The Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains and the Clans of Ireland (Fínte na hÉireann), in association with the History Department of Trinity College, Dublin, and History Ireland magazine, are offering a prize of €500 for the winning entrant in an essay competition on Gaelic Ireland. Entry is open to all persons over eighteen … Read more
(Those in bold are of the Church of Ireland succession) 1513 Muiris Ó Fithcheallaigh 1514 Tomás Ó Maolalaidh 1536 Christopher Bodkin* 1573 Uilliam Ó Maolalaidh [William Lally] 1580 Nicholas Skerrett 1583 Maol Muire Ó hUiginn 1591 Seamus Ó hÉilí 1595 Fearganainm Ó Domhnalláin** [Nehemiah Donelan] 1609 Uilliam Ó Domhnuill [William Daniel] 1609 Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire … Read more
‘Take your calves head and boyle it very well, take it out when ’tis boyled and let it stand till it be cold, and when it is cold take out the bones and slyce it in very thin slyces, then take a stew pan and put your meat in with some strong broath that is … Read more
This competition for primary and post-primary schools is sponsored by the Department of Education and Skills, Mercier Press, UCC School of History and History Ireland. There are four categories: Ireland and the First World War; revolution in Ireland; local or regional issues; and national issues. There will be prizes for the best primary and post-primary … Read more
There is a chance that David Cummins might not actually have been a spy. On the day of his funeral, however, the British authorities ordered the shut-down of Tipperary town. This may have been simply because he was an ex-soldier, but it could also have been, from the British point of view, that Cummins was … Read more