Sir,—I am researching the history of commercial brewing in the North-West of Ireland. In particular I am looking for information on Martin Joseph Madden Jr, a native of Sligo who resided in Bray, County Wicklow, from the 1880s onwards, and Kathleen V. Davys, another native of Sligo who resided in Bangor, County Down, up to … Read more
Sir,—We are developing a film documentary about the life and work of the great Irish Victorian sculptor John Henry Foley. Dubliners will be familiar with his statues of Edmund Burke, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Grattan at the front of Trinity College. According to the critic Brian Fallon, ‘No art works are woven more densely and … Read more
Sir,—My attention was drawn to the photograph on page five of the last issue (HI vol.9, no.1, Spring 2001), which accompanied the short article ‘The British Offer to End Partition, June 1940’. As noted in the caption, it was one of three tanks used by the defence forces during the Emergency.The vehicle is a Swedish-built … Read more
Sir,—I found it odd that you did not ask a historian to review The Catholics of Ulster by Marianne Elliott who is not only a noted historian but one of History Ireland’s patrons.Others better qualified or at least possessing ‘the nobility of the Gaelic mind’ (to use just one of Mons. Murray’s unhistorical phrases) will, … Read more
Sir,—Referring to the article on the Civil War photographs in the last issue (HI vol.9, no.1, Spring 2001), it should be noted that the picture at the top of page 34 is shown in reverse. It shows a closer view of the same scene as the two lower pictures, but it will be noted that … Read more