The Humanities Building, UCD, was the venue in September 2005 for a three-day conference—‘Eamon de Valera 30 Years On’—co-sponsored by the Humanities Institute of Ireland, the Fianna Fáil party and the Mícheál O’Cléirigh Institute for the Study of Irish History and Civilisation. Apart from the many fine speakers, former taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald made many significant … Read more
A new monument to Michael Joseph (The) O’Rahilly, who was shot during the dying hours of the Easter Rising, was unveiled to an enthusiastic crowd on O’Rahilly Parade on 29 April 2005. The artist, Shane Cullen, was commissioned to celebrate a courageous and gallant individual who died 89 years ago and has done this with … Read more
One of the successes of last year’s ‘Contesting History’ course in Trinity College (sponsored by History Ireland and running on Monday evenings for eighteen weeks from October 2004) was not just the debates that were stimulated on the night but also the homage that is being paid to it in an upcoming RTÉ Radio series, … Read more
Gone but not forgotten tells the story of the people who fought for Irish independence from the area of south Dublin, which today is known as Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The women profiled here were judges, educators, writers, social activists, freedom fighters, spies, county council officials and politicians. James Connolly’s youngest daughter, Fiona, featured in the exhibition, … Read more
In 1905 Jack B. Yeats was commissioned by the Manchester Guardian to illustrate a series of articles by John Millington Synge on the condition of the poorest parts of Ireland—Connemara and Mayo. Together the two men toured what were then known as the ‘congested districts’, dispatching regular articles and illustrations back to Britain. To mark … Read more