Nick Maxwell [sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20150724-HistoryIrelandShow-050.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” @ National School, Reenascreena, West Cork 7.30pm Sat 11 July Judith Campbell, Conor McNamara, Shane Kenna
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20150706-HistoryIrelandShow-049.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” @ History Festival of Ireland, Borris House, Co. Carlow 7pm Fri 5 June Patrick Geoghegan, Jane Wellesley, Lar Joye, Hugh Gough
Gerard Moran and Nollaig Ó Muraíle (eds), Mayo history and society (Geography Publications, €60 hb, 920pp, ISBN 9780906602683). Jonathon Cherry and Brendan Scott (eds), Cavan history and society (Geography Publications, €60 hb, 920pp, ISBN 9780906602683). Brian Barton, The Belfast Blitz: the city in the war years (Ulster Historical Foundation, £19.99 pb, 656pp, ISBN 9781909556324). Mark … Read more
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was born in 1831 near Rosscarbery, Co. Cork, and in 1856 he formed the Phoenix National Literary Society in Skibbereen. This was a secret society whose aim was Irish independence from Britain. In 1858 he was sworn into the Irish Republican Brotherhood. In December 1858 Rossa was arrested and jailed without trial … Read more
Digitisation has transformed how we practise family history. There are over 120 million Irish historical records on-line. It is now possible to trace and document Irish families to a much earlier date. This has led to renewed interest in early modern records, 1500–1700. One series of particular interest and use to family historians are the … Read more