Nick Maxwell Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland library 63 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 rsai@rsai.ie, +353 (0)1 6761749 Wed & Thur: 10.30am–12.30pm & 2–4.30pm By Tony Canavan This year the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI) is celebrating the centenary of its occupation of its premises at 63 Merrion Square. It may have been there for … Read more
RTÉ Radio 1, 16 April 2017 By John Gibney The 101st anniversary of the Easter Rising has come and gone, and, as should be obvious, none of the enormous fanfare and investment of resources that marked last year’s centenary was evident in 2017. This can be seen as an inevitable consequence of centenary fatigue, with … Read more
Esras Films (funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland) TG4, 13, 20, 27 March, 3 April 2017 By Peter Kelly The tall, balding young Irishman at the centre of the photograph is Fr Thomas Quinlan. From Tipperary and a passionate devotee of Gaelic games, Quinlan set up a hurling team at the Columban College in … Read more
Through the innocent gesture of inviting President Douglas Hyde to a soccer match between Poland and Ireland in 1938, Consul Dobrzyński—the first ever Polish diplomat to Ireland and otherwise a very popular and admired personality in 1930s Dublin—unwittingly caused chaos on the Irish political scene. By Ian Cantwell and Nikola Sękowska-Moroney Consul General Wacław Tadeusz … Read more
This historical exhibition, prepared by the Polish Embassy in Dublin, examines Wacław Tadeusz Dobrzyński’s central role in establishing diplomatic relations and friendship between the young states of Ireland and Poland in the twentieth century. It will be presented in the following venues in the coming months: 3–28 July 2017: Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse … Read more