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Share After a drunken night of bargaining beside a winter campfire in the woods near the Susquehanna River, two brothers named John and Edmund Cartlidge would assault a Seneca man named Sawantaeny and leave him for dead. Rival investigations by Indian leaders…and colonial officials…resulted in fierce debates about the nature of true justice.” And so the reader is introduced to an 18th-century criminal case by NYU history professor Nicole Eustace in her new book, Covered with Night: A Stor...

Date Time For One Model of Criminal Justice Reform, Look to Early, Indigenous America In a new book, NYU historian Nicole Eustace explores a revealing clash of cultures in the wake of a colonial era killing. A passage from the Great Treaty of 1722–the oldest continuously recognized Indigenous treaty in Anglo-American law. Unknown author, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons After a drunken night of bargaining beside a winter campfire in the woods near the Susquehanna River, two brothers na...

The days when Ireland couldnt buy a win against Italy The story of Ireland’s hat-trick of Italian humiliations in the mid-90s is one of farce and bad planning. Garry Doyle By Garry Doyle Saturday 27 Feb 2021, 8:36 AM Feb 27th 2021, 8:36 AM 22,673 Views 13 Comments WHEN NICK POPPLEWELL stood in the car park of an Alan Partridge-ty...

They were simpler times.  Paul Dean was the Ireland out-half for the opening two games of the Five Nations in 1986 but injury against Wales meant coach Mick Doyle needed a replacement.  Two players, the uncapped Ralph Keyes, 24, and Tony Ward, holder of 17 caps, then 32, were in the mix. And it was a stand-out performance for Cork Con prior to the trip to Twickenham, a 25-20 loss, that earned Keyes his first cap.  "Everyone played with their clubs and you graduated to the inter-pro�...

RTÉ rugby analyst Donal Lenihan believes the time is ripe for Ireland to adopt a longer-term perspective when making selection decisions and argues for including Leinster's young out-half Harry Byrne in the match-day squad for the trip to Rome in under a fortnight's time.

The quiet evolution which followed the nadir of 1998 Updated / Monday, 15 Feb 2021 12:56 RTÉ Sport Journalist "Its all a case of could-have but thats not good enough, both for ourselves and the team management and the Irish public. Its demoralising. We could have a record of played three, won three, but in a years time, all people are going to see is Ireland at the bottom of the table. Theyre not going to remember any performances." David Corkerys words as reported by The London Independent�...

As the captain of England, John Pullin uttered one of the most memorable of all phrases in the game of rugby. An undemonstrative leader who spent most of his time alone with his sheep, he spoke at the

Three things from Wales v Ireland Six Nations match

Rugby: Scotland dealt a grievous blow to Englands inflated pride 7 Feb, 2021 12:00 AM 4 minutes to read Englands Ben Earl, Owen Farrell and Jonny Hill look dejected after a defeat to Scotland. ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson Englands Ben Earl, Owen Farrell and Jonny Hill look dejected after a defeat to Scotland. ©INPHO/Tommy Dickson Daily Telegraph UK OPINION Scotlands triumph will be talked about for years by the visitors but has left England shell-shocked, writes Oliver Brown. Evidently, Eddie Joness ...

When World Cup winning Nick Farr-Jones hung up his boots in 1993 it freed him to indulge in the kind of overseas experience denied him when he was playing for the Wallabies. OE as the Aussies call it. He went to Paris, where he settled into a nice gig with the French multinational finance house, Société Genérale. One of the delights Farr-Jones enjoyed in that city was the crack in the James Joyce pub on Boulevard Gouvion-Saint-Cyr. Spoof was a popular guessing game at the time, especially if...