Nick Maxwell By Shay Kinsella On Easter Monday night 1916, Mrs Eleonore Connor walked the floors of her home on Montgomery Street, Carlow, anxiously awaiting the return of her husband. Prevailed upon that morning by some neighbours to drive them back to their jobs in Dublin following Easter visits to Carlow, James Connor had been warned against … Read more
For the second general election in a row I find myself in the difficult position of editorialising in a vacuum: we go to press before the poll but arrive on the news-stands after the result is known. Last time out it wasn’t difficult to predict that Enda Kenny would be taoiseach. A similar result is … Read more
Fri 8pm Sligo Field Club, Sligo IT Education Centre. A history of the history of the Reformation in Ireland, Alan Ford.
Tues 8pm Howth Peninsula Heritage Society, Angling Centre, W. Pier. Scenes of Howth past, Danny McLaughlin.
Tues 7pm Meath Archaeological & Historical Society, St Columban’s, Dalgan Park, Navan. AGM followed by A case for the archives: the Judge Diarmuid Fawsitt papers, Julitta Clancy. Tues 8pm Foxrock Local History Club, Pastoral Centre, Foxrock RC Church. William Orpen, Dominic Lee; The story of the stained glass window in Foxrock Church, Liam Clare. Adm. … Read more