There are two memorials to Jim Connell, one in County Meath where he was born in 1852 and the other a plaque on a house he once occupied in London. But the greatest memorial to Jim Connell is, of course, The Red Flag which has been sung by socialists all over the world for more … Read more
Two recent TV documentaries on Irish revolutionaries, both in RTÉ’s True Lives series, offer a strikingly contrasting view of the lives of two men caught up in the politics of the twentieth century. Patrick Pearse and Pat Breslin—the former firmly established in the pantheon of Irish nationalism, the latter virtually forgotten except by his children … Read more
The recent revelation that Peter Berry, secretary to the Department of Justice, highlighted key sections of a document that were subsequently deleted, a document central to the 1970 Arms Trial, is not the first time that his name has been linked to sensitive documents relating to matters of state security. The Sean MacEntee Papers, held … Read more