Nick Maxwell The 1913 Lockout Tapestry is an ambitious, large-scale, collaborative visual arts project to commemorate the Dublin Lockout. During this epic struggle an estimated 100,000 people, one third of the capital’s inhabitants, faced starvation for five months in a battle for workers’ rights. The Lockout of 1913 is unique in the ‘decade of centenaries’ that we … Read more
Mary Harris was born in Cork in 1837 and baptised in the North Cathedral on 1 August 1837. (The baptismal font remains in use at the famous ‘North Chapel’ today.) Her parents were Ellen Cotter from Inchigeelagh and Richard Harris from Cork city. The Harris family, eventually consisting of five children, endured the Famine, which … Read more
JFK and Ireland In what may or may not be a coincidence, this year of ‘the Gathering’ coincides with the 50th anniversary of the official visit to Ireland of President John F. Kennedy. From a diplomatic point of view it was a triumph for the Irish state, breaching as it did the diplomatic isolation that … Read more
After 20 June 2013 our online editor will be posting regularly to the History Ireland blog, so keep an eye out for these thought-provoking pieces.
ISBN : 9781406427035 Author : Karl Brady, Charise McKeon, James Lyttleton, Ian Lawler Subjects : Underwater archaeology, shopwrecks Publication Details : 26 October 2012 Publisher : ( Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ) Price: €25.00 As an island nation, Irish people are used to looking out to sea, following the ever-changing weather … Read more