Nick Maxwell [sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130425-HistoryIrelandShow-004-RememberingTheUlsterCovenant.mp3″] Click the Play button to listen To download file, right click this link and select “Save link as..” Recorded at the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal with Brian Kennaway (Irish Association), Éamon Phoenix (Stranmillis), Margaret O’Callaghan (QUB) and Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc (Uni. of Limerick).
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130425-HistoryIrelandShow-003-HomeRuleLostOpportunityOrSellOut.mp3″] Click the Play button to listen To download file, right click this link and select “Save link as..” Recorded at the National Library, Kildare Street With Brian Hanley, Dermot Meleady (Redmond: the Parnellite), Margaret O’Callaghan (QUB) and Padraig Óg Ó Ruairc (UL)
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130425-HistoryIrelandShow-002.mp3″] Click the Play button to listen To download file, right click this link and select “Save link as..” Recorded at Phizzfest, community arts festival, at Dalymount Park, the Home of Irish Football Donal Fallon (Come Here To Me blog), Brian Trench (Media Officer, Bohemian FC), Tommy Graham (History Ireland), Paul Rouse (sports historian, … Read more
The first meeting to discuss the foundation of Cumann na mBan was held on 25 November 1913, the same night as the first meeting of the Volunteers. Its first ‘official’ meeting was in Wynn’s Hotel on 2 April 1914. Agnes O’Farrelly was its first president and Mary Colum was one of its first organisers. The … Read more
Across 1 William ‘Guillermo’ ———, Cork-born scientist who helped establish Spain’s Natural History Museum (6). 5 Reverend Nicholas ———, appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at Maynooth in 1826 and credited with the invention of the induction coil (6). 10 Sultan Selim I dramatically expanded the eastern and southern frontiers of this empire (7). 11 Name … Read more