Martinalia
Welcome to Martinalia. An academic career generates material which for one reason or another does not get into print. There are public lectures and keynote addresses. Some are never intended for publication. Others are commissioned for projects which never get off the ground. There is material prepared for teaching, which may be useful to colleagues and students involved in similar courses. Some projects seem worth sharing with interested readers even though they remain unfinished, lacking the final polish needed for conventional academic publication. Since 2014 I have used Martinalia to publish essays and research reports.
The term “Martinalia” was coined by my friend Jim Sturgis.
"Housen" -- evidence for the survival and decline of an Essex dialect plural
This essay deals with the persistence and survival in Essex of "housen" as a dialect plural for "house".
Magdalene College Cambridge and the First World War
Although Magdalene was one of the smallest colleges in the University of Cambridge, more than fifty of its members died during the 1914-18 War. This exploratory essay seeks to rediscover the participants in the conflict, and to assess the impact of the War upon the College.
Modified 7 July 2015
Father Michael O'Donel: The Newfoundland Adventures of a Clashmore County Waterford Parish Priest
Waterford and the South-East of Ireland, some links with Australia
According to Fáilte Ireland, the country's national tourism authority, in 2008, 224,000 Australians visited Ireland either on business or on holiday.
Michael Augustus Gathercole (c. 1802 - 1886 ) Controversial Anglican Cleric
Michael Augustus Gathercole was an unusual Anglican clergyman. A Nonconformist by birth, he was combative, ambitious and financially irresponsible.
The Essex parish of South Weald and the Doddinghurst List
Ged Martin
The Doddinghurst List was an anomalous eastward extension of the Essex parish of South Weald across the boundary between Chafford and Barstable Hundreds. Its separate existence ceased to matter around 1850, after the New Poor Law and the creation of a county constabulary made it irrelevant, and it is long forgotten.
The Battle of Britain: Notes on the Origin of the Name
Waterford: Ireland's Canada County
East Cork's Australian Heritage Trail
Punch's Fancy Portraits: A Handlist
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