WILDE, William Charles Kingsbury (1852–99), journalist, was born 26 September 1852 in Dublin, eldest son of Sir William Wilde, surgeon and antiquary, and his wife, the poet and journalist ‘Speranza’ (Jane Francesca Elgee). He was educated at St Columba’s College, near Dublin, and Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, and was a good if erratic … Read more
Interest in Ernest Shackleton has been renewed recently, thanks in partto a successful exhibition held last year at the National Museum,Collins Barracks. South (80 mins) is a record of Shackleton’s attemptto cross Antarctica via the South Pole in 1914. Filmed by expeditionmember Frank Hurley, the film was originally released in 1914 andchronicles what happened to … Read more
Celebration of the 400th anniversary of the foundation of St Anthony’s, the Irish Franciscan College, in Louvain. Louvain 2007 is a celebration of the foundation by the IrishFranciscans of St Anthony’s College in Louvain, Belgium, in 1607. TheIrish College was founded under the patronage of the king of Spain andthe papacy, and became the focus … Read more
In conjunction with the 2006 Chicago Humanities Festival, whose themethis year is Peace and War, the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago, theBritish Consulate General of Chicago and the Irish Consulate General ofChicago will sponsor a two-day symposium, on 4 and 5 November 2006, atLoyola University of Chicago’s Water Tower campus, examining thehistoric significance of Hugh … Read more
The annual conference of the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland (SSNCI) was held at Magee College, Derry, on 16 and 17 June 2006. Hosted by the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies at Magee, the conference focused on contacts and parallels in literature, culture and society, economy and politics. It was ably organised by … Read more