Read more
Reviewed by Ciarán Parker William Smith O’Brien’s Tasmanian Journal covers the period from his arrival in Van Diemen’s Land/Tasmania in October 1849 to March 1853, a little under a year before he was granted his first conditional pardon. The journal was written by O’Brien for his wife Lucy but it is evident from both … Read more