January 04
Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. Irish Victorian mountaineers, Declan O’Keeffe. Adm. €4/students €2.
Nick Maxwell
On this Day
By AODHÁN CREALY JANUARY 21–23/1879 The Battle of Isandlwana/Rorke’s Drift. For many, the six-month Zulu War, prompted by the invasion of King Cetshwayo’s independent kingdom by British colonial forces under Lord Chelmsford, is viewed through the prism of the 1964 movie Zulu, which portrayed, with considerable artistic licence, the epic defence of a mission station—named … Read more
Events
JANUARY 04 Thur 8pm Mount Merrion Historical Society, Community Centre, North Avenue. Irish Victorian mountaineers, Declan O’Keeffe. Adm. €4/students €2. 09 Tues 7pm Tallaght Historical Society, County Library, The Square. Controversial Garda commissioners, Gerry Lovett. 09 Tues 8pm Genealogical Society of Ireland, Dún Laoghaire FE Institute, Cumberland St. Newspapers as a genealogical source, Georgina Scally. … Read more
100 YEARS AGO: Force-feeding of prisoners and hunger strikes
By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr Fasting as a means of coercion was an ancient tradition in Ireland. Irish nationalism renewed interest in the Gaelic past, and W.B. Yeats in The King’s Threshold dramatised the tradition of fasting. The significance of this cultural inheritance is unclear. What is certain is that Irish republicans borrowed the technique … Read more
Holocaust denial, treason and Irish identity
Róisín Ni Mhéara—it is important to remember that she was not what she seemed. By Mark M. Hull When the Irish-language book Cé hí seo amuigh? appeared in 1991 it created momentary excitement, though the discussion was confined largely to the Irish-language press. The author was Róisín Ni Mhéara, an Irishwoman who had lived through … Read more