Corkery remembered The restless energies of Daniel Corkery (1878-1964), author of The Hidden Ireland, friend of Terence MacSwiney, scourge of Sean Ó Faoláin and Frank O’Connor, and champion of the Gael, the Church, the language, and the land, seem a little unfashionable in the Ireland of today. So, too, do the charms of the village of … Read more
Ireland 1848 It has been noted as a case of historical negligence that no photographs were taken of the Great Irish Famine even though early photographers had the means. Those given to conspiracy theories suggest that photographs of the starving and the dead were taken but were such an affront to Victorian sensibilities and … Read more
Happy birthday! As History Ireland begins its fifth year of publication, down in Tipperary a local history journal celebrates ten years of existence. The 1997 Tipperary Historical Journal will be a special tenth anniversary number, with a comprehensive forty-page survey of the county’s historiography by local historian Denis Marnane. As usual, the journal specialises in … Read more
Collins in Cork Starting at 8pm on Friday 28 February and continuing into the following Saturday 1 March, UCC History Department will be hosting a conference on Michael Collins and the making of the modern Irish state. Speakers include the organiser Dermot Keogh, Joe Lee, Eunan O’Halpin, John Regan, Deirdre McMahon, Martin Mansergh and Gearóid … Read more
by Christine Casey and Christopher Ward In 14 St Stephen’s Green is an unusual historical document. On one pane of a sash window in the rear hall-floor parlour are scratched the names of five soldiers: A.O. Pollock 21st Regiment, W. Rowland McKay 3rd Dragoon Guards, W.C. Forbes 92nd Highlanders, Mr M. McKay 3rd … Read more