NATIONALISM, HOMOPHOBIA AND A VICTORIAN DUBLIN SUBCULTURE
By Noah Williams On 12 July 1884 ‘[t]he announcement of the verdict [in Cornwall v. O’Brien] was instantly carried outside, and the cheers with which it was received by those in court were echoed again and again outside’. When William O’Brien, editor of United Ireland, left the court, it was reported that the ‘crowds who … Read more