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