Along with the interview in the summer issue of History Ireland youreproduce a photograph of the delegates to the first Congress of theIrish Inter-Varsity History Students (17 February 1950) over thecaption ‘Where are they now?’ I am pleased to shed some light. The TCDdelegate W.W.L. Taylor (not Lyons) was for many years a senior officialin … Read more
Sir,—I could not help noticing that in the otherwise excellent articleabout the famous Soloheadbeg (County Tipperary) ambush of January 1919in the spring 1997 issue of History Ireland that Kevin Haddick Flynn(amongst others) is still claiming that this was the first action ofthe War of Independence. Not so. A flag must be raised for the ‘men … Read more
Sir,—I agree with your reviewer of Roy Foster’s The Apprentice Mage (Eve Patten, HI Summer 1997), that ‘the detail of Foster’s work is important’. As a biographer of John MacBride (Major John MacBride [Westport Historical Society 1991]), I looked forward to the publication of The Apprentice Mage. Eve Patten also writes that ‘this is a … Read more
This issue of History Ireland touches on some aspects of Ireland’s connection with Germany and the German-speaking parts of Europe. It came about by accident. The editors received a number of German-related articles and decided to commission a few more to fill out a whole magazine (Our review section will resume as usual in the … Read more