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Features

The Fate of an Infamous Informer

When the body of James Power wasbrought ashore at Port Elizabeth in the Cape Colony on 30 July 1883 thetown became the focus of world attention as never before or since; forJames Power turned out to be James Carey, the notorious assassin—turnedinformer—who had dominated the news since the beginning of the year. Carey hit the … Read more

Categories 18th–19th - Century History, Features, Issue 2 (Summer 2001), Volume 9

Saol & Saothar Charlotte Brooke

Cé hí Charlotte Brooke? Bhí an-chlú uirthi agus í beo, agus fiú céad bliain ina dhiaidh sin. Ach tá dearmad déanta uirthi anois taobh amuigh de na hollscoileanna. Bhí páirt an-tábhachtach ag Charlotte i gcéad athbheochan na Gaeilge, mar d’fhoilsigh sí leabhar dar teideal Reliques of Irish Poetry i 1789. Bailiúchán dánta as Gaeilge atá … Read more

Categories 18th–19th - Century History, Features, Issue 2 (Summer 2001), Volume 9

Maigh Eo na Sacsan

Maigh Eo na Sacsan (Mayo of the English) bears witness to the earliest contacts between Ireland and England, to an era when cultural contacts between the two countries were characterised by a mutual give and take. Tim Pat Coogan has pointed out that it was only as late as the twelfth century that ‘the influence … Read more

Categories Early Modern History (1500–1700), Features, Issue 2 (Summer 2001), Volume 9
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