November 05
05 Tues 8pm Kilmacanogue History Society, Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs. Paul Henry—art and Modernism, Eimear O’Connor. Adm. €3.
Nick Maxwell
November 04
Mon 7.30pm Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 63 Merrion Square South. Surviving the seventeenth century? The Kennedys of Mount Kennedy, Cork, Therese Hicks.
History and historiography
Despite a chequered career in the service of six European monarchs (four of them Russian) and a military reputation that merited Frederick the Great of Prussia’s glowing comparison to Prince Eugene, Lacy has not merited a biography in either Russian or English. A number of possible reasons can be proffered for this major lacuna in … Read more
10 October 2014: Something for the weekend: new online resources for the ‘Decade of Centenaries’
With the nights getter longer, we’ve decided to do a little online round-up, as there is all kinds of material now on the internet thanks to the decade of centenaries/commemoration. Anyone who signed up to this remarkable TCD online course on the Irish revolution will be well aware that resources are being freed up to … Read more
23-25 September: A new TV history of Irish golf
With Paul McGinley captaining the European team at the imminent Ryder Cup, and Rory McIlroy claiming the PGA Championship, 2014 has been a good year for Irish golf. Readers who enjoyed Daniel Mulhall’s piece on its origins might be interested in From tee to green: the story of Irish golf, the first episode of which … Read more