Nick Maxwell The new Butler Gallery at the Evans’ Home, Kilkenny City. By Evelyn Graham Kilkenny County Council have a proud record of protecting their built heritage. The delivery of the Evans’ Home project in collaboration with the Butler Gallery will add yet another example of the adaptive reuse of a historic building with the added … Read more
‘As I write this, it is tonight a thousand years, and three hundred years, and fifty years since Jesus Christ was born; and it is now two years since the plague came to Ireland; and I am now twenty-one years old; and let anyone who reads these lines show mercy to my soul by saying … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://history2013.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/20200317-HistoryIrelandPodcasts-001.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” The general election of 8 February 2020 marked a seismic shift in Irish politics. The Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael duopoly, which had dominated for nearly a century, was shattered by a resurgent Sinn Féin, creating a … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://history2013.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/20200309-HistoryIrelandShow-110.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” (organised by The History Teachers Association of Ireland (as part of the Dublin Branch Spring Seminar) in conjunction with the National Library of Ireland and History Ireland) Recorded @ the National Library of Ireland on 7 March 2020 … Read more
The Australian Irish community in Sydney celebrated the St Brigid’s Day Festival this year with readings, music performances and poetry on the saint’s day (1 February), followed the next day by an all-day seminar showcasing the historical and cultural contribution of Irish-Australian women in shaping modern Australia. By Jeff Kildea The Aisling 20/20 Vision seminar … Read more