One of the best kept secrets of Irish history publishing is Retrospect,journal of the Irish History Students Association, which every yearpublishes the papers delivered at the annual IHSA conference. Thecurrent issue includes: ‘The forces behind the Gaelic Revival in thelate medieval period’ by Brendan Daly (UCG); ‘The effects of the SecondWorld War on Northern Ireland’ … Read more
Sir Roger Casement, humanitarian and Irish nationalist, has been the subject of two important new works by Angus Mitchell and Roger Sawyer. At first they worked together on Casement’s accounts of his journeys in the Putamayo region in South America between 1910 and 1914, but the two scholars soon found that they disagreed on the … Read more
Sir,—I have been researching the history of the Martin/Martyn family ofGalway, Ireland for over two years now, detailing as much as ispossible of our nine-hundred year history. The real surprise of my workwas that after some very detailed and painstaking research—neveragain!—I have been able to draw up/revise/up-date over a dozen familypedigrees, most of whom can … Read more
Sir,—I found it curious that Patrick O’Sullivan’s article ‘Ireland and the Olympic Games’ in HI Spring 1998 should fail to mention John Mary Pius Boland (1870-1958). Boland, a Dubliner, won two Olympic gold medals for tennis in the 1896 games in Athens, becoming the first Irishman to win an Olympic honour.—Yours etc., KEVIN O’SULLIVAN Letterkenny … Read more
Sir,—I have been commissioned to produce a record of the forcedlandings and crashes of belligerent aircraft—British, German andAmerican—which occurred in neutral Ireland during World War II.Official records show 163 incidents, but there appears to have beenover 200, including those aircraft which fell into territorial waters. I am anxious to obtain personal reminiscences of as many … Read more