The Abbey Theatre
In August 1904 Halliday Sutherland, aged 22, was a 4th year medical student at Edinburgh University. He went to Dublin to learn practical midwifery at the Coombe Hospital. One evening … Continue reading
On Evolution
On a visit to Ireland in 1955, Dr Sutherland stayed in a guest house at the Mount St. Joseph Abbey near Roscrea. He contemplated the hard life of the Trappist … Continue reading
Eamon de Valera 2
This is Halliday Sutherland’s account of his second meeting with Eamon de Valera in 1955 and in which de Valera told of his escape from Lincoln Jail on 3rd February 1919. After lunch I … Continue reading
Eamon de Valera 1
Halliday Sutherland met Eamon de Valera on two occasions. He wrote about these meetings in his 1956 book Irish Journey. This is Sutherland’s account of their first meeting on March 25th 1935: On … Continue reading
Anne Ferris TD Speech
A speech by Anne Ferris TD in the Dáil Éireannon on 11th June 2014
The Suitcase in the Cellar
In April 1955 Dr Halliday Sutherland visited the Mother and Baby Home at Tuam and the Magdalene Laundry at Galway. In order to obtain permission for the visit, Sutherland had to … Continue reading
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