Sir,—PatrickMaume highlights an interesting account of the 1886 visit to Ireland byWilliam Morris (‘letters’, HI Summer 2000) in response to my article inthe previous issue (HI Spring 2000). I suspect he is right to be ratherdubious of Stephen Gwynn’s reminiscence which was written fully fortyyears after the episode he so vividly recounts. Gwynn, who seemsto … Read more
Sir,—With regard to Thomas O’Loughlin’s ‘Giraldus Cambrensis’s view ofEurope’ (HI Summer 2000), would the fact that Reggio di Calabria isemphasised in the map have anything to do with the fact that the HolyRoman Emperors resided at that stage mainly in the very south of Italyand in fact later in Sicily which had come to Henry … Read more
Sir,—I read withgreat interest the response of readers (‘letters’, HI Summer 2000) tomy article, ‘Charles Lambe and the West of Ireland’ (HI Spring 2000). Jim Jenkins wonders if Dancing at a Northern Crossroads is really setin Armagh and not the west of Ireland. While Charles Lamb came fromPortadown, the important part of his training took … Read more
Sir,–Bob Curran, in his article ‘Was Dracula an Irishman?’ (HI Summer 2000), cites my joint study of the Irish background, The Undead: the legend of Bram Stoker and Dracula, written under my pseudonym, Peter Tremayne, together with Peter Haining (Constable 1997). In the light of some subsequent research we might append a footnote which will … Read more
Charles Doherty lectures in early Irish history at University College Dublin; Dermot Keogh is professor history at University College Cork Neil Fleming is a research student at the Institute of Irish Studies, Belfast; Terence McCaughey lectures in Scots Gaelic at Trinity College, Dublin.