Nick Maxwell Re-evaluating the American Civil War’s place in Irish history. By Damian Shiels On 28 June 1950, County Limerick native Jeremiah O’Brien died in Kirbyville, Texas, claiming the great age of 105 years. The vast majority of his life had passed in unremarkable fashion, lived in relative obscurity and poverty. What made his death worthy of … Read more
In all the media hoopla surrounding President Trump’s recent visit to Europe very little attention was paid to the ostensible purpose of the visit—to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Normandy landings, a key contribution to the eventual defeat of fascism and Nazism a year later. (Needless to say, no mention at all was … Read more
Thur 1pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Guided tour of the Yeats exhibition. Thur 2.30pm Spirit of Mother Jones Summer School, North Cathedral Visitor Centre, Cork. The extraordinary life of John Swiney, United Irishman, Kieran Groeger.
Fri 1pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Guided tour of the ‘World War Ireland’ exhibition.
Thur 1pm National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2. Guided tour of the Yeats exhibition. Thur 7pm Irish Archaeology Field School, Tintern Abbey, Co. Wexford. Before the Normans—the archaeology of early medieval Wexford, Ian Doyle.