Nick Maxwell By Siobhán Doyle In 1914, a book entitled How to play Gaelic football was published and is widely regarded as the first illustrated coaching manual for Gaelic Games. Printed by Guy & Co. of Cork and retailing at one shilling, the contents include an introductory chapter, sections on the duties of the various positions on the … Read more
By Elaine Sisson and Brian Trench When Eamon de Valera was released from prison in July 1924, among the select few invited to a welcome party at a private house was Mrs Cogley, who sat with Rosamond Jacob and Mary MacSwiney on the stairs as they watched de Valera eat a chocolate éclair and drink … Read more
By M.C. Rast The May 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly elections were historic. Sinn Féin became the largest bloc with twenty-seven seats and the cross-community Alliance Party third largest with seventeen. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) lost three seats for a total of twenty-five, forcing it into second place. These results are significant, but this is … Read more
By Brian Griffin Thursday 13 November 1856 appeared to be just a day like any other at the Midland Great Western Railway Company’s Broadstone terminus in Dublin. The company’s cashier, George Samuel Little, worked as usual on checking his accounts in his office. The sums of money with which he had to deal were greater … Read more
Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1808–1879) was a baron of the Habsburg Empire and head of the London branch of the prominent Rothschild banking family in the mid-nineteenth century. Apart from his financial undertakings he was also known as a philanthropist. Elected to parliament for the first time in 1847, he was not permitted to take … Read more