August 3
1823 Thomas Francis Meagher, Young Irelander and leader of the Irish Brigade in the Union army in the American Civil War, born in Waterford.
18th–19th – Century History
Museum eye : Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
In his painting Departure, Pádraic Reany depicts an apocalyptic human procession trudging across a blighted and bloodied potato field, the emaciated dead lying beneath the feet of the mourners, the living marching towards perpetual exile on a famine ship. The anger of the piece encapsulates the mood of the inaugural exhibition of the newly opened … Read more
‘This extra parliamentary propaganda’: Land League posters
In June 1880 the Freeman’s Journal published a letter by John Devoy defending his support for the Irish National Land League. Devoy railed against nationalists who might claim that he had betrayed his principles by supporting a partnership with parliamentarians and advocacy of a cause that deviated from the cherished aim of Fenianism, the overthrow … Read more
No God and two St Patricks: the national day and the national saint
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130507-HistoryIrelandShow-018-NoGodAndTwoStPatricks.mp3″] Click the Play button to listen To download file, right click this link and select “Save link as..” ‘Master’ Tommy Graham conducts a History Ireland Hedge School at the National Library of Ireland on 15 March 2011. With Tommy are Elva Johnston (UCD), Canon Adrian Empey (Church of Ireland Theological College), Mike Cronin … Read more
Ireland and the American Civil War
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/history2013/20130425-HistoryIrelandShow-012-IrelandAndTheAmericanCivilWar.mp3″] Click the Play button to listen To download file, right click this link and select “Save link as..” Recorded in Waterford Saturday 10 March 2012 withTom Bartlett (University of Aberdeen), Lar Joye (National Museum of Ireland) and Jack Burtchill (local historian).