Nick Maxwell By Claire Hyland In the Tipperary County Archives, Clonmel, there is an archival record that reveals the dark and murky underworld of crime and punishment in late 1870s Clonmel. In the early 1860s Clonmel became a garrison town with a large military barracks. This was a momentous change in the demography, society and criminal elements … Read more
By Anna Rose Garvey In this issue we look at a selection of films featuring Fleadhanna Ceoil between 1957 and 1966 around Ireland. With the release of over 255 Irish-language newsreels on the IFI Archive Player in March 2025 as part of Amharc Éireann: A View of Ireland, there are numerous new examples of fleadhanna … Read more
By Damian Murphy But for a cast-iron canopy, its barrel roof a kaleidoscope of multi-coloured glass fish scales, the façade of a Wide Streets Commissioners-era premises at 72 Dame Street gives little clue that it leads to a spectacular Victorian theatre. The curtain was first raised on a performance space off Dame Street in 1855, … Read more
By Brian Casey The Penal Laws placed restrictions on the burial of Catholics and Dissenters in Ireland and they could only be buried in graveyards attached to an Anglican church, being charged extra for this. Daniel O’Connell remarked that this was an element of anti-Catholic discrimination that needed to be confronted. He wanted to establish … Read more
By Hugh Stephenson This Dublin Castle Short Land Pattern musket, marked to the 9th Regiment of Foot, was most likely used—and ultimately captured—at the Battle of Saratoga 249 years ago. This battle (more accurately a series of engagements in September and October 1777) is arguably the most important of the American Revolution. Prior to this … Read more