Nick Maxwell What’s the difference between an ‘informer’ and a ‘whistleblower’? Whilst historically in Ireland the former was seen as a villain to be excoriated, the latter is now viewed sympathetically (beyond governing élites at least), whether it be Garda Sergeant Maurice McCabe, civil servant Gerard Ryan or, further afield, Edward Snowden and Julian Assange. Whatever the … Read more
Christmas is over and its time to leave off the hard livin’, but all is not lost: our first issue of 2015 should be coming through letterboxes and hitting bookshelves over the next day or two. And its a good one, if we do say so ourselves. In it you’ll find: • Jason McHugh on … Read more
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20141204-HistoryIrelandShow-040.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” National Library of Ireland 25 Nov
@ Allingham Festival, Ballyshannon, Abbey Arts Centre, Sunday 9 November 2014 Jeff Kildea, Jonathan Barton, Quincey Dougan and Marc Geagan [sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20141117-HistoryIrelandShow-039.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..”
In 1928 the Irish Times, when reporting the commemoration of the end of the First World War on 11 November, Armistice Day, observed that ‘already a new generation has arisen to which the war is little more then a legend’. That can hardly be said of the ‘Great War’ in the centenary year of its … Read more