The centenary anniversary of the Howth gun-running falls this coming weekend. It is being marked by an official ceremony, and the weekend will also witness a commemoration of the related (though less well-known) Kilcoole gun-running, which is being marked with what looks like a very impressive ‘Heritage Weekend’. The Irish Times has given a good … Read more
The new issue of History Ireland is out on 1 July and, given the looming centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, we’ve dedicated the July/August issue to the theme of ‘Ireland and World War One’. It is a subject that has blossomed in recent years after much neglect. Perhaps 210,000 Irishmen enlisted … Read more
Thomas Willis was a Dublin apothecary who was involved in various charitable activities throughout his life, such as the foundation of the Society of St Vincent de Paul in Ireland. He was based in St Michan’s parish, just behind Ormond Quay and in 1845 he published a survey of the parish that examined it it … Read more
Our May/June issue is out now, complete with another nifty cover courtesy of Robert Ballagh. And, as the cover suggests, we’re moving back towards centenary territory after our Brian Boru issue. In the current issue we have: Lord Sligo’s plunder of ancient Greece. Felix Larkin on the Phoenix Park murders. Brian Hanley on the … Read more
In 1811 an anonymous pamphleteer known as ‘Solomon second-sight’ published a tract entitled It could be so, in which revealed a sinister dream to his readers. Solomon claimed that he was not the first to have a vision along these lines. For those who might be uncertain as to what Solomon’s vision meant, before revealing it … Read more