Following on from the article we recently dug out of the back-catalogue on ‘Wrong Way Corrigan’ (Sept/Oct 2008), we’re sticking with the aviation theme. Viewers of the recent RTÉ documentary ‘Pioneers and aviators’ may have felt that it left a few things out; Corrigan didn’t make the cut. But neither did an unusual example of … Read more
Our new look March/April special issue on Brian Boru is out now. The current mania for commemorations is focusing on events a century ago, but don’t forget what happening a millennium ago: the battle of Clontarf in 1014. There is an impressive national programme of events, the National Museum are weighing in with a new … Read more
The annual release of government files under the so-called ’30 year rule’ means that as of today, 27 December, one can now peek behind the scenes at some of the events of 1983. But having looked through some of the files during the National Archives’ media preview in early December, one from ‘The Emergency’ caught … Read more
The end of year review is a staple of the newspaper industry. While History Ireland isn’t a newspaper, there seemed no reason not to attempt something similar. Given the nature of the magazine, the obvious thing to do was to glance back to the past. So we thought: why not look at what was in … Read more
Farmleigh is hosting quite a few festive events in the run-up to Christmas. But if anyone is planning a festive visit, they might also have a look at the exhibition on Sean O’Casey currently on display in Farmleigh House itself. O’Casey was born on Dublin’s Dorset St in 1880, into a Church of Ireland family … Read more