Nick Maxwell [sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20140203-HistoryIrelandShow-033.mp3″] Click the play button to listen To download audio, right click this link and select “Save link as..” National Library, Kildare Street, Tuesday 21 Jan 7pm Panel: Ellen Rowley, Ruth McManus, Mary Daly and Chris Corlett with Tommy Graham
Mon 8pm Clondalkin Historical Society, Áras Chronáin, Orchard Road. The Tower Cinema, Clondalkin, Peter Ging. Mon 8pm Thomand Archaeological & Historical Society, T.1.17, Tara Building, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Postcards on social life in Limerick, Canon O’Malley.
1924 James Ramsey McDonald became Britain’s first Labour prime minister. 1973 Lyndon Baines Johnson (‘LBJ’) (64), 36th US president (1963–9), died at his ranch in Johnson City, Texas. 1974 The Northern Ireland Assembly met at Stormont. Proceedings were disrupted by anti-power-sharing loyalists, eighteen of whom were removed by police. 1924 James Ramsay MacDonald (Labour) became … Read more
Tues 7pm Tallaght Historical Society, County Library, The Square. The great Liberties whiskey fire of 1875, Las Fallon. Tues 8pm Dublin Port Company & Bullock Harbour Preservation Association, Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre. The building of Bullock Harbour, Elizabeth Shotton. Tues 8pm Howth Peninsula Heritage Society, Howth Angling Centre. ‘The staunchest priest who ever lived in … Read more
Tues 8pm Foxrock Local History Club, Parish Pastoral Centre, RC Church. Women in the Irish Revolution, Sinéad McCoole; Early society in south County Dublin, Brian MacAongusa. Adm. €5.