Category: Ita’s World

Gerald Henry Fitzmaurice (1865-1939) was born in the small fishing village of Howth on Balscadden Bay, near Dublin, son of Henry Fitzmaurice. He was educated in Blackrock College, Dublin, proving himself a gifted linguist from an early age. Before the First World War, he made his reputation while serving at the British Embassy in Istanbul in the capacity of Dragoman – interpreter or guide – especially in countries speaking Arabic, Turkish or Persian. It was the title given to…

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An inspiring book by Marian Broderick titled Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History is a series of lively portraits telling the stories of seventy-five women most of them Irish-born and bred. The Irishness of the women is variously and liberally mixed and diluted with the cultures of Europe, the USA, South America, the Caribbean, Japan and Australasia. The book is a historical collection about fascinating women in political, religious, social and cultural contexts that helped to shape Eire….

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