Issue 3 (May/June 2022)

For Jack Lane’s response to Joseph E.A. Connell Jr on de Valera and the plenipotentiaries see https://staging.historyireland.com/category/letters-extra/.

Sir,—It was with great disappointment that I read the recent volume of History Ireland (HI 30.1, Jan./Feb. 2022). The entire magazine omitted any reference whatsoever to one of the most significant historical events to take place in Ireland over the past 50 years. Regardless of one’s perspective, the events of 30 January 1972, known to … Read more

Sir,—We wish to acknowledge the generous assistance of Maynooth University in the person of Niall McKeith, who facilitated the preparation and writing of our article on Nicholas Callan (HI 30.1, Jan./Feb. 2022). We are especially grateful for his provision of an image of the ‘Maynooth Battery’ (p. 24) and for relevant literature.—Yours etc., BRIAN HOPKINS … Read more

Sir,—Anne Casey (‘“Rags and boughs”—daughters of the Great Hunger in Australia’, HI 30.1, Jan./Feb. 2022) bases her criticisms of the Earl Grey famine orphan scheme, under which girls were sent from Irish workhouses to the Australian colonies, on the later experiences of one of these women and her three Australian-born children. Catherine McNeill, a fifteen-year-old … Read more

Sir,—It is with some concern that we note your continuing enthusiasm for the Truth Recovery Process (HI 30.2, March/April 2022, editorial). While accepting the bona fides of the individuals involved in this enterprise, it is clear that they have minimal experience of advocating for those most affected by the Northern conflict, namely family members who … Read more