Contents July 2018
Notes to Contributors………………………………………………………………….4
The Jews in Ireland……………………………………Alex Cohen…………5-12
The Irish Flag…………………………………………Denis Bratton……….13-15
Why we need to face our mortality…………….Kevin Toolis……….16-18
‘Mid Term Break’………………………………..Seamus Heaney……………19
‘Conflict’…………………………………………..Michael Longley……………20
The Presidents Address………………………………………………………..21-28
Good Friday Agreement………………………Mark Devenport……….29-32
The Brendan Award………………………………..Denis Bratton……….33-34
Love and Marriage………………………………….Denis Bratton……….35-43
Governor Charles Fitzgerald………………………Peter Conole……..44-59
The Battle of Mindaroo…………………………….Peter Gifford……….60-64
‘The Battle of Mindaroo’……………………………….Tien Tsin……….65-67
Scotch Corner……………………………………………..Alex Main……….68-69
Sinking of the RMS Leinster…………………….Denis Bratton………70-72
Irish peoples thoughts about our heritage?…Hugh Linehan……….73-75
‘Confetti’………………………………………………Ciaran Carson……………76
‘In Memory of James Joyce’……………………..Gerald Dawe……….77-78
A few pithy quotations from some of our best Irish writers………79-80
The Claddagh Association…………………………………………………………81
AIHA Events Page……………………………………………………………………82
AIHA Home page…………………………………………………………………….83
For The Record……………………………………………………………………84-85
Irish Organisations……………………………………………………………………86
Contents September 2018
Notes to Contributors………………………………………………………………….4
William Dargan…………………………………Kenneth Mitchell…………..5-9
Insults and Put downs…………………………………………………………..10-11
‘The Silo’……………………………………………….John Kinsella……………12
Irelands First Cinema………………………………Denis Bratton……….13-15
Ireland’s St Andrew………………………………..Denis Bratton……….16-17
Ireland’s White Plague…………………………….Denis Bratton……….18-20
Baroness Paisley…………………………………..Gerry Moriarty……….21-22
Gaels in the Sun…………………………………….Danny Cusack……….23-26
Alice Perry………………………………………..Kenneth Mitchell………27-30
Rosita Boland………………………………………..Danny Cusack……….31-33
Scotch Corner………………………………………………Alex Main…………..34
Winditj……………………………………………………Peter Gifford………35-37
The Road From Derryloran………………………..Peter Canoli……….38-46
Like Dolmens Round My Childhood………John Montague……….47-49
Uncle Sam………………………………………………Denis Bratton………50-51
A Brexit For The Birds………………………….Frank McNally……….52-53
Place, Poetry and Belonging…………………..Andrew Lynch……….54-59
The Claddagh Association…………………………………………………………60
AIHA Events Page……………………………………………………………………61
AIHA Home page…………………………………………………………………….62
For The Record……………………………………………………………………63-64
Irish Organisations……………………………………………………………………65
Contents December 2018
Notes to Contributors………………………………………………………………….4
John Molloy in Life and Legend……………………..Peter Conole……6-16
‘The Woman’s Secret’…………………………………Martin O’Dire……….17
More Insults and Put downs………………………………………………….18-19
‘Carrickfergus’……………………………………….Louis Mac Neice…..20-21
The Reformation…………………………………………Helen Morgan….22-24
Sean O’Casey and the Battersea Snobs……………Denis Jordan…..25-27
Wildflowers…………………………………………………….Peta Shaw…..28-38
Blackbird Fly…………………………………………………..Freya Cox…..39-44
Bernadette Devlin’s Maiden Speech (1969)……………………………45-46
Poetry Please……………………………………………..Danny Cusack…..47-49
Vincent Buckley…………………………………………Danny Cusack….50-52
Post-Christmas…………………………………………….Denis Bratton….53-54
Scotch Corner………………………………………………….Alex Main…..55-56
Late Professor John Molony……..Sally Pryor & Peter Gifford….57-63
Lilian Bland………………………………….Kenneth Mitchell…..64-68
The Claddagh Association…………………………………………………………69
AIHA Events Page……………………………………………………………………70
AIHA Home page…………………………………………………………………….71
For The Record……………………………………………………………………72-73
Irish Organisations……………………………………………………………………74
Contents March 2019
Notes to Contributors………………………………………………………………….5
‘The Other Fergie’……………………………………Kenneth Mitchell………6-9
Margaret Barry…………………………………………….Denis Bratton….10-13
Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara………………………………… Denis Bratton….14-15
‘The Flower Master’……………………………..Medbh McGuckian………16
‘Names’………………………………………………………Gerald Dawe……….17
The Voyage of the Forlorn Hope……………………Peter Gifford…..18-20
Catagelophobia……………………………………………Denis Bratton….21-22
Fenians Festival…………………………………….Clement Mulcahy…..23-26
Mary Lee…………………………………………………….Denis Bratton….27-28
Richard J Hayes – Nazi Codebreaker………..Marc McMenamin….29-32
Derry: Ireland in Miniature………………………..Denis Ladbrook….33-35
Northern Ireland’s lost moment…………………….Sean O’Hagan….36-43
“Oiche na Gaoithe Moire”……………………………Denis Bratton…..44-47
Governors Five – Book Preview………………….…Peter Conole…..48-50
‘The Button That Rang And Four Speeds’……………Ed Piggot……….51
‘As Well As’……………………………………….Joyce Parkes……….52
Scotch Corner………………………………………………….Alex Main……….53
Poetry Please………………………………………………Danny Cusack….54-56
Prof. John Molony Tribute……………………………Danny Cusack………57
AIHA Annual Report……………………………..Heather Dieghan….58-66
The Claddagh Association…………………………………………………………67
AIHA Events Page……………………………………………………………………68
AIHA Home page…………………………………………………………………….69
For The Record……………………………………………………………………70-71
Irish Organisations……………………………………………………………………72