Field hockey has been played by women in Ireland for a little more than a century and a quarter. The Irish Ladies’ Hockey Union, instituted in 1894, was the first national organisation of the game in the world, and the first international match took place in Dublin two years later. By John Lucey The success … Read more
Sir,—When the lord lieutenant handed over Dublin Castle on 16 January 1922 he was acting in accordance with the terms of the Treaty, as ratified by Dáil Éireann. As Donal Kennedy (HI 26.4, July/August 2018, Letters) surely knows, Article 17 of the Treaty laid down the procedures for the formation of a provisional administration in … Read more
Sir,—No doubt Padraig Yeates (HI 26.4, July/August 2018, Letters) did not mean to imply that the Catholic Church inspired the anti-conscription strike. However, he stimulates belief that he did mean that by his title and conclusions, as well as by his muddling up of the strike and general anti-conscription campaign (the clergy being active in … Read more
Sir,—I read with interest this fine article by Eoin McLaughlin and Paul Sharp (HI 26.4, July/August 2018) and would like to advise readers that further details on this economic dimension to the Troubles in Kerry is included in my book on the military career of Thomas McEllistrim, The call to arms (Tralee, 2016). There, McEllistrim’s … Read more
Sir,—In their letter (HI 26.3, May/June 2018), Andy Bielenberg and John Borgonovo quoted from an article in the May 1922 issue of Poblacht na h-Éireann by Erskine Childers. He denounced strongly what had happened in the previous month at Dunmanway: ‘Sectarian crime is the foulest crime’. They omitted, however, another part of the article where … Read more