REPUTATIONS – History Ireland

ROBERT DUDLEY EDWARDS AND THE QUAKER UNDERCURRENT TO THE IRISH SCIENTIFIC HISTORY REVOLUTION

By Neasa MacErlean Robert Dudley Edwards is known as much for his eccentricity as for his work in professionalising the study of Irish history. Stories are still recounted about the famous Marathon exam that he instituted at UCD, the departmental meetings in Hartigan’s pub, his encounters with the Gardaí and cryptic comments delivered to startled … Read more

‘I DID THE WORK I WAS FIT FOR’—SEÁN O’FAOLAIN’S PENSION APPLICATION

By John Grant When Seán O’Faolain’s application for a service certificate landed on a clerk’s desk, signed and dated 22 July 1936, the document offered a private unveiling. His request to apply ‘for a pension as a member of the Irish Republican Army from 1918 to 1924’ was not administered for a year and, writing … Read more