I was a boy in Belsen Praxis Pictures 18 January 2009/27 January 2010, RTÉ2 by John Gibney Tomas Reichental was born in Slovakia and is now an Irish citizen. He arrived in Ireland to help establish a zip factory in 1959, got married and stayed put. In his retirement, he chose to break a … Read more
Bornin north Dublin in 1886, Oscar Traynor participated in the 1916 Rising,led the attack on the Customs House in 1921, was jailed for his part onthe anti-Treaty side in the Civil War, was elected a Fianna Fáil TD andserved as minister for defence in various Fianna Fáil administrations .. . and he played in goal … Read more
WhenI was working on a biography of William Joyce, Lord Haw-Haw, there wasno difficulty in procuring the few remaining examples of his broadcastvoice. They had been compiled onto CD and circulated among a certainsub-culture that remains fascinated by Joyce, the last man to be hangedby the Crown for treason in 1946. And this CD was … Read more
March 10 1810 Sir Samuel Ferguson, antiquary and poet, notably of Lays of the Western Gael (1865), was born in Belfast. He was knighted in 1878 for his work as first Deputy Keeper of the Public Records of Ireland. 12 1910 Timothy Harrington, Irish Party MP who was mainly responsible for devising the ‘Plan of … Read more
n The British Museum has undertaken a major exhibition called A History of the World in 100 Objects, which has proven to be a great success. There is an accompanying series on BBC Radio 4 (www.bbc.co.uk/ ahistoryoftheworld), and museums throughout the UK have followed suit with their own best 100 objects. Could we summarise Ireland’s … Read more