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History Ireland SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2024

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Our man in Moscow

By James Sharkey It was 5 April 1974, my 29th birthday. I had just arrived in Moscow with...

An Ulsterman’s Arnhem:Theirs is the Glory (1946)

By Lance Pettitt The part that Irishmen have played in British military conflicts down the years is...

When Cork’s lord mayor incurred the wrath of Nazi Germany

By Pat Poland In the early hours of the morning of 1 September 1939, the German pocket-battleship...

The sovereignty of silence—the Carrigan Report and the rise and fall of professional womanhood in Ireland

By Emma Quinn A March 1931 article in the Irish Examiner announced that a ‘solemn decree protesting...

Death and retribution

By Arthur Matthews Kevin O’Higgins, the Free State minister for justice and vice-president of the...

‘A fist fight with the feet’—Ireland’s forgotten folk wrestling traditions

By Ruadhán MacFadden Wrestling was once a common feature of life and society in Ireland. Throughout...

Regulars

From the editor

The Olympics, Ireland and me

My ‘first’ Olympic Games were in 1972—no, not as a competitor, but as a schoolboy spectator on...

Bite-sized history

BY DONAL FALLON NO FLUNKEYISM HERE! In 1900 Queen Victoria arrived in Dublin to considerable fanfare, as the Second Boer War rumbled on. Donal P. McCracken, a...

Artefacts

Shrinking money—re discovery of rare ten pence coins

By Edmond Barrett In 1993 the new, small ten pence coin was introduced to replace the 1971 design. Time, and with it inflation, had rendered the old design increasingly expensive in relation to its...

From The Archives

Michael Collins military dictator

By John M. Regan This article first appeared in: THE SPLIT-Treaty to Civil War 1921–23 published by Wordwell as a supplement to History Ireland in 2021 priced €12. Copies are still available

The Truce and preliminary negotiations between de Valera and Lloyd George

By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr As British hopes for a military victory in the War of Independence faded, they began to wonder whether Ireland was worth the price in lives

Lively round-table discussions

Hedge Schools

Forthcoming Hedge Schools

Editor Tommy Graham will be hosting a series of History Ireland Hedge Schools, lively round-table discussions with historians and well-known personalities.

Hedge School audios and videos

A collection of audio and video recordings of the 20+ more Hedge Schools we have put on around Ireland, featuring well-known historians in lively debate on popular and relevant topics