Nick Maxwell Heritage Week, 22–30 August 2015 During this year’s Heritage Week (22–30 August) Ireland, along with twenty other countries across Europe, will be celebrating the European Year of Industrial Heritage. Upwards of 100,000 sites of industrial archaeological interest survive on this island, varying in size from small rural limekilns (probably the most common) to Ballincollig gunpowder … Read more
At a recent auction in London a set of the insignia of the Order of St Patrick, the British state order for Ireland, was sold for €29,800, well above the estimate. Originally the regalia of Lord Houghton when he was lord lieutenant of Ireland in the 1890s, the set consists of the star and badge … Read more
The Archive Scheme of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland is making a serious effort to encourage an ‘archiving culture’ in the broadcast sector. The Radharc Archive Project is one of the first of the BAI-funded projects to come to fruition. Fifteen Radharc programmes from 1962/3 have now been digitally remastered in high definition, along with … Read more
Daniel Doyle was a quintessential Young Irelander: a young professional of nationalist outlook and literary leanings. Born in Killaloe, Co. Clare, in 1826, he qualified as a solicitor in Limerick in the summer of 1846. It was around this time that he became actively engaged in politics, joining the Young Irelanders, led by the Limerick … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20150626-HistoryIrelandShow-048.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” @ Guild Hall, Derry 3pm Sat 16 May Michael Kennedy, Pauline Mitchell, Joe O’Loughlin, Emmet O’Connor