Whatever the final outcome of the Junior Certificate controversy and notwithstanding the gratifying level of support from the general public, it is likely that the pressure on history within a crowded curriculum will continue. This places an even greater onus on the primary sector which is the only level of the educational system where all … Read more
Sir,—I recently bought the Winter issue of HI. I found it bothenlightening and entertaining. I particularly liked the article byChristine Kinealy about revisionism and the Great Irish Famine. Idiscovered what I believe to be an error in the Connemara Railwayarticle. If you will carefully examine both photographs of the stationsat Clifden (p.38) and Recess (p39), … Read more
Sir,—Would any reader direct me to any sources which might holdinformation about Bishop Alexis Stafford, listed as a member of theJacobite Parliament in 1689 for the town and borough of Bannow, CountyWexford? He is said to have fought and died at the battle of Aughrim in1691. I shall be happy to acknowledge all information.—Yours etc., … Read more
Sir,—In his review in the last issue of HI (Spring 1996) of Colony andFrontier in Medieval Ireland Adrian Empey quotes what purports to be asentence from my paper published therein: ‘For some reason or other,never satisfactorily explained, de Courcy’s army passed through Louthwithout so much as lopping off a head’ and adds: ‘I think one … Read more
Sir,—The Irish Committee of Historical Sciences, the body which represents the interests of History as an academic discipline wishes to express the alarm of all university teachers of History in Ireland at the prospect that pupils in Irish secondary schools may no longer be required to study History up to Junior Certificate level. Our concern … Read more