REDEEMING DEV, DAMNING GRIFFITH: PAKENHAM’S PEACE BY ORDEAL

By Colum Kenny Born in England in 1905, when Arthur Griffith first articulated his Sinn Féin policy, Frank Pakenham became the 7th Lord Longford in 1961. He grew up between his Anglo-Irish family’s mansion in Oxfordshire, their house in London and a castle in County Westmeath. If one book has shaped most profoundly the reputation ... Read more

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