Nick Maxwell By Donal Fallon The Irish Newspaper Archives has been a vital service for those researching the past for many years now, providing more than 300 years of archive publications on-line. Until now, these publications have consisted largely of national titles like the Freeman’s Journal, Irish Press and Irish Independent, as well as regional publications such … Read more
The disestablishment of the Church of Ireland 150 years ago (‘in the nick of time’, according to Kenneth Milne, pp 24–7) was a triumph of British statecraft in Ireland. Prime Minister Gladstone had not only prepared the ground across a broad spectrum of UK public opinion by making it a major plank in his general … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://history2013.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/20190923-HistoryIrelandShow-107.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” Recorded @ Malahide Community School 2pm Thursday 19 September 2019 How has recent scholarship changed our view of the War of Independence? What new sources are now available? And has this in turn affected how … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://history2013.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/20190916-HistoryIrelandShow-106.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” David Fitzpatrick’s Politics and Irish Life, 1913–21: provincial experience of war and revolution (1977) reassessed In association with Clare County Library recorded @ Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis on Saturday, 14 Sept 2019 at 2pm The … Read more
1971 Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act(1960) was invoked to prevent RTÉfrom reporting on the activities of illegal organisations. 1949 Mao Tse Tung proclaimed the birth of the People’s Republic of China after his Red Army defeated Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist troops.