Nick Maxwell www.waterfordtreasures.com/bishops-palace By Donal Fallon It is a sad reality that the Irish capital, at present, has no official civic museum. Readers may recall the former Civic Museum on South William Street, a treasure trove of Dublin relics. A journey through it introduced the visitor to everything from the bullet-ridden head of Horatio Nelson (Thomas Kirk’s … Read more
TG4, 7 December 2022 Laravoulta Pictures By Sylvie Kleinman This deeply thought-provoking and truly historical programme opens with brutal re-enactments: unarmed males are neutralised at close range in indoor settings, their homes, in the dead of night. We are in the now infamous Bandon Valley region of West Cork, where over the course of three … Read more
By Rene Franklin Lynch The Canon Dwyer Collection of letters, written between 1884 and 1919, conveys a vivid account of a Clare family split by emigration, the changing role of women and encounters with and experiences of historic events. In a letter dated 14 December 1905, Mary Bethune wrote to her brother, William Dwyer of … Read more
By Michael Loughman In July 1943 Oliver J. Flanagan, a newly elected TD for Laois–Offaly, declared before the Dáil: ‘There is one thing that Germany did, and that was to rout the Jews out of their country. Until we rout the Jews out of this country it does not matter a hair’s breadth what orders … Read more
By Erik Stewart Living in an age when aggressive territorial land-grabs have once again become topical issues of the day forces one to reflect on the last time events of this nature were commonplace in Europe. Such reflections quickly lead one to the conclusion that Ireland was not as far removed from such events as … Read more