Nick Maxwell The National Volunteer movementwas the largest paramilitary force in Ireland in the autumn of 1914, numbering an estimated 158,360 men.What happened to it? By Shane Brown In 1972 Robert Kee emphasised that ‘for a time, even at home, the Redmond National Volunteers remained strong and active… putting the activities of the small body of obscure … Read more
Irish units facing the 1918 German spring offensive. By Mark Phelan By early 1918, after more than three years of bloody stalemate, the strategic situation on the Western Front was delicately poised. While both sides suffered the effects of war-weariness, Germany in particular struggled against low morale, as a combination of poor harvests and British … Read more
Was this simply a case of a tourist snapping up collectables with a celebrity appeal, or does the episode reveal a deeper sympathy for the Jacobite cause? By Estelle Gittins The Library of Trinity College, Dublin, holds two fascinating and little-known manuscripts bought by a nineteenth-century Irish tourist in Rome—a volume of the private devotions … Read more
RTÉ Radio 1, 5 November 2017 By John Gibney The three funerals that are the subject of this compelling instalment of RTÉ Radio 1’s Documentary On One series arose from two very different burials and left behind three very different graves.What they have in common is that theyall relate to the same person. Frank Stagg … Read more
Central Bank Visitor Centre, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1 www.centralbank.ie, visitorcentre@centralbank.ie By Tony Canavan The new building that is now home to the Central Bank of Ireland is an impressive structure, apparently covered in gold leaf, overlooking the River Liffey. Unlike the old building in Dame Street, this one has a more friendly aspect and … Read more