Michael F.X. Hogan One of the least known stories of the Irish who came to America in the 1840s is that of the Irish battalion which fought on the Mexican side in the US-Mexico War of 1846-48. They came to Mexico and died, some gloriously in combat, others ignominiously on the gallows. Under a … Read more
Picturing the Word An information pack, intended to maximise the educational value of school visits to Trinity College’s award-winning Book of Kells exhibition ‘Picturing the Word’, is now available from TCD Library. The pack provides an introduction to the Book of Kells and to the society that produced it, illustrating life in Early Christian Ireland, … Read more
Presbyterians and the Irish Language Roger Blaney (Ulster Historical Foundation/The Ultach Trust, £6.50) ISBN 0-901905-75-5 Reviewed by Caoimhghin Ó Murchadha The events of last summer raised many questions about the nature and exercise of certain aspects of unionist cultural traditions in the North. Whilst historically it is the case that only a minority of the … Read more
Maynooth College: 1795-1995 Patrick J. Corish (Gill and Macmillan, £40) ISBN: 0-7171-2241-7 Reviewed by Thomas O’Loughlin For the two centuries of its existence Maynooth has been close to the centre of Irish life and controversy. There is not a corner of the island which has not felt the effects of its alumni, or of decisions … Read more
Sir,—I note your recent article on ‘The American Civil War and Irish Nationalism’ (HI 4.2, Summer 1996). Your readers may be interested to know that there is a re-enactment regiment of the American Civil War currently recruiting in Ireland, North and South. The 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the fourth regiment of the Irish … Read more