Sir,—Gabriel Doherty writes how Michael Davitt ‘thought little’ of O’Donovan Rossa (HI 23.6, Nov./Dec. 2015, Platform). A man of Davitt’s moral stature couldn’t possibly condone Rossa’s dynamite campaign. However, in the course of his monumental speech before the Parnell Commission of 1889—on the 113th day of the hearing—Davitt used Rossa’s history as an example of ... Read more
