Nick Maxwell Dock Road, Limerick By Emma Gilleece The Rank Silo overlooking the docks in Limerick city is one of the last surviving structures of Shannon Mills, once one of the largest flour-milling complexes in these islands. Joseph Rank Ltd, today Rank Hovis McDougall (RHM), was founded by Joseph Rank (1854–1943) in Hull in 1875, and expanded … Read more
Wed 6pm Old Dublin Society, Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street. ‘Home Rule is casting many a shadow now’: southern women and the Ulster Declaration of 1912, Rosemary Raughter.
16 Fri 7pm Shane Kenna Memorial Lecture, Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street. A critical analysis of the First World War and its impact on Ireland, Lorcan Collins.
As the Battle of Britain raged across the skies following the capitulation of France in June 1940, the Irish state had not prepared for the possibility of paratroopers, spies and belligerent aircraft crash-landing on its soil By Luke Diver On 20 August 1940, the lack of preparedness of the Irish state was highlighted when a … Read more
Recent years have witnessed a sea change in political and public opinion regarding Ireland’s military tradition with the British armed forces and a renewed appreciation of the Irish Defences Forces and their service. Within this positive environment, in 2010 the Curragh Military Museum was established by the Irish Defence Forces with the objective of highlighting … Read more